MONTHLY ACOUSTIC MUSIC CONCERTS IN WESTERN CONNECTICUT- Sundays at 4pm
Come experience the music
of the people!
Sunday, September 7, 2025, 4 pm
DAVID ROTH returns to MATR
David Roth strikes many chords, hearts, and minds with his unique songs, offbeat observations, moving stories, sense of the hilarious, and powerful singing and subject matter. As singer, songwriter, recording artist, keynote speaker, workshop leader, and instructor, David has earned top honors at premier songwriter competitions – Kerrville (TX) and Falcon Ridge (NY) – and taken his music, experience, and expertise to a wide variety of venues in this and other countries full-time for three decades.
David’s songs have found their way to Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, several Chicken Soup for the Soul books, the Kennedy Center, Peter, Paul, & Mary’s “Discovered”, the Kingston Trio’s “Born at the Right Time”, NASA’s Goddard Space Center, the classic folk song books “Rise Up Singing” and “Rise Again” (sequel), and 15 CDs on the Wind River and Stockfisch (Germany) labels. Winner of 5 Positive Music Awards and the 2015 Grace Note (Unity Worldwide) for Outstanding Contribution to New Thought Music, David has also been featured on many of Christine Lavin’s seminal Rounder Records compilations. The former artist-in-residence at New York’s Omega Institute has also been a songwriting judge at Kerrville, Napa Valley (CA), Tumbleweed (WA), Eventide Arts (MA), the Avalon Festival (WV), the South Florida Folk Festival, and for the Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA).
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 4 pm
THE KENNEDYS
Back at Music at the Ridge for a third time!
The Kennedys, Maura and Pete, are a husband-and-wife duo who first hit the road as members of Nanci Griffith's Blue Moon Orchestra. After signing with Danbury-based Green Linnet Records, they began touring the US, England, Ireland and Scotland on their own, and didn't slow down until, after nearly three decades of constant travel, the pandemic brought their endless tour to a halt. At that point, they switched to a weekly YouTube Live program, with different songs every week, and they added a thousand songs to their repertoire. Now in concert again, they bring the magic of live performance, and their songs, uplifting, empowering, and encouraging, are a tonic in these tumultuous times.
tickets
ALL OUR TICKETING IS THROUGH EVENTBRITE: $25 in person, $20 streaming
We also welcome ticket purchases at the door day-of (up to the capacity of our venue) - but cash or check only!
OUR SPONSORS:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury
For over 200 years, the congregation has enhanced Greater Danbury with liberal, non-dogmatic religion; social witness and action; and cultural offerings. Committed to an inclusive understanding of the human and natural community, it is a place of welcome for all.