Songwriters in the Round with Louise Coombe, Dana Cooper & Janet Feld

Songwriters in the Round

Songwriters, Louise Coombe, Dana Cooper & Janet Feld are excited to be performing their original songs in-the-round style at the Rooted Cafe at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA.

Sharing their work in this way with an audience is icing on the cake, the cake being spending time together swapping songs, sharing stories and harmonies.

About the performers:

Dana Cooper

Dana Cooper's 32nd Release "The Ghost of Tucumcari" was Voted #1 Album of 2024 on Americana Highways Readers Poll. This album features Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, Susan Gibson, Darden Smith, Shake Russell and more. It takes listeners on a stirring musical journey across genres from Folk and Rock to Country and Americana. Charting #7 on Folk Chart & #9 on Alt Country Radio Charts. Receiving Rave Reviews in American Songwriter Magazine, Glide Magazine, M Music Magazine & more.

The Album is available on ALL Digital Platforms. Click here to listen.

Dana Cooper is a poetic songwriter, an insightful storyteller, and a rousing musician whose performances engage & inspire audiences around the world. Central to Cooper's unique artistry is his ability to connect with audiences through his authentic stories, sense of humor and warm stage presence.

His vast career started with his 1st self-titled Release on Elektra Records in the 70's. The studio band consisting of legendary players -"The Section" with Leland Sklar & Russ Kunkel AKA "The Immediate Family." Since then, he worked with Shake Russell in Texas, releasing several albums together and performing on "Austin City Limits." Dana has also collaborated with several established artists - Kim Carnes (Betty Davis Eye's), Don Henry, Hal Ketchum, Kim Richey, Tom Kimmel & more. His 2022 CD "I Can Face The Truth" garnered much praise and attention, charting on 5 different Radio Charts.

"Dana has a poet's eye for beauty & detail, a blue's man's soul and a songbird's gift. He is remarkable." - Hayes Carll

Louise Coombe

Louise Coombe (formerly Mosrie) grew up in rural west Tennessee on a cattle farm - riding horses and writing poetry. Her folky/Americana pop songwriting has won top awards at Kerrville Folk Festival, Wildflower! Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, SolarFest and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. Louise has opened for America, Jonatha Brooke, Allison Moorer, Steve Earle, Cliff Eberhardt, Vance Gilbert, Ellis Paul, Greg Trooper and Mary Gauthier. Her storytelling songs often touch on historical narratives and have been used in two documentaries that aired on PBS-TV. Louise’s new release, “Paris”, was produced by Cliff Eberhardt with a full band featuring Broadway musician, Seth Farber, on keyboards, Violinist Carol Sharar and Pete Adams on pedal steel. Stylistically more “torchy” than her previous releases, Louise has also been co-writing with living folk legend, Tom Paxton, for two years and three of their songs are on the new album. www.louisecoombe.com

Janet Feld

Janet Feld is an award-winning performing songwriter who has appeared at folk festivals and coffeehouses from coast to coast throughout a nearly four-decade career. Her latest album, Kerrville Covers, is a tribute to a few of her dear Kerrville Folk Festival friends and their amazing songs (including Dana Cooper). She's honored to have had the album hit #17 on the FolkDJ charts. Janet has opened for Cheryl Wheeler, John Gorka, Chris Smither, Dar Williams, and Greg Greenway. Janet has been teaching music classes and private lessons to people of all ages since the 1980s. Since 2000, she's been teaching guitar and songwriting at The Passim School of Music in Cambridge, Mass. and is the Founder and Chief Music Officer at Janet’s Planet: Music Lessons for Humanoids. Janet also published her first book for music teachers, Practicing Safe Music - Create an emotionally safe and magical experience for your music students, while rocking your self care.

“I think you are a revelation—such an excellent writer and performer AND you can teach. Your lucky students!” —Christine Lavin

"Janet's guitar work is as poetic as her writing. This is a lovely album!" —Dar Williams

"Janet Feld is a funny, literate and thoughtful country folkie in the mold of Mary Chapin Carpenter. She has a gift for a lilting melody and a thoughtful turn of phrase.” —Boston Herald

“If you had been on stage with Taylor Swift and Carly Simon you would have been just as good! I believe in you Janet!” — Lilly, age 7