Songwriters On Stage: May 2022

The Maine Songwriters’ Association presents Songwriters on Stage, a showcase of some of the best songwriters Maine has to offer. It’s an opportunity for listeners to discover new music or come hear local favorites in one of the best listening rooms in Maine. This installment will feature Dan Pelletier, Halley Ellwell, Stan Davis, and Andrew Thomas.

Dan Pelletier

Sit for an hour with Dan Pelletier and you’ll walk away chuckling, shaking your head, wanting a long, cool drink and the red, tender lips of someone to love. He will show you himself, yourself, your lover, your family and friends and quite a few characters you may not know, but will instantly recognize. Dan has receive 15 National songwriting awards and honors including the 2002 USA Songwriting Competition 1st Prize for lyrics

“.. loaded with equal parts pain, hope and humor – touch the tender, secret corners of your soul.” - Marilyn Rea Beyer, former WUMB Radio Program Director, Boston, MA

Halley Ellwell

Named an "artist to have on your radar in 2022" by Mike Dow of the Maine Edge, Halley Elwell's music "sparks nostalgia, but is also notable for her fantastic voice and well-crafted lyric" (Aimsel Ponti, Portland Press Herald). Her 2021 EP The Last of What I Know, pays homage to the sounds of late 1960’s and 1970s female songwriters and has received airplay on WCLZ Music from 207 and WERU.

Stan Davis

"Stan's songwriting has spot-on accuracy that touches the heart." - Lucky Clark, On Music

Stan Davis decided to play the guitar at age twelve, after attending a concert by Pete Seeger. More than fifty years later, his finger-style, slide, and electric lead guitar playing spans the blues, ragtime, jazz, and folk music. A life-long storyteller,he writes quirky, heartfelt songs about real people's’ lives across the human lifespan. Stan has released three CDs of original music; his 2022 CD, "All They Know,” is a collection of his musical stories about love of all kinds, persistence, gratitude,...and housecleaning. See standavismusic.com for more information.

Andrew Thomas (MSA Host)

Andrew Thomas is a self-taught singer, songwriter and keyboardist from central Maine. Working in a wide range of styles, Andrew brings musical influences to his work: from classic rock and r & b to contemporary indie pop, electronic, and even ambient music. Lyrically, his songs are at times autobiographical, impressionistic, witty, or serious, but always honest and real.

Andrew started with early home recording and college jam bands, played the open mic circuits of Massachusetts and Maine, and now his original songs have received airplay from Maine to Moldova, and earned multiple nominations for the annual Maine Songwriters Association song contest. He is currently wrapping up a full, album length follow-up to his EP _[Stars on the Ceiling](https://www.athomasmusic.com/discography/stars-on-the-ceiling-ep/)

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