Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer to Join Justin Roberts at Martyrs, 5/3

Multiple GRAMMY Award winners Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer join family music star Justin Roberts for an all-ages concert at Martyrs (3855 N Lincoln Avenue, Chicago) on Sunday, May 3rd at 3 pm. Tickets ($12) are available now at Martyr's online, and at the door. Call (773) 404-9404 for more information. The show celebrates Cathy & Marcy's new album Dancin' in the Kitchen: Songs for ALL Families, which features a cover of the Justin Roberts song "From Scratch."

Dancin' in the Kitchen is winning awards and critical acclaim. Ellen Kahn, director of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Children, Youth & Families program says, "This landmark album will resonate with a whole new generation of families, including and especially LGBT families."

The joint show offers sing-alongs, silliness and songs that celebrate good times and family fun. From folk to pop and in between, with harmonies, guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles and more, the trio presents a full-out music party of timeless songs and audience participation.

Trailblazers in children's and family music, Cathy & Marcy's relationship with family audiences spans over 30 years of live performances and 20 award-winning recordings including two GRAMMY Awards, 14 GRAMMY nominations and over 100 major awards. They play dozens of instruments from banjo to mandolin to rockin' electric guitar, steel drum and ukulele. Cathy & Marcy have entertained the Queen of Thailand, sung at the White House Easter Egg Roll, performed at hundreds of folk festivals, sung in Congress on behalf of the SCHIP bill (State Children's Health Insurance Program), appeared on the "Today Show" and on National Public Radio. "Phenomenally talented duo...singing and musicianship are flawless." - Time Out NY Kids

Chicago-based Justin Roberts is one of the "all-stars" of the national indie family music scene. The former Montessori teacher has performed on The Today Show, Nick Jr. and Sprout TV. Justin's garnered kudos and raves from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, People, Entertainment Weekly, and the Chicago Tribune. Roberts has himself won two GRAMMY Award nominations, for his recent albums Jungle Gym and Recess. His new picture book The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade, is a 2015 finalist in the EB White Read Aloud Book Award. He wrote the score for Chicago's Emerald Theater holiday hit, "Hansel and Gretel," and will perform a weeklong residency in New York City's New Victory Theater before returning to Chicago for the Martyr's show.

Photo by ©Todd Rosenberg 2012

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