Pastures of Plenty: Alastair Moock, Vance Gilbert, Cloudbelly

On Saturday, November 13 at 7pm, Boston-based singer-songwriter Alastair Moock brings his Pastures of Plenty series back to Club Passim for its 21st season. Moock will be joined by legendary Cambridge songwriter Vance Gilbert, Northampton-based alt-folk duo Cloudbelly (Corey Laitman and Anand Nayak), and rising bluegrass star Hazel Royer on bass.

When Moock began his Pastures of Plenty series in Boston in 2000, the idea was to bridge some of the gaps he saw in the local music scene—between the folk and roots rock crowds, between the contemporary and traditional scenes, and between younger and older players. But what it really came down to was just bringing together some of the region’s best songwriters and musicians to swap tunes on a stage. Two decades later, the series is still “the hippest hootenanny in town” (The Boston Globe).

The list of guests over the years reads like a who’s who of New England (and national) Americana music: Lori McKenna, Lisa Loeb, Margaret Glaspy, Bill Morrissey, Ronnie Earl, Barrence Whitfield, Dennis Brennan, Alisa Amador, and The Silver Leaf Gospel Singers, to name just a few. Past shows have taken place at premier venues throughout the Northeast, including the Newport and Boston Folk Festivals. But the home base for the series has always been historic Club Passim, where Moock still presents the show annually every November.

More info at https://moockmusic.com/pastures of plenty