Sam Bayer, Dan Cloutier, Doug Kwartler at Somerville Armory Cafe Saturday April 4 - CANCELLED

The concert will feature a solo set by each artist, followed by a round robin song swap. The show begins at 7:30 pm with an open mic, and suggested donation is $10. The Armory Cafe is at 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville. For more information call 617-718-2191 or visit artsatthearmory.org/cafe or www.facebook.com/SomervilleSongwriterSessions. Email SomervilleSongwriter@gmail.com to reserve an open mic slot. Performer details below.

Somerville Songwriter Sessions at the Armory Cafe presents contemporary folk singer/songwriters in concert, on the first Saturday of each month. The Armory Cafe features live music in an intimate setting, a menu featuring sandwiches, soups, desserts and coffees, and plenty of free parking. Our 4/4 performers:

Dan Cloutier has spent the past 15 years building community throughout the Greater Boston singer songwriter world. He is the open mic host at the Burren in Somerville, founder of I Support Local Music in Massachusetts on social media, and more. His own music has been a fixture on the local New England singer songwriter scene for the past 20 years. He has released 5 albums, been featured on stations like WUMB, sold out rooms around New England, opened for legends like John Hiatt, Richie Havens, Ellis Paul, is an Iguana Grant Recipient, and is a founding member of the folk band “The Great Molasses Flood.” More at www.dancloutier.com.

Nick Noble of The Folk Revival radio show on WICN in Worcester, MA says: “Doug Kwartler brings to the 21st century the passion and perception of the great 20th century folk singers like Woody Guthrie and early Bob Dylan.” Doug Kwartler is a songwriter, performer, and music producer living near Lowell, Massachusetts. His songs have been prominently featured on three major television networks including the top CBS soap opera “The Young and the Restless,” the TNT drama “Dark Blue,” and the ABC soap opera “All My Children,” and in independent films. Doug has toured throughout the US as both a solo artist and as one-half of the Americana duo The Lied To’s, with songwriter Susan Levine. More at www.dougmusic.com.

Boston musician Sam Bayer is your literate, exuberant guide to an imaginary world where housewives win the Nobel Prize in physics, poker-playing children gamble over their bedtimes, and metaphorical elephants pirouette in the den, four and a half minutes at a time. His latest studio CD, The Great Indoors, brings 11 gems from his universe to yours. More at sambayer.com.