First Thursday @ The Rialto WSGs Jen Maurer & Benjamin Payne

Name: First Thursday @ The Rialto WSGs Jen Maurer & Benjamin Payne
Start: 2025-03-06T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-06T18:30:00-05:00
Location: The Rialto Theatre

Schedule

Thu Mar 06 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Rialto Theatre | Akron, OH

I hope you'll come out as I get together with songwriters Jen Maurer and Benjamin Payne to share songs and stories.
Jen Maurer is co founder of Mo' Mojo, a female fronted group featuring three-part harmonies, accordion, fiddle, rubboard, electric guitar, sax, trumpet, harp, bass, and drums. Songs are sung in English and French.
Jen also appears with her band The Jen Maurer Project, as well as duo and solo.
The band has worked with the State Department and/or the American Music Abroad Program..
Benjamin Payne:
Benjamin Payne is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Canton OH. He’s been recording and performing throughout northeast Ohio for over 35 years. Currently, he is the front man and primary songwriter for the band Benjamin Payne & Yankee Bravo, who most recently celebrated the release of their third album, “Carolina Sky“.
Jim Ballard:
After a multi year sabbatical from recording and performing, Ballard returned to the studio, songs in hand, and recorded two albums, Wood and Wire in 2011 and Human Harvest in 2012. From there, he was invited to play in Charlie Wiener’s series of tribute concerts, leading him back to live performances. 2017 marked the release of the double album Ask John Steinbeck, which sparked the formation of his present band, The Strangs. Together they have recorded 8 CDs to date, the latest being Follow The Moon and 2023’s NeoChroma which features Jim & The Strangs playing songs by Northeast Ohio bands and artists, including Alex Bevan, Marc Lee Shannon and Jack Kidney of 15 60 75 The Numbers Band fame. He is presently in post production on his 18th album a live performance titled Set List featuring Jim, his backing band The Strangs and special guests.