Music in the Garden: Crowes Pasture (Monique Byrne and Andy Rogovin)

// ABOUT CROWES PASTURE //

Monique Byrne and Andy Rogovin perform original music and eye-opening covers that reflect a mutual passion, sense of discovery and celebration of life. Their tightly blended vocal harmonies are mixed with an expressive instrumental style that is best described as "a banjo-guitar romance." Crowes Pasture’s style of escapist folk transports and connects listeners through universal experiences in their “skillfully crafted, emotional songwriting” (Chris Eastburn, award-winning composer).

In just six years' time, Crowes Pasture has quickly made waves with two EPs and three full-length albums. Their latest CD, "Slow It Down", was released in June 2019 at the legendary Club Passim. Since its release, the title track earned Crowes Pasture a #1 song, and the album debuted at #5 on the International Folk DJ Charts. They also had a #8 song for their cover of Mary Gauthier's "Mercy Now", a #23 song for their cover of Bob Marley's "Is This Love", and they were the #8 Top Artist for June. 2019 opened some exciting doors as well for the duo; they were a supporting act for The Small Glories and The Kennedys, and performed at a number of renowned east coast music venues including Club Passim, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockwood Music Hall, The Bull Run, and Circle of Friends Coffeehouse. Crowes Pasture has been honored with nominations as Roots Act of the Year in the New England Music Awards, and Americana Artist of the Year in the Boston Music Awards for 2019. They were named finalists for Best Group/Duo in the 2020 International Acoustic Music Awards, and currently find themselves as finalists once again for Best Group/Duo in the 2021 IAMAs, for their song “A Virtue and a Call”.

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// ABOUT THE MUSIC IN THE GARDEN SERIES //

Stanley-Whitman House's Music in the Garden Series presents artists and shows differently than a club show- instead our house concert is more up close and personal. All of the artifice is stripped away. No stage, no dressing rooms, no barrier between the performer and the audience. The SWH Music in the Garden series is more like being one-step-closer to the way music was intended- an artist traveling from town to town, telling stories and making friends. Come check this out!

// ABOUT THE MUSEUM //

Stanley-Whitman House is a living history center and museum that teaches through the collection, preservation, research, and dynamic interpretation of the history and culture of early Farmington. Programs, events, classes, and exhibits encourage visitors of all ages to immerse themselves in history by doing, acting, questioning, and engaging in colonial life and the ideas that formed the foundation of that culture.

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