PREVIEW: Songs Along the Mohawk
09/07 @ The Conservancy Hall, Glen
The Glen Conservancy says that the Erie Canal’s bicentennial is too important an anniversary to leave it in the hands of people who are substantially younger than the canal. They maintain that Byron Nilsson and Malcolm Kogut are not, and they’ve got the prescription painkillers to prove it.
They’ve announced “Songs Along the Mohawk”, which collects some of the more compelling and delightful ditties written during (and even after) the canal era—songs that celebrate the waterway even as the performers point out how dangerous and disgusting it was.
Such classics as “The E-ri-e Canal,” “Low Bridge,” and “My Heart Is Where the Mohawk Flows Tonight,” are interspersed with lesser-known numbers like “Boating on a Bullhead” and “Oh! Dat Low Bridge!” Nilsson and Kogut, who perform under the name Songs to Amuse, will also include some of the songs that have helped prevent them from becoming famous – songs by Flanders & Swann, Tom Lehrer, and others. It promises to be a fun-filled afternoon if you include the joy of munching on some of the toothsome snacks that will be available.
The concert takes place at 3 PM Sunday, September 7th, at the Conservancy Hall, a former branch of the Dutch Reformed Church, built in 1830. The structure, which seats over 100 and is ADA accessible, is located at 1538 State Route 161 in the hamlet of Glen, Montgomery County. Tickets for the concert are free, although donations will be welcomed both at the door and online at tickettailor.com.
For updates and more information, visit www.glenconservancy.com.