Kala Farnham

Looking forward to stopping by NERFA in Asbury Park NJ this weekend to share some tunes, and visit with friends new and old! 🎶

I hope you can join us Saturday, September 30th at Groovin’ New Fairfield for an evening of musical storytelling! There are only a few tickets left — visit the link below to reserve yours ⬇️ 🎫

Doors | 6:45pm
Show | 7:30pm
Tickets | $15

🎫 http://GroovininNewFairfield.com

Coming up in September: "Studio Sessions @ The Warner” featuring Christine Spero playing Laura Nyro, with an opening set from yours truly!

🎫Reserve your tickets now 🎫
https://www.warnertheatre.org/events/spero-plays-nyro-and-a-touch-of-bacharach/

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🎶Up next this week:

Friday 8/18 - The Mansion at Bald Hill
Saturday 8/19 - Moosup Valley Music Series
Sunday 8/20 - “Song & Story” @ Block 134

Mark your calendars for Sept 16th, featuring the music of Laura Nyro with support by yours truly! 🎶

📣ON SALE NOW: Studio Sessions presents Spero Plays Nyro (And a Touch of Bacharach) with support by CT State Trubadour Kala Farnham. This intimate, acoustic performance will take place on Saturday, September 16 at 8 pm in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.
In the one-of-a-kind show, “Spero Plays Nyro,” Christine Spero on keys and Elliot Spero on percussion maintain the integrity of Laura Nyro’s music while infusing it with their own unique personality. Christine has loved Laura's music from a young age when she was given a promotional copy of Eli and the Thirteenth Confession by a radio DJ friend. She was inspired by Laura's music to be bold in writing, singing, and playing piano. Laura Nyro was the quintessential singer/songwriter and pianist whose groundbreaking music crossed the genres of folk, rock, and jazz. She became one of the most covered artists in the 1960's and 1970's with such songs as “Eli's Coming,” “Stoned Soul Picnic,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” and “Sweet Blindness.” Her tragic and premature passing in 1997 shocked her fans and in 2012 she was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

A Concert for Peace: Find Your Cultural Voice
Sunday, August 6th @ Ferguson Library

Enjoy music, dancing and singing during this special presentation featuring performances by multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Kala Farnham, Connecticut State Troubadour; the Bokandeye African American Dance Theater company; singer-songwriter Nathaly Palacios; composer and pianist Paco Godoy; and the INTEMPO Youth Ensemble of classical musicians.

Registration appreciated.

Presented in partnership with En Vivo con Maricarmen, with funding provided by the Stamford Arts & Culture Commission.

Tonight at United Theater’s Post Credit Scene series! 🎶

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Join us for our monthly live music showcase in the Post Credit’s Scene space at the UNITED – this month featuring Kala Farnham! Cover charge $5. Enjoy drink specials throughout the night!

Grateful for the opportunity to pay tribute to the masterful songwriting of Carole King this past Friday at the Knickerbocker Music Center 💛

Thank you to Frank Viele , Nick D'Errico , and Marc Russell for their phenomenal musicianship; to The Knickerbocker Music Center for hosting us and offering a beautiful baby grand to play; and of course Carole herself for creating a brilliant catalog of music that has reached the hearts of so many.

Finally, thank you to all who joined us. We played to a packed house, and received not one but two encore requests at the end of the evening!

Keep your eyes peeled for future performances around New England 🎶

In this past week my work and music was featured by NPR ‘s Where We Live and Kala Brand Music, and Friday I walked onstage to a packed house for our tribute to the masterful songwriting of Carole King at The Knickerbocker Music Center 🎶

I’m truly grateful for the recent opportunities I’ve been offered to do my part in sharing music’s healing and connective power with the greater community.

I’ll share more on that later, but for now — tonight’s concert at Stanley-Whitman House has been POSTPONED — so I’m headed off to enjoy the holiday. Have a magical weekend! ✨

For upcoming concerts:
www.kalafarnham.com/tour

📸 Rene Trebing @ Epona Place Ranch

Join me on WNPR's Where We Live at 9am (or tune into their replay podcast) for a discussion on healing through the musical arts! 🎶

Our state troubadour emphasizes the power of the arts, plus Connecticut's theatres are making a comeback Connecticut is one of only a handful of states that has a State Troubadour - an ambassador of music and song. Today, on Where We Live, Connecticut’s Troubadour Kala Farnham discusses her creative process and the power of healing through music. Plus, we hear from theaters around our state.

BLOCK 134 presents “Song & Story” this Sunday, March 19 at 4pm.

Featuring Avi Jacob (New England Music Awards “Rising Star - RI”) and Neil Russell (mastermind of Basement Radio)!

Hosted by yours truly 🎶

Connecticut Grown (Kala Farnham) - Live @ On Deck Sound Studio 7.23.22 CREDITS:Music & lyrics by Kala FarnhamGuitar & vocal performance by Kala FarnhamVideo & audio recorded by Tracy Walton at On Deck Sound StudioFOLLOW:WEBSITE ...

The Bread Box Folk stage was one of the first listening rooms I visited as a fledgling songwriter. My early experiences there left a lasting impression, painting a picture of the magic that could transpire between a well-versed singing storyteller and a captive audience. It’s an image that I carried with me throughout the years as I honed my songwriting craft and worked to crack through my shyness, bringing vulnerability and personability into my connection with audiences.

What a treat it was to return over a decade since my introduction to The Bread Box to share stories and songs alongside Hugh Blumenfield & The Faithful Sky. Thank you to all the volunteers who continue make this series possible year after year!

Next up: Join me for my debut with Huntington Folk Music Society at Hard Luck Cafe (w/ Lara Herschovitch) on Wednesday the 15th, followed by The Sounding Board (w/ House of Hamill) on Saturday the 18th 🎶

📸 courtesy Bob Smith

🎶Today is the day! 🎶

Tickets available at the door | $20
Show starts @ 4pm

The Bread Box is a group of individuals committed to fighting hunger and food insecurity by providing a folk music venue that is solely dedicated to collecting food and revenue for those in need in our local community.

Join us this Sunday for a concert with Hugh Blumenfeld & The Faithful Sky, and yours truly. Music starts at 4pm!

TICKETS: https://breadboxfolk.org

Looking forward to this month’s listening room concerts!

Mar 5 @ The Bread Box Theater - CT
Mar 15 @ Hard Luck Cafe - NY
Mar 18 @ The Sounding Board - CT
Mar 19 @ Block 134 - CT
Mar 24 @ Friday Night Folk All Souls - CT
Mar 26 @ America Museum - CT

Additional original showcases:
3/3 - No Worries Brewery - Hamden CT
3/6 - Perks & Cork - Westerly RI

Plus, I’ll be celebrating St Patrick’s Day with an evening of all Irish music at WeHa Brewery on Friday 3/17! 🍀

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▶️For details, visit www.kalafarnham.com/tour

Join us today @ BLOCK 134 4-6pm for songwriters in the round, featuring Allison Rose and John Cormier — hosted by yours truly!

Last night’s CT Arts Hero Awards was inspiring and soul-filling. As someone who aspires to engage music as a medium to inspire growth, heal, and create community connection, each and every awardee had a story for me to learn from.

I was privileged to witness the work of Sosse Baker, an internationally known basketmaker, who has traveled to Uganda to help local makers create baskets that would be marketable to global consumers — Matt Conway, the founder of the Creative Leadership Internship Program, a safe and creative space where youth are exposed to real life public art opportunities and mentored working alongside professional muralists — and Bill Geddes, the founder and current president of the Woodbury-Bethlehem Community Music Foundation, who, at the height of the pandemic, donned a kilt and carried his Highland Bagpipes to the end of his driveway where he played daily at sunset, lifting the spirits of neighbors and others who came to listen from their cars. And many more.

(For a full list of this year’s arts heros, visit the CT Office of the Arts at CT.gov)

I am consistently blown away by the power of the arts to connect and uplift the human soul, whether through times of adversity or in celebration of life’s joys. The CT Arts Hero Awards leaves me with a renewed vigor to answer the question: what can we do to serve our community with the gifts we’ve been given? How can we join forces to uplift one another’s work and amplify creative voices?

2023 is a new year that holds so much promise. I can’t wait to see where it takes us.

➡️ Next up: Join me at the Sherman JCC Saturday, January 21st, for an evening of song and story featuring special guest George Mallas.

Please join us this Saturday at the Sherman JCC Community Center for an evening of musical storytelling featuring yours truly and special guest George Mallas 🎶

🎫 Visit JCCinSherman.org to reserve your tickets!

https://www.jccinsherman.org/upcomingevents/kala-farnham-musical-storytelling

Feeling grateful for an inspiring Sunday spent with music and friends at our second Block 134 songwriter’s round, featuring Seamus 'Mighty Lungs' McMullan and Frank Viele.

Thank you to Carly of for offering us a beautiful space to create a listening room experience in the quiet corner of Connecticut.

Mark your calendars — our next event takes place February 19th. Join us every 3rd Sunday for an afternoon of song and story shared by local and regional artists! 🎶

📸 courtesy Jimi Gothreau

My song “Ancient Vessel” is now available on YouTube!

This song is both a mantra of gratitude, speaking to the power of the human mind, body, and spirit to overcome adversity ~ and a prayer to wisdom, that regardless of the challenges that come our way, we might find the strength to hold ourselves accountable in offering our best to the world.

Thank you to Tracy Walton at On Deck Sound Studio for recording this track and sharing a beautiful space to create in.

You can watch the full performance now!
>>✨ link below ✨

Ancient Vessel (Kala Farnham) - Live @ On Deck Sound Studio 7.23.22 CREDITS:Music & lyrics by Kala FarnhamGuitar & vocal performance by Kala FarnhamVideo & audio recorded by Tracy Walton at On Deck Sound StudioFOLLOW:WEBSITE ...