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On Friday, August 22 at 7pm Singer-songwriters and walking troubadours Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards will perform with their studio band sharing songs and stories plus new songs from their 2024 album release Making Promises. Doors open at 7pm and music will start at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 and available now for the final Carriage House Music series of the summer at Wrenthams's Proctor Mansion Inn via online. Enjoy this 2-hour concert from Mark and Raianne along with a cash bar and lite snacks in the historic carriage house at Proctor Mansion Inn.
Their last visit to Wrentham was in 2019 during their annual Walking Tour and since then they have been very busy performing to many audiences!
Mark & Raianne are a married couple who entertain with unmistakable vocal harmonies, poetic lyrics and down-to-earth personae. These musically talented artists have contributed over seventeen albums within their first decade and toured consistently throughout the US and Canada. These artists blend distinctive voices with rich tantalizing harmonies and a wide range of accompaniment (guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, ukulele, clarinet, penny whistle, electric bass, pedal steel, dobro, piano and upright bass) featuring original and traditional acoustic Folk/Americana songwriting. Their live performances are both musically captivating and spiritually uplifting as audiences are carefully balanced between serious songs and humorous commentary.
In addition to writing and performing, Mark and Raianne have founded the Massachusetts Walking Tour . Since 2010 the annual tour raises awareness of local greenspace throughout their home state, organizing daily public hikes and free community concerts each June. www.masswalkingtour.org
In 2024 Mark and Raianne established a board and helped form a 501(c)3 non-profit entity Blackstone Valley Music and Performing Arts Collaborative (BVMPAC) where they also serve as music educators for local community music school Blackstone Valley
Music located in Uxbridge Massachusetts, leading one-on-one private lessons, yearly rock band camps for teens, a monthly community coffeehouse and open mic, a new student orchestra and community ukulele groups.
For more information on Mark and Raianne, concert dates, music, and video, please visit www.markandraianne.com. Follow them on social media @markandraianne
Making Promises (2024) is the fourth eponymous studio release by contemporary folk songwriters Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards. This album replete with poetic lyrics, sophisticated musical arrangements, and mellifluous vocal harmonies will be a welcome addition to your collection from their twenty-year partnership. Much of the material inspired by their recent marriage in 2021 reflects on themes of love, desires, perseverance and promises, with much of the music sparsely arranged as duets with upright bass accompaniment by longtime friend Zack Ciras (see indie-folk trio theaccident that led me to the world).
Two compositions recorded between 2021-2023 include bandmates Doug Williamson (piano) and Peter Hart (pedal steel), with the majority recorded in Northfield Massachusetts during December 2023.
The Proctor Mansion Inn is a historic venue located in the heart of Wrentham, MA. This exquisite, 2nd Empire French Victorian era home was built in 1861 by Thomas Proctor, a wealthy businessman and industrialist from Providence who earned his fortune by inventing a gimbel point for screws. His company, The American Screw Company, was built and operated from right here on this property. He, his wife, Wrentham native Zeolide A. H. Brahman, and their three children, enjoyed the home’s opulence for 25 years before his death in 1886.
Restored to its original beauty, with continual upkeep, the Inn provides a boutique style private 8-room bed & breakfast as well as a charming setting for a variety of events, from weddings, showers, milestone events and live musical performances. The renovated Carriage House, with a newly named Peacock Pub, which symbolizes the hand-crafted stained-glass window of a beautiful peacock by the bar; is now a second event space with a historic, but modern barn feel. More about Proctor Mansion Inn can be found on the website proctormansion.com.
