Elizabeth Mitchell Folk Rock Concert for Families Set for Jewish Museum, 5/3

Two-time Grammy nominee Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower will perform a folk rock concert for families on Sunday, May 3 at 11:30am at The Jewish Museum. Mitchell, a singer and guitarist known for reinterpreting classic folk songs for children and their parents, will be joined by her thirteen-year-old daughter Storey, her husband Daniel Little, and special guests Simi Stone and The M Shanghai Stringband. Concert attendees can enjoy cherished folk classics such as You Are My Sunshine and Peace Like a River, as well as soulful originals from Mitchell's most recent album, Turn Turn Turn, her collaboration with Dan Zanes.

Tickets are $18 per adult; $13 per child; $15 adult Jewish Museum family level member; and $11 child Jewish Museum family level member. This lively concert is for children age 3 and up. For further information regarding family programs, the public may call 212.423.3337. Concert tickets can be purchased online at TheJewishMuseum.org/familyconcerts. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, Manhattan. Adults are asked to accompany their children.

Elizabeth Mitchell, a Smithsonian Folkways Recordings artist, has been recording and performing music for children and families since 1998. She was the first new children's music artist signed to Smithsonian Folkways in the 21st century. Albums include You Are My Flower (1998), You Are My Sunshine (2002), You Are My Little Bird (2006), Sunny Day (2010), Blue Clouds (2012) and Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie (2012). Blue Clouds and Little Seed both received Grammy nominations for Best Children's Album. Mitchell collaborated with Lisa Loeb on the 2007 album for families, Catch the Moon, and has worked with such artists as Levon Helm, Dan Zanes, Ella Jenkins, Jon Langford and Ziggy Marley.

Simi Stone is a singer/songwriter from Woodstock, New York whose music has been described as "where mountain meets Motown." She has performed with David Byrne at Carnegie Hall and is featured in Natalie Merchant's concert film, Shelter. Stone's new album will be released on Reveal Records in the United Kingdom this spring.

The M Shanghai Stringband is a Brooklyn based indie-folk collective, named after the Asian bistro in Williamsburg that hosted the band's monthly shows from 2002 through 2009. M Shanghai's concerts are known for their unbridled joy, raucous energy and intimate subtlety, with ten players crowded around one condenser microphone. With an adventurous take on Americana, the band emphasizes distinctive songwriting while retaining the immediacy of classic American roots music.

The Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Education's school and family programs are supported by endowed funds established by the Bronfman Family, the Muriel and William Rand Fund, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Helena Rubinstein Foundation, Rosalie Klein Adolf, the Kekst Family, and Mrs. Ida C. Schwartz in memory of Mr. Bernard S. Schwartz. Family programming is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

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