Stone Mountain Arts Center
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Stone Mountain Arts Center (SMAC), located in Brownfield, Maine
, is an intimate performance hall situated in the foothills of the White Mountains. Despite its small size and remote location, artists who have performed there include Richie Havens
, The Indigo Girls
, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
, Martin Sexton
, and Marty Stuart
, among others.
Folk singer/songwriter Carol Noonan
owns and operates the center, along with her husband Jeff Flagg and her sister Katy.
Brownfield, Maine
Brownfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,251 at the 2000 census. Brownfield is home to the Stone Mountain Arts Center.-History:...
, is an intimate performance hall situated in the foothills of the White Mountains. Despite its small size and remote location, artists who have performed there include Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...
, The Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group from the United States, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop". The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively...
, Martin Sexton
Martin Sexton
Martin Sexton is an American singer-songwriter and producer originally from Syracuse, New York.- Early life :Sexton grew up the tenth of twelve children in a working class Irish-American family. He acquired his first guitar, a Sears & Roebuck acoustic, at the age of 14 and later played in local...
, and Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music...
, among others.
Folk singer/songwriter Carol Noonan
Carol Noonan
Carol Noonan is an American folk singer/songwriter from New England, USA.She began her career as the lead singer and songwriter for the band Knots and Crosses. "Crosses" was formed in the late 1980s by Carol Noonan , Alan Williams and Rick Harris all were students at the New England Conservatory...
owns and operates the center, along with her husband Jeff Flagg and her sister Katy.
Notability References
- Boston Sunday Globe, Arts & Entertainment - May 10, 2009
- Boston(WCVB)Chronicle - March 2009
- DownEast Magazine - April 2009
- Portland Magazine - April 2009
- Yankee Magazine, Editor's Choice Award 2009