Benefit for Joe Bethancourt

Hi Friends,

Please consider heading down to Fiddler's Dream next Saturday, May 14th  from 1 - 4 PM.  The Arizona folk community is raising funds for our friend,  Joe Bethancourt.  Joe's house caught on fire, and  it has been deemed uninhabitable.  Joe has been a great supportor of both me and my music, and he has graciously appeared at several benefits I organized.  He is also slated to perform on my upcoming EP.

There will be lots of acts on the bill, and I hit the stage around 3:00 PM.

If you cannot make it to the show and would like to donate,  make a check out to Joe Bethancourt and send it to AMAZ Radio.  

AMAZ Radio

P.O. Box 1554

Queen Creek, Arizona 85142

For, credit card/Paypal donations, go to www.amazradio.org.

Hope to see ya there!!

Arizona Singers Raise their Voices to Raise Funds for Singers Nation-Wide

Arizona folk singers gather to help singers across the nation. On Saturday, February 26, 2011, Patricia Silverberg, Mary Godfrey, Joe Bethancourt, Terry and Diane McCabe, and duo Jess Hawk Oakenstar and Kate deLaPointe (otherwise known as Wayward Maggie) take part in a benefit show for Society of Singers (SOS)—a non-profit dedicated to assisting professional singers across the country and across all genres. This wonderful life saving organization is struggling to keep its doors open and struggling to provide services such as rental and medical assistance to those in grave need.


Patricia Silverberg, the benefit organizer states, “Society of Singers was there for me when it seemed the whole world turned its back. Even with two Master’s degrees, I was out of work for a year. SOS not only provided rental assistance, but also lots of personalized attention. I wasn’t a faceless, nameless welfare case. It is time to pay it forward and help them continue to help others.”

The benefit takes place Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Fiddler's Dream, 1702 E. Glendale Ave, Phoenix. Doors open at 7 PM. Suggested donation is $10. The benefit features an autographed CD raffle, including those CDs donated by famous folk singers such as Natalie Merchant, The Indigo Girls, Lucinda Williams, Janis Ian, and Holly Near.

For more information on Society of Singers please visit www.singers.org.

Recording update

Hey friends!!

My new EP, Hear My Song, is in the middle of production. Thanks to my collaboration with David Searle of Greenworld Records, the songs are coming out soulful and lovely.  As a special bonus track, I will be adding my own version of  the traditional  "The House of the Rising Sun" inspired by the amazing and legendary Odetta.  Adding to my guitar track, Joe Bethancourt will add his legendary banjo.  

As a sneak preview of the EP, I posted two news songs on my web site: www.PatriciaSilverberg.com. Hope you check it out!