PVFS April Song and Story Swap Features Singer Songwriter Christa Joy

Source: Pioneer Valley Folklore Society

The Pioneer Valley Folklore Society’s April Song and Story Swap will feature singer songwriter Christa Joy.
The monthly song and story swap will take place on Saturday April 5, at First Church, 165 Main St. in Amherst at 7p.m. Parking is available in the lot behind the church. Admission is free with a suggested donation to the artist of $7.50.

Attendees will be invited to contribute a song or story on the topic of “Strength” during an opening round of sharing. The Song & Story Swap is open to members of the public of all ages. People of all experience levels gather to share stories and songs that are traditional, newly written, or of personal experiences. You can tell, sing,
or lead everyone in singing, or request a song or story.  Listeners are welcome.

About the Artist
Singer-songwriter Christa Joy is known for her strong sense of melody, resonant storytelling, and charming sincerity. Growing up in what she describes as “a teacher preacher truck-driving kind of family,” Christa’s
early songwriting drew from her rural upbringing, the illness and death of her mother, and the brokenhearted years that followed.  Giving birth and becoming a mother added a new dimension to her music, and inspired a
Substack of her writing called Momsongwriter.

Christa Joy has performed at many notable New England venues, including the Parlor Room, the Iron Horse and Club Passim. She has opened for some of her heroines, including Lucy Wainwright Roche, Meg Hutchinson, The Sweetback Sisters, Loudon Wainwright III, and Antje Duvekot. She frequently tours with her Americana band, Christa Joy and the Honeybees. Her fourth album, a collaboration with the group, was released last August.

The monthly Song & Story Swap, now in its twenty-ninth year, is sponsored by the Pioneer Valley Folklore Society of western Massachusetts. Visit the Folklore Society website at https://pvfs.us.