Photo by Patricia O'Driscoll

(AVENEL, NJ) -- Woodbridge Township presents Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman at the Avenel Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 3:00pm.

Beth Nielsen Chapman is an artist with many accolades to her name: mega-hit “This Kiss,” sung by Faith Hill, ASCAP’s 1999 Song of The Year, garnered a Grammy nomination and Nashville NAMMY’s 1999 Songwriter of the Year. Also nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for her album, The Mighty Sky, she was inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall Of Fame in 2016, which she considers one of her greatest honors.

Her diverse body of work spans fifteen albums and seven #1 hits, including compositions that have been recorded by Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, Neil Diamond, the Indigo Girls, Emmylou Harris, Martina McBride, Michael McDonald, Tanya Tucker, and Keb Mo’ and her music has been featured in film and TV. In 2019 Beth became an Ambassador for the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation.

Tickets for the show in Avenel are $32.50 (plus applicable fees) and are available for purchase online.  The Avenel Performing Arts Center is located at 150 Avenel Street in Avenel, New Jersey.

Recently Beth’s collaboration with friend Olivia Newton John was included on Olivia – Just The Two of Us – a special collection released to celebrate Olivia’s career. Their song “Stone In My Pocket,” which originally appeared on 2016’s Liv On - Olivia’s album with Beth and Amy Sky - is part of 17-track album celebrating Olivia’s duets.

Having lost her first husband to cancer in 1994 and her second husband to cancer in December of 2022, Chapman also survived breast cancer herself in 2000 and a brain tumor in 2009. Her music takes you on a journey through the depth, humor and the wonder of life. Fans can expect to hear a mix of new songs and best-loved favorites (including audience requests)!

Beth’s last album, produced by Ray Kennedy, is called CrazyTown and was internationally released September 23rd, 2022 on Cooking Vinyl. It charted at #1 on the Official UK Country Chart and won praise from the likes of Record Collector, Maverick and RnR Magazine.

She returned with new music in 2023. Her first single, “Back To This Moment,” co-written with Michigan singer-songwriter May Erlewine towards the end of the pandemic is a sprightly Americana-bluegrass tune with a kick-ass backbeat, reflecting on and longing for better days gone by. This was followed by her ballad “Love” and her new collaboration with Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and trans activist Cidney Bullens called “Not With You,” which they co-wrote and recorded together for Cidney’s new album Little Pieces, coming out October 27.

The Avenel Performing Arts Center (APAC) is a multi-disciplinary performing arts center located in Avenel, New Jersey. Funded by the Woodbridge Arts Alliance, The APAC promises to energize Avenel and surrounding communities by programming exceptional, professional theatre, music, comedy, dance and more.