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MAC Music Café

Sunday, January 19, 2025 @ 4:00pm



Middletown Arts Center
36 Church Street, Middletown, NJ 07748

Our popular, monthly music showcase returns in 2025 with singer-songwriters Shotgun Bill Anania, Tom Quattrocchi, Erika Sherger and Barbara Paskin. The concert will take place in the MAC Theater. 

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

Shotgun Bill is……Bill Anania. Bill considers himself a late-bloomer singer/songwriter. Living in Monmouth County, NJ, you’ll find him playing events and venues in the area. Bill has collaborated with Frank Patrouch in “Frank and Bill” since 2012. The duo released three CD projects, Frank Patrouch’s “Whiskey and Revenge” and Frank & Bill’s ” One Good Line” and “Unplugged and Uncouth”.  In 2016, Bill also released his first solo CD, ” The B-Sides”, and in the summer of 2017, he released my 2nd solo project “Train Cars, Prison Bars …and a White Guitar” working with my friend Scott “Tango Kid” Yetka, My next album ” Shotgun Bill with the Tango Kid- Lonesome Cowboys” released April 2019. During the pandemic we released the “Quarantined” EP.  The summer of 2021 will see the release of our 5th project, “Shotgun Bill with the Tango Kid- Lack of Luxury”. In the Fall of 2023 we released our latest album “ Birds of a Feather”.  Shotgun Bill with the Tango Kid was also nominated for the “Indie Music Channel Awards 2022”- Best Americana Artist. In 2024 Shotgun Bill won Americana Singer/ Songwriter for the “Indie Music Radio Awards. Also you can hear all my tunes on Spotify, Itunes, Amazon, Band Camp!

Tom Quattrocchi: Born and raised in Brooklyn, Tom moved to New Jersey in his teenage years. Influenced by his older brother’s love of music, he became a fan of Bob Dylan and started playing the guitar. Tom became a husband, father and worked as a mailman for 34 years. In his free time, he became a National Racewalker Champion and continued playing guitar. After retirement, he became a personal trainer, dabbled in acting and started playing open mics in 2012. He discovered his voice and began writing his own songs, which were heavily influenced by Bob Dylan. He now runs a showcase at Bigly’s in Metuchen, First Cup in Atlantic Highlands and at the fifty-five-and-over community where he lives and is on the board of trustees. He continues to write music and sing at open mics around New Jersey.

Erika Sherger is a singer-songwriter from Boonton Township. Her heartfelt vocals have been compared to Natalie Merchant and Linda Rondstadt and her original songs have a unique style and sound that are all her own.  Erika’s 2nd album, Bad Wolf, will be released on most of the usual streaming platforms on March 24th, 2022.

Barbara Paskin is a performing acoustic song stylist born and bred on the Jersey Shore. She is known at local venues for her accomplished guitar skills and lovely voice. Her genre is a mixture of Folk, Country and Blues.” Barbara is a member of the board of directors of “Musicians on a Mission”, an organization that creates connections and inspires giving through music.




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