National Park continues Thursday in the Park Concert Series

The 2015 Thursdays in the Park Concert Series continues on Thursday, July 23, with Larry Kaplan, singing maritime songs. The free concert takes place as from 6:30-7:30 in the garden at New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, (33 William Street), downtown New Bedford. In the event of inclement weather, the performance will be moved indoors to the National Park Theater.

“Old Zeb,” “Song for Gale,” “Song for The Bowdoin,” John,” “ Get Her Into Shore,” “Selling The Isabel” are some of the best contemporary ballads from New England and along its shores you will find in modern folk music today. Born in Boston, Larry grew up in Maine and Massachusetts and now calls London, England, and Essex, Connecticut home. He worked for many years on traditional schooners from Maine and helped restore the Schooner, Bowdoin. Larry has also played a significant role in helping to bring the music collected by the late E. Gale Huntington of Martha’s Vineyard to scholars, performers, and collectors alike, who share a love for the songs sung and shared by sailors and whalers across many oceans. He has released two CDs through Folk Legacy Records, “Worth All The Telling” and recently, his newest recording, “Songs For An August Moon.”.

This year’s Thursday in the Park Concert Series is co-sponsored by the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, a new non-profit organization dedicated to telling the story of the City’s commercial fishing industry.