Anne Marie Menta / Steve Rodgers

Admission to Anne Marie Menta / Fred Arcoleo

Admission is $15

NOTE: There are no physical tickets for concerts and events at The Buttonwood Tree.

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Anne Marie Menta hails from New Haven, CT, where she has been a long-time favorite singer/songwriter. She comes from a family of three brothers where playing and listening to music was their greatest passion. In 1998, she released her debut album “Untried & True”, followed by “When the Love Ran Deep” in 2004, and “Seven Secrets” in 2009. Her fourth collection, “Sky Tonight” was released in December 2019.

Anne Marie has opened for artists such as Richard Shindell, The Kennedys, Cheryl Wheeler, Sally Barris, Eddie from Ohio and Linda McRae, and has been a featured performer at the CT Folk Festival in New Haven, CT. She was a finalist in the 2004 South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter competition, and a showcase artist at NERFA (New England Regional Folk Alliance.)

Anne Marie accompanies herself on acoustic guitar, appearing solo or as part of an acoustic band. The band featured on “Sky Tonight” includes fellow CT musicians Mark Mirando on piano, Bob Csugie, upright bass, Cadence Carroll, percussion and harmonies, and producer Richard Neal on mandolin, guitar and dobro. Sky Tonight was recorded at Neal’s 34 West Recorders in Sandy Hook, CT, and mastered by Vic Steffens at Horizon Music group, West Haven, CT.

Anne Marie’s songs range stylistically from contemporary folk, Americana, acoustic pop, country, and folk-rock, all featuring her warm vocals and solid guitar. The tunes reflect her wide influences and devotion to Joni Mitchell, Rosanne Cash, Emmy Lou Harris, Lucinda Williams, and Mary Chapin Carpenter, to name a few.

The songs touch on the usual themes of love, life, and loss, but they deliver the listener to the not-so-usual place of recognition, empathy, solace and hope. Anne Marie pairs her poignant lyrics with catchy melodies to create moving song memoirs. Equally melodic and lyrically driven, the songs might be described as autobiographical meets storytelling, personal meets universal, childhood meets adulthood, love meets loneliness, family embraces family, friends share love.

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Stephen Peter Rodgers is a Songwriter, Producer, Multi Instrumentalist & Visual Artist. His Career Spans three decades and his involvement in all aspects of music is wide and all encompassing. Stephen is currently signed to Bigger Beast Records and will be releasing new music throughout 2025.
Stephen is the Owner of Tiny Bunker Recording Studio located in Connecticut, Tiny Bunker specializes in the producing, recording and development of Singer Songwriters, Americana, Roots & Indie Rock.

Stephen Peter Rodgers is truly a renaissance man. Rodgers has been a mainstay figure in the New Haven music scene for decades. His travels have taken many different forms. It all started as a member and frontman for the highly regarded CT group, MIghty Purple. From there, he opened the influential Space complex in Hamden in 2003 . After exiting their ownership in 2018 , Rodgers dove deeply into his songwriting acumen and artistic endeavors. In 2022, he released his ground breaking album.Speck On A Clover. In addition, Stephen has delved into producing other artists at his Tiny Bunker Studio. Today, Rodgers drops his new single, “Winter Is Coming” on Bigger Beast Records.