Laurie Lewis and Sam Reider @ 7PM

For nearly four decades, Laurie Lewis has gathered fans and honors for her powerful and emotive voice and her versatile, dynamic songwriting. She is a sought-after recording producer and an equally skilled teacher and mentor. In this appearance at SandBox she will be joined by Sam Reider on accordion. 

“I have to say, it was love at first listen,”says Laurie Lewis, of her first meeting with Sam Reider (at a fiddle camp in Big Sur, California, in 2021). “The sound of the accordion, the instant groove, and the way he wove his music in and out of my songs made me an instant fan girl. And then there are his own compositions on top of all that, and his encyclopedic knowledge of jazz standards!”

Laurie and Sam hit it off, and started collaborating together, as part of their band, Laurie Lewis and Men of Note (with bassist Mark Schatz and…