A Beautiful Future Band
A Beautiful Future - Climate Healing Show
Featuring Kate and Rico, sometimes adding Max, Lincoln, & or members of the Climate Healing Chorus, performing songs from their climate healing repertoire which focuses on solutions to reversing and healing climate change.
Learn more about Kate and Rico using music to advocate for the environment.
A Beautiful Future – Caribbean Soul Show
Popular Caribbean songs and audience participation (conga line, limbo, sing along) performed by Kate, Rico and Lincoln with vocals, steel drum, percussion, bass, and guitar
A Beautiful Future – Emerald Isle Show
Popular Irish vocal tunes with jigs and reels and blarney woven throughout.
Featuring Kate, Rico and Max with vocals, guitar, keyboards, and bass.
Catalytics Swing Band
Pictured left to right: Terry Nagel, Lynn Lovell, Doug Tanner, Kate O'Connor, Rico Spence and Dan Margolis.
Voted Favorite Swing Band in the Valley Advocate’s Grand Band Slam SIX YEARS in a ROW!
“Our audiences were delighted by their high spirits and terrific musicianship...They brought swing and edge and color to our festival” Champlain Valley Folk Festival
“Lots of people can play swing, but these guys bring it alive with engaging improvisation” Valley Advocate
The Catalytics are six musicians with backgrounds in Jazz, Swing, Latin, R&B, Bluegrass, Reggae, Country and Blues. Our unique sound is drawn from a variety of styles including early "traditional" jazz, Gypsy swing, French cabaret songs, country, blues, folk and compelling originals by Ellington, Strayhorn, Jobim, Django, Monroe and more. The result is fun, upbeat music that we enjoy performing together and appeals to all ages
The Band:
Doug Tanner - fiddle, chromatic harmonica, vocals
Terry "T-Bone" Nagel-trombone, electric mandolin, vocals
Lynn Lovell - acoustic bass, vocals
Kate O'Connor - keyboard, vocals
Dan Margolis - guitar, vocals
Rico Spence - drums, percussion, vocals
We perform every Sunday at The Black Sheep Cafe in Amherst, MA from 11am to 1pm