Chris Noyes
Saturday April 26 2025
This is Chris Noyes’ first appearance at the Cranberry Coffeehouse. Hailing from the eastern shore of Maryland, she sings original songs, songs about the Chesapeake Bay, traditional Celtic, as well as tunes from the American Songbook – accompanying herself on guitar and ukulele. She was the featured singer/guitarist with Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Quartet, whom you may have caught this past June at the New York Faerie Festival. Her repertoire is wide-ranging and extensive, having been a classically trained soloist. She is just as comfortable belting out a rock chestnut as she is at cooing a ballad about lost love. Her voice has been described as “crystalline,” and has often been compared to Alison Krauss.
Hiroya Tsukamoto
Saturday May 17 2025
Guitarist and singer-songwriter Hiroya Tsukamoto, two-time 2nd place winner of International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship, began playing the five-string banjo when he was thirteen, and took up guitar shortly after. Originally from Japan, Hiroya came to the United States in 2000 upon receiving a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. He formed the Boston-based group INTEROCEANICO (inter-oceanic) with musicians from around the world, including Latin Grammy Colombian singer Marta Gomez. The group released three acclaimed records (“The Other Side of the World”, “Confluencia” and “Where the River Shines”). Hiroya has released five solo albums. and has been performing internationally, including several appearances at the United Nations, Japanese National Television (NHK), and the famed Blue Note in New York City.
Performer web page: hiroyatsukamoto.com
Tim Ball
Saturday September 20 2025
We are delighted to welcome Tim Ball back to the Cranberry Coffeehouse. Tim is a fiddler, guitarist, producer, and teacher from upstate New York, with deep roots in traditional New York, New England, and Irish-American fiddle music. Tim’s debut solo album Upstate Crossroads, featuring fiddle tunes and traditional songs from upstate New York and the surrounding old-time and Celtic traditions, was the #1 recording of January 2023 on the FAI Folk music chart. Tim will be joined by an as-yet unannounced guest artist – keep an eye on this page for more information coming soon!
Performer web page: timballmusic.com
Dana Cooper
Saturday October 18 2025
Nashville-based Dana Cooper, a veteran of the Kerrville Folk Festival and Austin City Limits, is a poetic songwriter, an insightful storyteller, and a rousing musician whose performances engage and inspire audiences around the world. Dana, who has released over 30 albums to date, has a unique ability to connect with audiences through his authentic stories, sense of humor and warm stage presence.
We had the pleasure of hosting Dana at the Cranberry Coffeehouse in August 2024, and the audience was spellbound by his storytelling and musical acumen. Dana’s latest release, The Ghost of Tucumcari was voted #1 Album of 2024 on Americana Highways Readers Poll. Accompanists on the album include the acclaimed Lyle Lovett.
We’re not always this excited to have someone return so soon – if you didn’t catch him here last year, you will not want to miss him this time around!
Performer web page: www.danacoopermusic.com
Rupert Wates
Saturday November 15 2025
London (U.K.) born Rupert Wates, a U.S. resident since 2006 (with a stint in Paris in between), has been a full-time songwriter since the late 1990’s. He has released eleven full-length CDs, all receiving outstandingly good reviews, and has been heard regularly on radio stations in the USA, Canada, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Israel and Australia. In 2015-2016 alone over twenty of his songs were recorded by other performers, and 2 tribute albums to his material have been recorded by independent artists in Nashville and Los Angeles.
Rupert’s music is an eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk, with flavors of jazz, vaudeville and cabaret. Rupert averages 120 live shows every year, prefers smaller listening rooms where the audience is up close and the emphasis is on the music, so he should feel right at home at the Cranberry Coffeehouse!
Performer web page: www.rupertwatesmusic.com