Joyce Andersen is a veteran musician who has enjoyed a varied 20 year career as side-gal, session player, singer-songwriter, and band leader. Her live shows and recordings showcase her versatility as a vocalist and violinist who thrives on writing and interpreting songs across many genres from old-time, rock & Americana, spirituals, folk, pop, & swing….

“The list of song leaders and composers who have inspired the Mystic is long, but at the top is Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell.  The Mystics have sung many of Dr. Barnwell’s compositions and arrangements over the years.” – Nick Page Dr. Barnwell was a member of the African American a cappella group, Sweet Honey in…

Mary Cunningham is active as a conductor, performer and educator in the Boston area. Since 2004 she has served as Artistic Director for the Halalisa Singers, spearheading dynamic world music-themed concerts for the Arlington-based chorus originally founded by Nick Page. Mary is in her 10th year as Music Director of the UU Church of Reading,…

Soprano Christina E. DeVaughn, a native of Boston, received her master’s degree in opera performance from the Boston Conservatory, where she was the recipient of the Boston Conservatory Music Division Scholarship. She earned her bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, where she received the Benjamin S. Carson Scholarship Award and…

We’re thrilled to welcome Ray Greene as Mystic’s featured guest for Mystic Gospel 22. Ray is a singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist living here in the Boston area. He earned a degree in Music Performance at Berklee College of Music. Being brought up in the shadows of the great Soul/R&B legends of our time, Ray is…

Reggie Harris is a singer-songwriter, storyteller, and cultural ambassador on a mission to educate, entertain, and inspire. For over 40 years, he has captivated audiences to standing ovations in the US, Canada, and across Europe. A songwriter of great depth and insight, Reggie writes from a personal but accessible place that reveals his deep sense…

Updated and traditional Irish songs and tunes Masterfully crafted music, husband-and-wife harmonies, instrumental virtuosity Boston-based Matt and Shannon Heaton play updated and traditional Irish music on flute, accordion, guitar, bouzouki, and voices. With engaging stage presence and masterfully-crafted music, Boston-based Matt and Shannon Heaton offer well-travelled Irish music from the heart. Steeped in sessions in County Clare…

Cantor Linda Hirschhorn is a well-known performer and founder of the women’s a cappella quintet Vocolot. She has released six recordings and two songbooks of original material that reflect her pride in Jewish women’s heritage and a concern for social justice. Hirschhorn travels around the country working with or establishing community choruses. She has been in her current…

Becky Tracy (fiddle) Keith Murphy (guitar, mandolin, piano and foot percussion) Becky and Keith are dynamic performers of traditional music from Newfoundland, Quebec, Ireland, France and beyond. Tracy’s fiddling pulses through tasteful arrangements of dance tunes and resonates with beauty on traditional slow airs. Keith’s gentle and expressive singing in English and French is balanced…

If you can walk, you can dance.  If you can talk, you can sing. This expression from Zimbabwe is a favorite of Roberta Kirn’s because it is her deeply held belief that singing, drumming and moving with others is not only fun, but profoundly healing. After majoring in dance at Dartmouth and Sarah Lawrence colleges,…