Past Presentations:
67) Sunday November 4th 2018 at 2:00pm Troubadours and Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Guthrie, Seeger and Dylan at Sandown Library at 305 Main Street - Sandown, NH 03873
66) Wednesday August 22, 2018 at 7:00pm Affirmation and Integration: The Rise of RocknRoll and Youth Culture at Groton Public Library
65) Thursday June 20th at 7:00pm Troubadours and Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan at Brooksby Village (private presentation)
64) Monday June 18th at 6:00pm Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Social and Political Evolution of American Music at Amesbury Public Library
63) Tuesday March 27th 2018 at 7:00pm Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Political and Social Evolution of American Music at Reading Public Library
62) Thursday September 21, 2017 at 7:00pm Troubadours & Troublemakers: The Politics and Music of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan at Burlington Public Library, Burlington MA
61) Wednesday June 22 at 7:30 Swinging Our Way to Victory: The Music of the WWII Era at Edgewood Retirement Community, North Andover MA
60) Wednesday June 14th at 7:00 pm Swinging Our Way to Victory: The Music of the World War II Era at Brooksby Village in Peabody
59) Wednesday June 7th 2017 at 7:30 pm Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America at Needham Public Library
58) Thursday April 27, 2017 at 7:15 Huntington of Nashua for Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America
57) Thursday January 12, 2017 at 7:30, Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America at Edgewood Retirement Community in North Andover
56)Thursday December 15th at 6:00 pm, Affirmation and Integration: The Rise of RocknRoll and Youth Culture at Langley-Adams Library, Groveland, MA
55) Sunday Afternoon at 2:30 November 20, 2016, Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Social and Political History of American Music, at Stevens Memorial Library
345 Main Street, North Andover, MA 0184
54) Thursday October 27th at 7:30 pm Affirmation & Integration: Rock n Roll and the Rise of Youth Culture at Edgewood Retirement Community in North Andover
53) Thursday October 6, 2016 at 6:30 pm: Affirmation & Integration: Rock'n'Roll and the Rise of Youth Culture at Milford Senior Center
52) Thursday September 29, 2016 at 7:00 pm Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Social and Political History of American Music at Groton Public Library
51) Thursday September 1st 2016 at 7:30 Slaves Soldiers & Abolitionists: The Music of the Civil War Era at Edgewood Retirement Community North Andover
50) Thursday June 30th at 2:00 pm Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Social and Political History of American Music at Edgewood Retirement Community in North Andover
49) Wednesday, June 22, 2016, 2:00 pm Troubadours & Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, at Linchfield Senior Center
48) Tuesday June 21, at 11:00 am, Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America, Milford Senior Center, 60 North Bow Street, Milford, MA 01757
47) Thursday, June 16 2016 at 6:30 pm, Affirmation and Integration: Rock and Roll and the Rise of Youth Culture at Peabody Institute Library Peabody Institute Library · 82 Main Street · Peabody, MA 01960 · 978-531-0100
46) Monday June 13, 2016 at 6:00 pm Swinging Our Way to Victory: The Music of the World War II Era, at Langley -Adams Library, 185 Main Street, Groveland Massachusetts 01834
45) Thursday, June 9, 2016, Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Social and Political History of American Music at Hooksett Public Library 31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way, Hooksett, NH 03106 Tel: 603.485.6092
44) Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 7:30 pm Troubadours & Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan at Needham Public Library 1139 Highland Ave, Needham Heights, MA 02494
43) Thursday, May 26, 2016, Affirmation and Integration: Rock and Roll and the Rise of Youth Culture, TAPED for BROADCAST at 7:00 pm at BATV Billerica Access Television, Inc., 430 Boston Road, Billerica, MA 01821
42) Thursday May 19, 2016, 7:00 pm Swinging Our Way to Victory, The Music of the World War II Era, Peabody Institute Library · 82 Main Street · Peabody, MA 01960 · 978-531-0100
41) Thursday April 28, 2016, at 7:00 pm Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America, Peabody Institute Library · 82 Main Street · Peabody, MA 01960 ·
40) Thursday April 14, 2016 Troubadours and Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, TAPED for BROADCAST at 7:00 pm in BATV Billerica Access Television, Inc., 430 Boston Road, Billerica, MA 01821
39) Sunday, March 20, 2016, Slaves, Soldiers and Abolitionists: The Music of the Civil War Era, North Andover Public Library, Stevens Memorial Library, 345 Main Street, North Andover, MA 01845
38) Thursday March 17, 2016 at 7:00 Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Social and Political History of American Music at Peabody Institute Library
37) Thursday March 10, 2016 - Swinging Our Way to Victory; The Music of World War II - TAPED for BROADCAST on BATV Billerica Access Television, Inc.,
430 Boston Road, Billerica, MA 01821
36) Thursday February 11, 2016 at 7:00 pm - Labor Music and Radical Politics: The Music of Joe Hill and the IWW at TAPED for BROADCAST on BATV Billerica Access Television, Inc., 430 Boston Road, Billerica, MA 01821, (978) 663-2284, info@batvinc.org
35) Thursday, February 4, 2016 - Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Evolution of American Music - Peabody Institute Library Danvers. 15 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA 01923
34) Thursday, January 14, Thursday 2016 - Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America TAPED for BROADCAST on BATV Billerica Access Television, Inc., 430 Boston Road, Billerica, MA 01821
33) Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 6:30 pm Thursday for Troubadours and Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Guthrie, Seeger & Dylan at Newburyport Public Library
32) Thursday October 8, 2015 at 7 pm Slaves, Soldiers & Abolitionists: the Music of the Civil War Era at 7:00 pm TAPED for BROADCAST on BATV Billerica Access Television, Billerica, MA 01821
31) Wednesday September 16, 2015 at 6:00 pm - Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America - at the Nesmith Library, Windham, NH
30) Thursday, September 10, 2015 - Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Social and Political History of American Music -
Billerica Access Television, Inc., 430 Boston Road, Billerica, MA 01821, (978) 663-2284, info@batvinc.org
29) Thursday, September 3, 2015 7:00 pm - Swinging Our Way to Victory: The Music of the World War II Era - The Huntington of Nashua - 55 Kent Lane, Nashua, NH 03062
28) July 30, 2015, Thursday at 7:00 pm - Troubadours and Troublemakers: The Music & Politics of Guthrie, Seeger & Dylan - for the Nevins Memorial Library, 305 Broadway, Methuen, MA
27) July 22, 2015, Wednesday at 2:00 pm - Swinging Our Way to Victory: Music of the World War II Era - for the Litchfield Seniors at Litchfield Community Church, 259 Charles Bancroft Highway, Litchfield, NH 03052
26) July 20, 2015, Monday at 6:30 pm - Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America at Plaistow Library, 85 Main street, Plaistow NH
25) July 13, 2015 at 2:30 pm - Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America - at Waterstone at Wellesley, MA
24) July 9, 2015, Thursday at 7:00 pm- Troubadours and Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Guthrie, Seeger & Dylan at the Tewksbury Memorial Library in Tewksbury MA
23) July 7, 2015, Tuesday at 7:30 pm - Troubadours and Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Guthrie, Seeger & Dylan at the Huntington of Nashua 55 Kent Lane, Nashua, NH
22) June 22, 2015 , Monday at 7:00 pm - Troubadours & Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger & Bob Dylan at the Peabody Institute Library
21) June 18, 2015, Thursday at 6:30 pm - Troubadours & Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger & Bob Dylan at the Hooksett Library in Hooksett NH
20) June 16, 2015, Tuesday at 7:00 pm - Troubadours & Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger & Bob Dylan - at Reading Senior Center, Reading MA
19) June 12, 2015, Friday at 10:00 am - Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America - at the Wellesley Council on Aging, 219 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
18) May 18, 2015 Monday at 9:30 am - Sin to Swing: The Evolution off Jazz in America - at the Somerville Council on Aging - Holland Street Center, 167 Holland Street, Somerville, MA.
17) May 15, 2015, Friday at 7:00 pm - Tewksbury Historical Society Fundraiser -Swinging Our Way to Victory: The Music of the World War II Era - at Tewksbury Senior Center, 175 Chandler Street, Tewksbury, MA 01876
16) April 18, 2015 Saturday at 2:00 pm, Slaves Soldier & Abolitionists: The Music of the Civil War Era - at General Israel Putnam Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Judge Samuel House, 171 Holten Street, Danvers, MA 01923
15) April 10, 2015, Friday, Ragtime to Bop: The Evolution of Jazz in America, at St. Joseph's School In Haverhill - PRIVATE PRESENTATION
14) February 20, 2015, Friday at 10:00 am - Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Evolution of American Popular Music at the Chelmsford Senior Center.
13) February 19, 2015, Thursday at 7:00 pm - Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Evolution of American Popular Music at the Burlington Public Library
12) February 12, 2015 Thursday at 7:00 pm - Troubadours & Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan at the Nashua, NH Public Library
11) January 23, Friday at 10:00 am - Troubadours & Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan at The Wellesley Community Center, 219 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
10) October 17, 2014, Friday 10:00 am - Swinging Our Way to Victory: American Popular Music of the World War II Era at Chelmsford Senior Center
9) September 29, 2014 - Swinging Our Way to Victory: American Popular Music of the World War II Era - Monday September 29th at 6:30 pm at the Portsmouth Public Library in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
8) September 24, 7:00 pm Troubadours and Troublemakers: The Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger & Bob Dylan. Reuben Hour Library, Littleton MA
7) June 7, 2014 12 Noon - Slaves, Soldiers & Abolitionists: The Music of the Civil War Era, Langley-Adams Library, Groveland, MA
6) February 26, 2014 - Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Evolution of American Popular Music at Wilmington Memorial Library
5) February 10, 2014 - Spirituals to Hip Hop: The Evolution of American Popular Music at the Beverley Public Library part of "Monday Mornings" lecture series.
4) February 3, 2014 - From Sin to Swing: The Evolution of Jazz in America at the Langley-Adams Library, Groveland, MA
3) August 6, 2013 - Troubadours and Troublemakers, Langley-Adams Library, Groveland
2) February 27, 2013 - Spirituals to Hip Hop, Andover Public Library
*1) January 28, 2013 - Spirituals to Hip Hop, Langley-Adams Library, Groveland
*This was my first presentation! Thank you to the Langley Adams Library in Groveland for the opportunity. I will always be grateful!
The Social & Political History of American Music Presentation Series
March 14, 2018. AMHERST. Singing and dancing his way through a century and a half of American music, Kevin Comtois recently offered a hugely entertaining Black History Month program at the Amherst Town Library....
According to the Nashua Library Director: "The event (2-12-15) was a great success..."
Kevin had a "deep knowledge and enthusiastic delivery."
Here is what the BURLINGTON UNION (2-26-15) wrote:
"Lively Presentation" "Energetic Commentary"
"Comtois even showed off his own James Brown moves"