Michael Chapdelaine – 04/14/12 Boumel House Concert Series Coral Springs, FL Magic. In the dead of summer, a twelve year old boy is placed on a bus and driven to an un-airconditioned theater mid-afternoon. Sitting in an old vaudevillian palace replete with football-field-size red velvet curtain and an old-time, uneven wood-planked stage, he sits amidst […]

Paul Asbell with Andy Waks opening – 03/31/12 Boumel House Concerts – Coral Springs, FL Music is a journey. As such, when it’s good you end up going to a specific place that is emotionally and spiritually gratifying. And when it’s exceptionally good you can experience several satisfying destinations all on the same trip. But […]

. Brooks Williams Boumel House Concerts – 02/18/12 So, I’m sitting at Arlene Boumels house concert this past Saturday and who did I see? None other than Blind Boy Fuller (1907-1941) sitting next to me. And right next to him was Mississippi John Hurt (1893-1996). And two rows over was Blind Willy McTell (1898-1959) talking […]

. Boumel House Concert Series 02/11/12 Wil Maring and Robert Bowlin, with Sam Baker opening There’s something to be said about a marching band in March, cod fish in Cape Cod, and a house concert in a house. Not that we don’t have plenty of exciting venues for house concerts here in southeast Florida, like […]

Steve Gillete and Cindy Mangsen, with Mara Levine opening Boumel House Concert Series, January 28th, 2012 Okay… so there’s this famous story about Eric Clapton that goes like this. He was doing a concert somewhere in Florida, in Jacksonville I think, and he walks out on stage playing Layla. Well, he gets about a dozen […]

Boumel House Concerts series presented Claude Bourbon last night with Hunter Altschul opening. Held inside due to rain with an intimate gathering of about 40 people, this was a unique opportunity to see both a maestro and student of acoustic guitar. Claude Bourbon (http://www.claudebourbon.org/) was born in France in the early 60’s and grew up […]