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Catie Curtis with Special Guest Lisa Bouchelle

Singer/songwriters Catie Curtis and Lisa Bouchelle perform a house concert to raise awareness and funds for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. (www.au.org)

Catie Curtis is a veteran on the singer/songwriter folk scene, crisscrossing the US for 20 years and counting performing shows, recording and releasing 13 CDs, with devoted fans following her every move. Shes performed at the White House several times, at two Presidential Inaugural Balls, with Lilith Fair, and at Carnegie Hall. The winner of more than her share of Boston Music Awards, she also took the Grand Prize in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition (out of 15,000 entries). Catie recorded a duet with Kris Kristofferson for his CD "The Austin Sessions and theres a good chance youve heard a song of hers in a movie or on a TV show. The New Yorker called Catie a "folk-rock goddess."

Lisa Bouchelle is one of those rare artists that can bring you to tears one moment, such as on Where You Are, a heartfelt tribute to her mother, whom she lost to alcoholism at a young age, and then have you laughing out loud, with songs such as Only The Tequila Talkin, a playful duet with John Popper. Her style has been compared to Jason Mraz, Sheryl Crow, and Jewel, but what sets her music apart is an edge reminiscent of classic artists such as Neil Young and Tom Petty.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State, located in Washington, DC, is dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of church-state separation as the only way to ensure religious freedom for all Americans. Their outreach and legal teams advocate for LGBT marriage equality, protecting womens reproductive rights, keeping religion out of public schools and fighting faith-based discrimination.