Mike Rocket with Jen Chapin and Host Jim Rotolo of Sirius XM E Street Radio
City Vineyard presents Mike Rocket with Jen Chapin live on Friday, November 27th, at 7:00 PM(opens in a new tab)!
Mike Rocket is a high-energy NJ/NY-based performer known for electrifying live shows, charity work, and a world-record 1,116-day livestream streak (2020–2023). His socially conscious songs have been considered by the Recording Academy for GRAMMY® recognition, and his performances have landed him on Pollstar charts. A fearless self-promoter, Mike has been spotted on the TODAY Show multiple times. A dedicated WhyHunger artist, Rocket regularly headlines benefit concerts. His work—including Springsteen and Little Steven covers—gets airplay on SiriusXM E Street Radio, and he’s played major festivals like SXSW and Firefly Music Festival.
Jen Chapin has been celebrated for writing “brilliant soulfully poetic urban folk music” (NPR) for three decades, attracting notice with her debut, Open Wide, in 2002. Nurtured in and around NYC by a large family of artists, writers, and musicians, Jen's “observant, lyrically deft, politically aware and emotionally intuitive” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) songwriting features both her "extraordinary voice” (De krenten uit de pop, The Netherlands) and “astonishing jazz band” (popmatters), the combination of which has garnered her well-deserved praise, solidified by appearances on Late Nite with Conan O’Brien, NPR’s Mountain Stage, WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour, WFUV's Sunday Breakfast with John Platt, Mary Sue Twohy's Folk Village and the Bob Edwards Show on Sirius Satellite.
As much as an artistic legacy, the roots of Jen's upbringing have inspired her "potent, jazzy, layered folk" (Newsday) songs and a lifetime of passionate activism, through ongoing work with WhyHunger (founded by her late father Harry Chapin), and teaching high school global history in Brooklyn. She has performed on stage with Bruce Springsteen, on bills with Aimee Mann, Bruce Hornsby, and The Neville Brothers, and her rendition of Van Morrison's "Into The Mystic" was featured in an episode of the SyFy TV series "Defiance". Jen Chapin's 2013 release Reckoning, produced and engineered by five-time GRAMMY© Winner Kevin Killen (U2, Elvis Costello, Kate Bush) was named among the best Americana albums of that year by the Examiner and awarded First Prize, Lyrics category by the USA Songwriting Competition (for the song "Go Away").
Her latest trio album Desert or Sea was released in summer 2019. Jen has also developed "Essential Stories" -- a theatrical concert comprising two decades of songwriting --sculpted into an intimate autobiographical narrative of family roots, parenting, ambition/ambivalence and politics. Since 2023, she has led the “J. Chapes Jazz Band”, playing spontaneous traditional arrangements from the classic American songbook. In 2025, Jen premiered a new show — Anything Goes, and How Did We Get Here? using songs and storytelling to illuminate how we have arrived at our current political moment, and highlight hopeful solutions.
As a touring artist, Jen performs most frequently as the Jen Chapin Trio, featuring GRAMMY© nominated bassist Stephan Crump and “impeccable melodist” (New York Times) Jamie Fox on electric guitar.
Please note: Seating is first come, first served. To ensure you are seated with your entire party, please arrive early.
🍽️ We provide food and beverage service directly to your table in the venue. Or, for an expanded menu and more relaxed experience, arrive early and enjoy a meal in our restaurant before the show. When dining in the restaurant, reservations are encouraged and can be made via Resy starting one month before the show. View Our Concert Dining Menu.(opens in a new tab)
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