The Secret Sauce

THE SECRET SAUCE

With Janet Feld, Esther Friedman & Jackie Damsky

MEET THE BAND

Janet Feld, Esther Friedman and Jackie Damsky have joined forces as The Secret Sauce, performing tasty originals and choice covers, with lots of sweet 3-part harmony, plus guitar, mandolin, and violin. They came together over a love of each other’s songs, great friendship, and fun and that’s how the Secret Sauce rolls!

Janet Feld is an award-winning performing songwriter, appearing at folk festivals and coffeehouses from coast to coast throughout a nearly four-decade career. She's been teaching general music classes and private lessons to people of all ages since the 1980s. Since 2000, she's been teaching guitar and songwriting at The Passim School of Music and is the founder and Chief Music Officer at Janet’s Planet: Music Lessons for Humanoids, Inc. She has recorded 5 CDs and published her first book in 2023 for music teachers, Practicing Safe Music - Create an emotionally and magical experience for your music students, while rocking your self-care.

Esther Friedman is a Boston-based acoustic singer & songwriter. She started writing songs in the mid-nineties after moving to the area from Cleveland, for Lesley University’s Expressive Art Therapy, Master’s Degree program. Inspired by buskers who braved street corners and t-stops she started writing and performing. Today, she provides therapy in a private practice, counseling those in recovery from trauma, while performing and song writing as much as humanly possible.

Jackie Damsky was originally trained as a classical violinist, and has developed a unique improvisational style over a range of genres including jazz, folk, blues, acoustic rock, and popular music. From halls and clubs to the recording studio, Jackie’s warm and sweet, passionate and evocative violin playing leaves listeners profoundly affected and deeply moved. Jackie weaves a harmonic tapestry with her fellow musicians, adding depth, color, richness… and a little magic.

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Upcoming Shows

Club Passim

Sunday November 30, 2025

7PM

The Secret Sauce

47 Palmer Street

Cambridge, MA

$25

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Previous Shows

Sally O'Brien's

Saturday, November 1, 2025
12:00PM-4:00PM
Benefit to Fight Parkinson's Disease
Featuring: The Secret Sauce, Rick Demers & Joel Green, Sean Danehy,
High Maintenance Jug Band,
Rocking Horse People, and
Cousin Louis
335 Somerville Ave.
Somerville, MA