Long Island Concert Calendar

John McCarthy born in Queens, NY and Lorraine Lisa (AKA Rain)  North Bergin, NJ.

Both moved the suburbs of Long Island, in their early childhood years.

In the late 90’s Rain put together a hard rock band called D’Vine Ryte.  John auditioned as a guitarist for the band. They developed their style of singing and harmonizing and writing together in this project. D’Vine Ryte had one self-titled, LP released in 1994.

John’s guitar technique has created and developed their unique sound. They are influenced by many rock and folk-rock bands, and their songs receive regular exposure.

John and Rain McCarthy are noted for “Fit to Be Tied” under the group Somehow Sorry. The full-length album was recorded at Modern Voices Records. The first release under the artist’s name Somehow Sorry. Johnny & Rain’s music is distributed on all digital platforms.

Festival appearances at Woman’s Rights to Rock, Lilith Fair, Woodstock Revival and the CCAR Recovery Fest. Established their reputation as a respected rock act, as well as supporting many national artists.

After wowing us at our “Sirens of Song” event this past October, we knew we had to bring back Lydia von Hof to do her own performance at the LIMEHoF! Lydia is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based on Long Island. She has performed as a soloist at Madison Square Garden at a New York Knicks halftime show, The Bitter End in NYC, Rockwood Music Hall, and more. Aside from singing folk, rock, jazz, and her originals, she is a classically trained pianist and opera singer and has performed piano solos at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and has performed with the New York Opera Exchange.