Date: Thursday, July 24, 7.30 pm - 9.30pm, Whately Town Hall.
Celebrating thirty years of holding traditions and pushing boundaries, Solas is hailed by The Boston Globe as “the finest Celtic ensemble this country has ever produced.” There’s Lunasa and Altan and then there’s Solas!
Date: Wednesday, October 29th, 7:30-9:30 pm, Whately Town Hall
A double-header featuring Vasen, the Swedish musical magicians Mikael Marin and Olov Johansson, playing on a variety of stringed instruments, including a silverbasharpa, oktavharpa, three-rowed Nyckelharpa, violoncello da spalla and a blue electric viola. They have been making music together for 37 years.
The Fretles is a nontraditional string quartet from Canada. Since forming in 2011, The Fretless has toured extensively across Canada and worldwide, including Australia, South and North America, and seven European tours—playing historic small halls to prestigious stages such as the Cologne Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra Hall…They have won a lot of prestigious music awards (just like Vasen).
These two groups might be too much talent, too much entertainment and engagement…but check them out. Be prepared to be amazed.
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 7:30-9:30 pm, Whately Town Hall
Legendary fiddler Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent, and is a member of the original "nuclear" generation of pickers who extended Bluegrass, Jazz, and Classical music to find their common ground; Mr Sun is the latest iteration in that legacy. Joe K. Walsh is one of the foremost contemporary mandolinists, with 4 award-winning years in the Gibson Brothers, 3 solo recordings, and a Berklee professorship. Grant Gordy is a standout in the crowded field of Acoustic Guitar Wunderkinds. Grant's work was quickly recognized for its kaleidoscopic excellence and startling emotion, fusing Jazz, R&B, and Bluegrass concepts to an unprecedented degree. The group recently added the masterful bassist Aidan O'Donnell, a Brooklyn, New York (by way of Scotland) jazz veteran.
They will be playing Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite as rearranged by Duke Ellington, as re-rearranged by Mr. Sun. Their playing will take your breath away. Seriously.
Watermelon Wednesdays
Watermelon Wednesdays is an acoustic concert series.
