Fiddles, Feet & Folk Make for FUN at The Buttonwood Tree This Weekend

The Kennedys

September 10 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Pete and Maura Kennedy, both East Coast natives, met in Austin, Texas, joined forces with Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra for a couple of years, and set out on a road that, for two decades, has led them not only west but all over the US and the UK many times. This year, they celebrate their twentieth anniversary both as a band and a married couple. Rather than indulge in a nostalgic look backward, they’ve taken Dylan’s dictum “don’t look…
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April Verch

Sunday, September 11 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$25  Reservations suggested   Includes Reception

 

Bow. Feet. Vox. A trifecta of talent, keeping tradition feisty.   While April Verch is perhaps best known for playing traditional fiddle styles from her native Ottawa Valley, Canada, her performances extend into old-time American and Appalachian styles and beyond, for a well-rounded tour-de-force of North Americana sounds. Verch tours with world-class musicians as a trio, featuring acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass and clawhammer banjo in addition to Verch’s vocals, fiddle and foot percussion. April Verch steps, sings, and fiddles with…
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JOHN BASINGER – Paradise Lost

September 11 @ 7:00 pm

John will be presenting Book 5 of John Milton's Paradise Lost This is a live "reading". Books to follow along will be available.
Donations are welcome 

The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center
605 Main Street, Middletown CT
http://buttonwood.org/
860.347.4957