The Rough & Tumble
May 31 @ 8-10 pm | $12
Join us for a night of live folk music!
The Rough & Tumble are as easy to detect as a stray dog on your doorstep– and as difficult to send home. The dumpster-folk, thriftstore-Americana duo, consisting of Mallory Graham & Scott Tyler, have been hobbling around the country in their 16’ camper since 2015. They picked up a couple of actual strays along the way– two 100lb dogs, Puddle & Magpie Mae– and have been making themselves at home in living rooms, bars, theaters, and festivals across the country.
Even at their start in 2011, The Rough & Tumble are collectors. Trinkets, instruments, stories shoved in cupholders, and scraps of paper sticking out of old books they never planned to read, the duo couldn’t resist filling their pockets with tiny things that may be useful down the road. Until they hit the road. Limited in space, The Rough & Tumble are a new kind of collector: songwriting with illustration, and arranging each song with a menagerie of instruments, ranging from acoustic guitars to mailbox snares to a banjulele. “Their Americana music is restorative, their performance highly entertaining, their orchestra of unusual instruments intriguing, and… jokes and stories are worthy of an HBO special.” (Linda Bolton, Cozy Cabin House Concerts).
The stray folkies are as industrious as they are scrappy, releasing five EPs and two albums in their 8 years. The Rough & Tumble’s 2018 release We Made Ourselves a Home When We Didn’t Know, brought the listener to the road and the road to their home, an album “as cozy, comfortable and inviting as a well-worn couch.” (Bill Kopp, Mountain Xpress). This is in addition to their weekly livecast, a monthly blog, a Cook & Color Book, a food blog, 2018 SERFA Official Showcase Artist, and playing upwards of 150 shows a year.
The Rough & Tumble are headed back into the studio in early 2019 for a later year release. Catch them online at www.theroughandtumble.com, or pawing at your front door on their never-ending tour soon. Details/ Reserve here
Aligned with Source: A Personal Development Workshop & Meditation
June 1 @ 10:30-12 pm
Topic: Seeking Perfection
What are your expectations of self & others? Are you more often pleased or disappointed? What is this perfection you seek?
Music Workshop w/ Rob DeSorbo
June 1 @ 1-4 pm | $10 *Last Session*
We will engage in music discussions, ear training, scales, modes, arpeggios, Circle of fifths and Fourth and practice methods. Chord structure and harmonic values in and around chords. All Instruments, vocals and skill levels welcome. Come enhance or add to your current education in music. Music is a never-ending study and accomplishment.
Check Out Rob’s Official Facebook Page!
Each session is $10 non-members, $5 members
The Buttonwood Tree is not bar it is a Cultural center to enlighten and educate.
Details here/Reserve seats
David Eberly
June 1 @ 7-9 pm | $15
David is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Hartt School, University of Hartford. He received a bachelors degree in 1976 was in Music with an Emphasis in Piano. He also received an Artist Diploma in 1978.
He played in the Al Jarvis Orchestra and was a member of Pulse from 1979 to 1992; the Sam Passco Orchestra from 1989 to 2016; the Jerry Carrillo Orchestra from 1978 to 2014. He is an active member of the Hartford Men of Harmony Barbershop Chorus (formerly Insurance City Chorus), 1985 to 2018. He played a concert at the Hartford Jazz Society, performed jazz and classical music on WWUH, and has been a guest DJ on Jazz Programs.
David has performed in the Hartford Public Library’s Baby Grand Jazz series, and will be performing at the Simsbury and Bloomfield Public Libraries. He regularly plays at The Waverly Inn in Cheshire, along with many Assisted Living Residences (Atria Hamilton Heights in West Hartford, Brookdale of Farmington, McAuley in West Hartford, Village Gate of Farmington, Middlewoods of Farmington and many other locations).
The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center is located at 605 Main Street, Middletown. There is ample, free parking behind It's Only Natural market. Refreshments, viewing of Buttonwood's Art show, the bookstore and refreshments are all open and available. Call for info: (860) 347-4957. If you want to see what events we have lined up for the month check our website's event calendar here.
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