HARDWICK – Dana Robinson will perform at a living room concert at the Civic Standard on Friday, May 2 at 7 p.m. Robinson, a Cabot resident, is a songwriter, guitarist and fiddler whose songs delve into the landscape and natural world. Robinson has been a fixture on the folk and[Read More…]
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Jeudevine Players Create Musical, April 9-10
HARDWICK – The Jeudevine Players will meet Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 10, 3 p.m., to create and put on a low-scale musical for Springfest. Rehearsals will be held throughout April and May, for ages six and up. For more information, contact [email protected] or (802) 472-5948.
Local Folk Orchestra Concert Rich in Variety
GREENSBORO — The Local Folk Orchestra returned to the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro last Saturday evening for an upbeat concert that was most welcome at this time of a fickle Spring and dire national politics. The program was rich in its variety of sources and the 21[Read More…]
Adam Ezra Group at BOH, April 12
BARRE — The Adam Ezra Group returns to the Barre Opera House on Saturday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. Ezra began playing shows over 20 years ago. When music venues wouldn’t hire him, he played bars, bookstores, fields, and parking lots, often raising money for causes he cared about; a practice[Read More…]
Folk Musician Performs April 24
CABOT — David Wilcox, a folk musician and storyteller will will perform on April 24 at the Willey Building, beginning at 7 p.m. The Ohio native found his artistic muse in North Carolina during the mid-1980s. In 1987, he released his debut album, “The Nightshift Watchman,” which led to winning[Read More…]
Traditional Irish Music, March 19
MONTPELIER – On Wednesday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m., the 2025 Farmers Night series presents traditional Irish music with One More Time, in the House Chamber, Vermont State House. This Central Vermont-based band brings the spirit of Ireland to the stage with jigs, ballads and reels. Band members include Denise[Read More…]
Jaded Ravins Perform Americana, Country Blues, March 26
MONTPELIER — On Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m., the 2025 Farmers Night series features the Jaded Ravins in the House Chamber of the Vermont Statehouse. This Calais-based musical duo presents an evening of Americana, country blues and original music composed and sung by Halle Jade and Kelly Ravin. Ravin[Read More…]
Vermont Symphonic Winds Featured March 12
MONTPELIER March 12, at 7:30 p.m., will be the Farmers Night concert in the Vermont State Capital House Chamber featuring The Vermont Symphonic Winds. The ensemble’s members are music teachers and other professional musicians from around Vermont. Several are from the local Lamoille County area. The ensemble and chorus is[Read More…]
Horsenecks Bluegrass Music, March 23
CABOT – The Horsenecks, on tour from the Pacific Northwest, will perform Sunday, March 23, at 5 p.m., at the Willey Building Auditorium. Gabrielle McCrae and Barry Southern play old-time and classic bluegrass music, centered around the pairing of the Appalachian fiddle style of Oregonian Gabrielle Macrae, (the Macrae Sisters,[Read More…]
Tribute to Cline, Lynn, Parton, April 4
ST. JOHNSBURY – The trailblazing women of country music will be hailed at 7 p.m., Friday, April 4, at Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy. Trailblazing Women of Country features soloists, Grammy-nominated Rissi Palmer and Nashville-based singer, Kristina Train, supported by a five-member all-female band. Cline, Lynn, and Parton harnessed country[Read More…]
“Hardwick 1961” Lyrics
HARDWICK 1961 Take Me Back To Hardwick I’m Too Young To Marry Take Me Back To Hardwick I’m Too Old To Tarry Walking aross the swinging bridge your girlfriend on your arm Make it swing she’ll hold you tight It didn’t do much harm Tulips at the festival tulips in[Read More…]
“Hardwick 1961” Opens New Norcross Album
EAST HARDWICK – Originally released in 2017, the tune “Hardwick 1961” by Vermont musician Rick Norcross has been released again as the lead song on Airflyte Records’ latest album “The 2nd Bestest Songs I Ever Wrote.” Written in classic Western swing fiddle style, “Hardwick 1961” features Norcross as vocalist and[Read More…]
