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D2 The Times Argus Rutland Herald Saturday-Sunday, July 13-14, 2019 By TOM HUNTINGTON ARTS CORRESPONDENT The hillside at Dog Mountain in St. Johnsbury will once again be alive with the sound of music, as the Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series returns for a third year of free concerts on Sundays. The free family- and dog-friendly festivities kick off July 14 with lauded Tennessee singer-songwriter Peter Karp and close Sep. 22 with world-inspired Montreal hip-hop collective Nomadic Massive.

The 10-concert series returns to take over the sprawling locale, thanks to a grant provided by the Levitt Foundation. The Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization awards $25,000 matching grants to 15 nonprofits serving small to mid-sized towns and cities, to present free weekly summer concerts breathe new life into an underused public according to a news release. a look at the Levitt AMP St. lineup: July 14: The series kicks off with noteworthy Americana singer-songwriter Peter Karp, who, with his trio, delivers a vital sound that Karp calls Americana Karp should be a lot better known than he says the All-Music Guide. is his own man, an artist who blends roots music styles into something that combines and tran- scends blues, country, rock, honky-tonk, swamp, swing and July 21: Standout Glasgow, Scotland Celtic rock band Albannach brings its tribal pipes and sound back to Dog Mountain for the second straight year.

July 28: Short for Bra- zilian Twins, B2wins is a high-energy quartet led by charismatic twins Walter (electric violin, vocals) and Wagner Caldas (ukulele, keyboards). Rising up from the violent and impoverished favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the Iowa-based band brings its lively mix of rock concert, jam session, dance party and comedy routine. Aug. 4: Ward Hayden the Outliers is a Boston country-rock quartet for- merly known as Girls Guns Glory. Led by feisty frontman Hayden, it delivers equal measures of torch and twang, the band brings its renowned live show back to Vermont in support of an EP of cover songs, Judge a Aug.

11: Described by Irish Music Magazine as full-bodied pipe and whistle Belfast, Ireland, quintet per- forms on dueling uilleann pipes, whistles, guitar, bouzouki, double bass and vocals. Aug. 18: An all-female group of performers from New Zealand, Mama Mihirangi the Mareikura brings its stirring mix of Maori roots music, dance, stories and live looping. queen of live loops is back in force after a break from said Songlines Magazine in March about frontwoman Mihirangi, this new show is her best Aug. 25: La Misa Negra is an Oakland, seven-piece group known for its distinctive, dance-inducing blend of heavyweight cumbia and high-energy Afro-Latin music, served up with a healthy dose of punk rock energy.

Nominated for two Grammy Awards for its self-ti- tled 2017 sophomore album, the band the growing ranks of dynamic, energetic underground ensembles who have been redefining modern Latino and Latin according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Sep. 8: A dynamite dou- ble-bill featuring standout Burlington band Barika and lauded Paris-born, Montreal-based singer-song- writer Daby Known for its groove-driven, West African-based instrumental music, Barika performs in support of its excellent 2018 album, Simple is currently recording new songs with Montreal producer Afrotronix, for a follow-up to his 2015 album on the Charlotte-based Cumbancha label. performs Friday at Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington.) Sep. 15: Durham County Poets, an eclectic roots quintet from the Chateau- guay Valley in southwestern Quebec, brings its lively and soulful sound that blends blues, folk and rock.

Sep. 22: The series closes out in style with world-in- spired Montreal hip-hop collective Nomadic Massive, performing in support of a new album, which was released in May. a cul- mination of a decade and a half of said the Link about the album, the stories and cultures of the group in a brand-new VERMONT ARTS By ART EDELSTEIN ARTS CORRESPONDENT The annual folk music concert at the historic Old West Church in Calais has become a highlight of the summer concert scene. Created and produced by Deb Flanders in honor of her great-aunt Helen Hartness Flanders, an internationally recognized ballad collector and authority on folk music found in New England and in the British Isles, the concerts have featured performers from a number of countries along with Vermont musicians. Many of the concerts have also featured Pete Sutherland from Burling- ton as a backup musician and producer.

This year the concert celebrates Sutherland and his two musical partners, collec- tively known as Posse, at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 21. The band has been dubbed own trad-roots power Sutherland has chosen two talented younger musicians to work with, his Oliver Scanlon and Tristan Henderson. The trio features twin fid- dles from Sutherland and Scanlon in tight harmony over high-powered guitar from Henderson, along with foot percussion with mandolin, clawhammer banjo, jaw harp, keyboards, and vocal harmonies. The band has released five albums and tours internationally.

The Calais concert fea- tures Deb Flanders, whose voice described as clear and and others have called She has been performing songs from the remarkable ballad collection of her great-aunt for two decades. Her 1997 CD, Make My paid tribute to her lifelong work and gave Vermonters a taste of the extraordinary musical traditions. Deb 2012 release Female Highway- further expanded her research into her collections. Adding to the musical talent for this concert are fiddler Jane Oxnard, a native of Northumberland, England; Vermont Sym- phony Orchestra principal cellist John Dunlop and violinist and fiddler Laura Markowitz, also a member of the VSO. Sutherland, a mainstay of the Vermont traditional music community for four decades, is a nationally known fiddler, multi-in- strumentalist, record producer and teacher.

In 2014, The Times Argus awarded Sutherland a special Tammie Award, the annual year-end music award. is leading traditional musi- cian and an inspiration to a whole new generation of performers. For this reason, we want to honor him with a special Tammie as Musician of the Year we said. Sutherland is a 30-year veteran of many touring and recording groups including Metamora, Rhythm in Shoes, The Woodshed Allstars and Ira Ten Toe Percussion, and is a founding member of the long-running contra dance jam band The Clayfoot Strutters, and most recently Posse. He has helped Flanders produce and performed annually in her Old West Church concert series.

He teaches fiddle at the Summit School in Montpelier as well. Other publications and organizations have also praised Suther- land. warm voiced singer-songsmith and accomplished multi-in- strumentalist, Pete is known equally for his potent originals and his intense recreations of age-old ballads and fiery fiddle wrote The American Festival of Fid- dle Tunes. covers the map and shines with a pure spirit which infuses every bit of his music, and cannot fail to move all who hear While Sutherland con- tinues to play with a variety of bands on an occasional basis, he has devoted much of his time and energy in recent years to Posse. Since 2014 the Posse has racked up over 150,000 miles of touring, played numerous festivals including Shetland Folk Festival, Festival Memoire et Racine, New Bedford Folk Festival and others.

The sound includes a lot of variety from Celtic to Quebecois to Americana, a touch of acoustic rock and other styles. Each member is a powerful multi-instrumen- talist and the band plays a dynamic repertoire of folk-roots genres, songs and tunes, traditional and original. If there is a category that best defines the band, tional A concert at the church is a special event. This building has been in use since the 1830s. The wooden pews are original.

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We found The Bank of Bennington to be a perfect Old West Church folk concert celebrates PETE SUTHERLAND PROVIDED PHOTO Pete Sutherland will be feted at the 21st annual Folk Concert at the Old West Church July 21. PHOTO BY JEN DEAN Posse will perform at the Old West Church in Calais July 21. From left to right are Oliver Scanlon, Tristan Henderson and Pete Sutherland. WEST CHURCH The 21st annual Folk Concert at the Old West Church, honoring Pete Sutherland, will be presented at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 21, at 758 Old West Church Road in Adamant.

Admission is $20 at the door (a portion of the proceeds benefit the Vermont Folklife Center); go online to http://oldwestchurchvt.org. Free music series returns to Dog Mountain in St. PROVIDED PHOTO B2wins, a high-energy quartet led by charismatic twins Walter and Wagner Caldas, plays the Levitt AMP St. Johnsbury Music Series July 28. PROVIDED PHOTO Boston country-rock band Ward Hayden the Outliers performs Aug.

4 at Dog Mountain. PROVIDED PHOTO An all-female group of performers from New Zealand, Mama Mihirangi the Mareikura brings its stirring mix of Maori roots music, dance, stories and live looping to Dog Mountain Aug. 18. LEVITT AMP MUSIC SERIES The Levitt AMP St. Johns- bury Music Series at Dog Mountain, 143 Parks Road, starts July 14 and ends Sept.

22. The con- certs, 4 to 7 p.m. Sun- days, are free of charge, and dogs are allowed. Food and drink is avail- able for sale, with local food vendors and beer and wine provided by Kingdom Taproom. Con- certs are rain or shine.

More information is avail- able at levittamp.org/stjohnsbury..