Saturday, May 10, 2:00 pm
Presented By: Catamount Arts
Saturday, May 10, 2:00 pm
Location:
Catamount Arts Center Parking Lot
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury, VT
Admission: Free
Dubbed “a band to watch” by NPR and praised by No Depression for its “sheer pop glory, funky all-day grooves, and spacecraft sonics.”What started as a (semi-)traditional bluegrass band in the trenches of the storied folk, bluegrass, and Americana scene in Boston a decade ago has now bloomed into an ensemble of players who shapeshift across genres. Even the expansive “progressive bluegrass” label doesn’t come close to capturing their musical scope.”
TWISTED PINE is performing and recording more expansive sound than ever, after years of touring, serious introspection, bouts of self-doubt, glorious bursts of creativity, and many after-hour festival jam sessions and pickin’ till dawn. The band is noted for its experimental production, fearless songwriting featuring input from each member, finely-crafted collaborative arrangements, playing that’s virtuosic and visceral. Their music is a reflection of what the band listens to. It’s buoyant pop and delicate folk, raging old-time energy, and old-school r&b grooves.
Their sound is unmistakable, exuberant, daring.
Chris Sartori’s upright bass anchors everything with an undeniable, articulate groove. Dan Bui’s mandolin is thick, crisp, and propulsive. Kathleen Parks’ fiddle and Anh Phung’s flute are at constant play, often augmented with effects pedals for layered musical textures, psychedelic sounds, and wild solo trading, somewhere in the ether between bluegrass and jazz. Out in front of the ensemble, Parks’ lead vocals are an instrument unto herself: equal parts mystery, power, haunt, and a search for the edges. And she’s surrounded on all sides by the voices of her bandmates, who bring on whatever harmonies, unities, whistles, and howls the night requires.
In a world that needs TLC more than ever, Twisted Pine offers a show of exultant travels across genres, across time, to mountains, cities, roadhouses, and back porches where songs bring tenderness, love and relief.
Appealing to all tastes, ages and many musical genres, there could be no better band to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Catamount Arts.
Location:
Catamount Arts Center Parking Lot
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury, VT
Admission: Free
Dubbed “a band to watch” by NPR and praised by No Depression for its “sheer pop glory, funky all-day grooves, and spacecraft sonics.”What started as a (semi-)traditional bluegrass band in the trenches of the storied folk, bluegrass, and Americana scene in Boston a decade ago has now bloomed into an ensemble of players who shapeshift across genres. Even the expansive “progressive bluegrass” label doesn’t come close to capturing their musical scope.”
TWISTED PINE is performing and recording more expansive sound than ever, after years of touring, serious introspection, bouts of self-doubt, glorious bursts of creativity, and many after-hour festival jam sessions and pickin’ till dawn. The band is noted for its experimental production, fearless songwriting featuring input from each member, finely-crafted collaborative arrangements, playing that’s virtuosic and visceral. Their music is a reflection of what the band listens to. It’s buoyant pop and delicate folk, raging old-time energy, and old-school r&b grooves.
Their sound is unmistakable, exuberant, daring.
Chris Sartori’s upright bass anchors everything with an undeniable, articulate groove. Dan Bui’s mandolin is thick, crisp, and propulsive. Kathleen Parks’ fiddle and Anh Phung’s flute are at constant play, often augmented with effects pedals for layered musical textures, psychedelic sounds, and wild solo trading, somewhere in the ether between bluegrass and jazz. Out in front of the ensemble, Parks’ lead vocals are an instrument unto herself: equal parts mystery, power, haunt, and a search for the edges. And she’s surrounded on all sides by the voices of her bandmates, who bring on whatever harmonies, unities, whistles, and howls the night requires.
In a world that needs TLC more than ever, Twisted Pine offers a show of exultant travels across genres, across time, to mountains, cities, roadhouses, and back porches where songs bring tenderness, love and relief.
Appealing to all tastes, ages and many musical genres, there could be no better band to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Catamount Arts.