7:30 PM
All Souls UU Congregation
60 Huntington St., New London, CT 06320
Jake Armerding-fiddle, Chris Miles-base, Taylor Armerding-mandolin, Bill Henry-guitar, Mike Kropp-banjo Photo: Stephen A. Ide
Northern Lights, the Northeast’s veteran string band, doesn’t qualify as typical traditionalist. But in three decades the band has created its own tradition – a constant exploration of new musical territory without ever losing its acoustic and vocal bearings. From 1990′s “Take You to the Sky,” to recently-released “One Day” (Fifty-Fifty Music), the band has fused an eclectic mix of traditional roots music, rock, country, soul and gospel with the high, lonesome vocal sound and instruments of bluegrass.
Shows with Jonathan Edwards include a set together and the late Vassar Clements occasionally joined them on fiddle. They have performed at the Newport Folk Festival, Barns at Wolf Trap, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Festival sur la Route de Tullins, Strawberry Music Festival, and the American Folklife Center. They have recorded 11 albums, including “Three August Nights”, a live CD with Vassar Clements, and three of their CDs reached the top ten of Bluegrass Unlimited’s National Bluegrass Survey.
Northern Lights, the Northeast’s veteran string band, doesn’t qualify as typical traditionalist. But in three decades the band has created its own tradition – a constant exploration of new musical territory without ever losing its acoustic and vocal bearings. From 1990’s “Take You to the Sky,” to recently-released “One Day” (Fifty-Fifty Music), the band has fused an eclectic mix of traditional roots music, rock, country, soul and gospel with the high, lonesome vocal sound and instruments of bluegrass.
Shows with Jonathan Edwards include a set together and the late Vassar Clements occasionally joined them on fiddle. They have performed at the Newport Folk Festival, Barns at Wolf Trap, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Festival sur la Route de Tullins, Strawberry Music Festival, and the American Folklife Center. They have recorded 11 albums, including “Three August Nights”, a live CD with Vassar Clements, and three of their CDs reached the top ten of Bluegrass Unlimited’s National Bluegrass Survey.