BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240828T233000Z DTEND:20240829T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Watermelon Wednesdays - 2024 Concert Series DESCRIPTION:For 25 years and counting\, Watermelon Wednesdays has brought renowned and diverse musical acts to a rural setting\, with intimate performances at the historic West Whately Chapel and Whately Town Hall. \n\nAugust 28th - Rayna Gellert and Kieran Kane (West Whately Chapel)\n\nKieran Kane's seminal work in The O'Kanes and Kane Welch Kaplin\, as well as co-founding the independent label Dead Reckoning Records\, laid the foundation for the contemporary world of Americana music. A successful solo artist\, collaborator\, and songwriter (with songs recorded by Alan Jackson\, John Prine\, Emmylou Harris\, and many more)\, Kieran is a musician's musician: his playing is always understated\, always groove-oriented\, and always serving the song.\n\n\n\nIf Rayna Gellert seems a preternaturally gifted songwriter\, it's because she's seen farther into the old songs than most. Growing up in a musical family\, she turned to Appalachian old-time music at a young age\, becoming a prodigious fiddler and leading a new revival of American stringband music through her work with the acclaimed roots band Uncle Earl. An in-demand collaborator\, she has toured and recorded with artists such as Scott Miller\, Abigail Washburn\, Toubab Krewe\, and Robyn Hitchcock.\n\nKieran and Rayna tap sap from the trees of country\, old-time\, Bluegrass\, folk\, Americana and boil 'em down to a rich and sweet (but not too sweet) syrup that you have to taste to believe.\n\nSeptember 11th - Mister Sun (West Whately Chapel)\n\nLegendary fiddler Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres\, some of which he helped to invent\, and is a member of the original "nuclear" generation of pickers who extended Bluegrass\, Jazz\, and Classical music to find their common ground\; Mr Sun is the latest iteration in that legacy. Joe K. Walsh is one of the foremost contemporary mandolinists\, with 4 award-winning years in the Gibson Brothers\, 3 solo recordings\, and a Berklee professorship. Grant Gordy is a standout in the crowded field of Acoustic Guitar Wunderkinds. Grant's work was quickly recognized for its kaleidoscopic excellence and startling emotion\, fusing Jazz\, R&B\, and Bluegrass concepts to an unprecedented degree. The group recently added the masterful bassist Aidan O'Donnell\, a Brooklyn\, New York (by way of Scotland) jazz veteran. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:For 25 years and counting\, Watermelon Wednesdays has brought renowned and diverse musical acts to a rural setting\, with intimate performances at the historic West Whately Chapel and Whately Town Hall. \;
\nAugust 28th - Rayna Gellert and Kieran Kane (West Whately Chapel)
\nKieran Kane&rsquo\;s seminal work in The O'\;Kanes and Kane Welch Kaplin\, as well as co-founding the independent label Dead Reckoning Records\, laid the foundation for the contemporary world of Americana music. A successful solo artist\, collaborator\, and songwriter (with songs recorded by Alan Jackson\, John Prine\, Emmylou Harris\, and many more)\, Kieran is a musician'\;s musician: his playing is always understated\, always groove-oriented\, and always serving the song.
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\nIf Rayna Gellert seems a preternaturally gifted songwriter\, it&rsquo\;s because she&rsquo\;s seen farther into the old songs than most. Growing up in a musical family\, she turned to Appalachian old-time music at a young age\, becoming a prodigious fiddler and leading a new revival of American stringband music through her work with the acclaimed roots band Uncle Earl. An in-demand collaborator\, she has toured and recorded with artists such as Scott Miller\, Abigail Washburn\, Toubab Krewe\, and Robyn Hitchcock.
\nKieran and Rayna tap sap from the trees of country\, old-time\, Bluegrass\, folk\, Americana and boil &lsquo\;em down to a rich and sweet (but not too sweet) syrup that you have to taste to believe.
\nSeptember 11th - Mister Sun (West Whately Chapel)
\nLegendary fiddler Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres\, some of which he helped to invent\, and is a member of the original "\;nuclear"\; generation of pickers who extended Bluegrass\, Jazz\, and Classical music to find their common ground\; Mr Sun is the latest iteration in that legacy. Joe K. Walsh is one of the foremost contemporary mandolinists\, with 4 award-winning years in the Gibson Brothers\, 3 solo recordings\, and a Berklee professorship. Grant Gordy is a standout in the crowded field of Acoustic Guitar Wunderkinds. Grant'\;s work was quickly recognized for its kaleidoscopic excellence and startling emotion\, fusing Jazz\, R&\;B\, and Bluegrass concepts to an unprecedented degree. The group recently added the masterful bassist Aidan O'\;Donnell\, a Brooklyn\, New York (by way of Scotland) jazz veteran. LOCATION:West Whately Chapel Intersection of Conway and Williamsburg Roads (153 Conway Rd)\, West Whately UID:e.2182.23281 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260515T031257Z URL:https://chamber.franklincc.org/events/details/watermelon-wednesdays-2024-concert-series-23281 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR