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Join us for an afternoon
of fantastic music with Emma and Nic! These are two incredible musicians you don't want to miss.
It is seldom that a young folk duo emerges with so focused a direction and critical regard. After their first show
together, Emma Beaton and Nic Gareiss’ sound was lauded “delicate and broken and perfectly sweet.”
Perhaps it was to be expected considering their respective burgeoning solo careers: Emma, a folk cellist, vocalist,
and banjo player originally from Vancouver Island, has performed across North America and Scotland with notable musicians
such Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Bruce Molsky, Laurie Lewis, Crooked Still, and Back of the Moon. Emma is also
the front-woman of the Boston-based modern American stringband Joy Kills Sorrow. Her 2008 solo release, “Pretty
Fair Maid” was awarded a Canadian Folk Music Award, naming her the 2008 Young Performer of the Year. Her singing has
been described as “gorgeous and clear,” the music, “diverse and inventive”.
Nic, a dancer,
singer, and bouzouki-player from northern Michigan has danced and played across Europe and the states with The Chieftains,
Tim O’Brien, Footworks, and Uncle Earl. He has studied and performed music and dance internationally, including
a year in Irish Music Performance at the University of Limerick in Ireland, where he is now studying to earn his Masters degree.
Emma and Nic first met at several music camps and began playing together late at night after square dances and
evening-long fiddle tunes sessions. The songs they sang became the last music of the night. Today, their music retains
a sense of staid nostalgia and quiet, almost secretive intimacy, grounded in Celtic and Americana traditions, but ultimately
all their own.
“I fell in love at once, their music reminds me why I listen to folk music in
the first place.” – Cover Lay Down, 2008
The concert will start at 4:00, see attached flyer for details.
We are encouraging people to bring a picnic and beverage. We will supply the plates,
cups and utensils; we can also put the b-cue out if anyone wants to grill.
All the proceeds
will go directly to the musicians; the ticket cost on the poster states $15 but as usual at our concerts we have a sliding
scale of suggested donation between $10 and $20. Kids under 18 are welcome to come for free. We would like for
you to RSVP but is okay to show up at the last minute. We plan to be outside, but may have to move in if the weather
decides not to cooperate; Please Bring a Chair and Jacket:)
Send me an email
at heisings@msn.com if you plan to attend
We will also have the distillery open from 11:00 to 4:00 that day for
tasting and product purchase.
Bev Heising
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