PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present a night of swing, honky-tonk, and fiddle by The Sweetback Sisters and Elixir at Next Stage on Friday, March 7, starting at 7:30.
The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Sweetback Sisters forge their own sound by delivering arrangements combining the soul of classic 1940s- and '50s-era country music with an undeniably contemporary edge.
Their rollicking country, swing, honky-tonk, and old-time music is as infectious as it is heartbreaking. The band (www.thesweetbacksisters.com) is Emily Miller on vocals, fiddle, and guitar; Zara Bode on vocals and guitar; Stefan Amidon on drums and vocals; Jesse Milnes on fiddle, guitar, and vocals; Ryan Hommel on electric guitar; and Peter Bitenc on acoustic bass.
Combining fiery fiddling, driving guitar, jaunty vocals, and the rich texture and rhythmic excitement of a horn section, Elixir (www.elixirmusic.com) will perform an eclectic program of compelling music in their rare southern Vermont concert appearance.
J.D. McCliment's Pub provides a beer and wine cash bar.