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Calaveras In Concert

Calaveras is an award-winning folk trio from California that combines folk, jazz, blues and country into an incredible mix that is both fresh and timeless. Singer-songwriters Greg Beattie and Victoria Blythe, along with instrumentalist Dave Decker, combine voices and a half dozen acoustic instruments into original songs that are both fresh and timeless—from the roots of American traditional song forms to explorations of contemporary sounds.

The trio will be performing at Newtown Congregational Church on Sunday, July 26, at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $12, but children ages 10 and under will be admitted free of charge.

Their songs have captured the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Prize, Grand Prize in the West Coast Songwriters International Song Contest as well as first place in two additional categories, the Napa Valley Emerging Songwriter award, West Coast Songwriter’s Association Song of the Year honors.

Their live show is a mix of Victoria’s soaring, ethereal vocals and hauntingly beautiful fiddle on pure folk ballads and sultry jazz-fusion torch songs, Greg’s energetic and insightful musical treatment of birth, death and everything in between, and Dave’s constantly creative lead-guitar commentary. Their third album, Green Girl, went into rotation on Americana and Folk radio in May. The album’s sons run the gamut from emotionally soaring ballads to acoustic Americana.

Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary) has said of Calavaras that theirs is “wonderful music, wonderfully performed.”

Newtown Congregational Church is at 14 West Street. There is plenty of parking and the building is air-conditioned and handicapped accessible. Call 426-9024 for additional information.