Talk about roots music! Three young groups with roots in Vermont and an affinity for infusing folk music with their own unique spins are coming to The Church in Brattleboro on Wednesday at 7 p.m. for what I think is going to be a pretty hip show.
Dubbed the "Midsummer Folk Show," the concert features Red Heart the Ticker, Voco and Samamidon.
Tyler Gibbons and Brattleboro area native Robin Macarthur make up Red Heart the Ticker, an alt-country duo who recently moved to Marlboro from Philadelphia. Good move.
Voco is calls itself an ensemble devoted to "post-folk vocal symphonies and dance songs." I don't what that means, but it sounds enticing. Based in Los Angeles, the group features Moira Smiley, who grew up in northern Vermont.
Last on the bill is Samamidon, feturing, you guessed it, Brattleboro's own Sam Amidon, who now lives and plays in New York, and childhood friend Thomas Bartlett.
The amazing thing is that this concert came about because MacArthur and Gibbons happened to meet Smiley of Voco in an L.A. restaurant and quickly discovered their common Vermont roots. They also discovered that Amidon was a mutual friend, and the idea of a show of all three groups was born.
With that kind of serendipity going for it, not to mention all that talent, it should be a great show. Tickets are $10 at the door. For information, e-mail samidon@gmail.com, call 917-922-3936 or e-mail info@rhtt.net or call 802-258-2648,