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18 Wednesday, June 22, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon CONCERTS: Free events set for Fir Street Park in Sisters Continued from page 3 Folk Festival, leading the Community Show on Sunday mornings for the past five years, and as staff direc- tor at the Americana Song Academy. She’s a bright light in this world, and we look forward to sharing her beautifully crafted songs and dynamic performances,” said Brad Tisdel, creative director of Sisters Folk Festival. RJ Cowdery is a Columbus, Ohio-based artist who has solidified herself as a standout of the next gen- eration of performing song- writers. She performed at the Sisters Folk Festival in 2013 after winning the Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest the year prior. Cowdery took a circuitous path to becoming a full-time artist. She experienced excit- ing creative breakthroughs followed by distractions and obligations that took her away from her lifelong dream of being a professional singer/ songwriter. RJ is becoming a much-sought-after performer and guitar player, highlighted in 2015 with her first main- stage performance at the Kerrville Folk Festival. She will be adding her keen song- writing insight as an instruc- tor at The Rocky Mountain Folks Festival this year. On Saturday, July 23, Boston-based country folk quintet The Novel Ideas will perform. The band is already booked for the 2016 Sisters Folk Festival, and this will provide Sisters Country folks a preview of this up-and-coming band. Featuring the voices of three different songwriters, The Novel Ideas create a blend of pastoral, harmony-driven, and plaintive Americana. In 2014 they released a 10-inch single, “Lost on the Road,” featuring two new songs and marking the band’s first effort as a quintet. The fol- lowing couple years have been spent touring nationally, writing, and recording as a band. Their latest release, “St. Paul Sessions,” was recorded live in an old church in their hometown. It features six unreleased songs and aims to capture the raw, live energy of their stage performance. On Thursday, August 4, the series will conclude with the Irish Americana roots and bluegrass group I Draw Slow. This Dublin-based band has been drumming up enthusi- astic reviews in Ireland since the release of their top-10 second album, Redhills. Irish national broadcaster RTE made Redhills album of the week, and the album has been welcomed to the playlists of stations across the coun- try. Their impact abroad is redrawing the map for these Irish/Americana songwriters. I Draw Slow’s newest release and third album, White Wave Chapel, is a creative progression for the band. The sound is rooted in the style of the Appalachian mountains and draws on the traditions of Irish music while incorporat- ing all that’s great about mod- ern Americana. They have been described in the UK press as “American top-league equivalents,” des- tined “to blow the opposition away,” drawing favorable comparisons with Gillian Welsh and Alison Krauss. The band has played to audi- ences in the UK, Germany, Denmark and Belgium, and started 2012 with a per- formance with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, and an appearance at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. I Draw Slow is a five-piece outfit comprising vocals, gui- tar, fiddle, banjo and double bass. Holden siblings Dave (guitar) and Louise (vocals) have been writing together for two decades. In 2008, the pair teamed up with violinist Adrian Hart, claw-hammer photo provided Beth Wood is a festival favorite. banjo player Colin Derham, and double-bassist Konrad Liddy to form the band. All shows begin at 7 p.m.; lowback seating is encour- aged. 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