Wednesday, December 7, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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SFF announces Winter Concert Series Sisters salutes…
The Sisters Folk Festival
2017 Winter Concert Series
offers a songwriter focus
with three shows.
On Wednesday, January
25, Martin Sexton will bring
to Sisters his soulful sing-
ing, brilliant guitar play-
ing and well-crafted songs.
The Syracuse, New York
native got his start sing-
ing in the streets and sub-
ways of Boston in the early
1990s. Still fiercely inde-
pendent and headlining
venues from the Fillmore to
Carnegie Hall, he has influ-
enced a generation of con-
temporary artists. Sexton’s
incendiary live show, hon-
est lyrics, and vocal prowess
keep fans coming back for
more.
From 1996 to the early
2000s, Sexton released
acclaimed albums “Black
Sheep,” “The American
Wonder Bar” and “Live
Wide Open.” The activ-
ity and worldwide touring
behind these records laid the
foundation for the career he
enjoys today with an uncom-
monly loyal fan base. Since
then he has infiltrated many
musical worlds, performing
at concerts ranging from col-
laborating with John Mayer
to the jam scene work-
ing with Peter Frampton,
to the Newport Folk Fest,
Bonnaroo, and the New
Orleans Jazz Fest.
On Tuesday, February 21,
the series will feature serious
bluegrass pickers and sing-
ers. This bluegrass show-
case includes the dobro/
guitar duo of Rob Ickes &
Trey Hensley, and the pow-
erful yet intricate music of
the Molly Tuttle Band, each
doing their own sets. Rob
Ickes & Trey Hensley were
sure their musical partner-
ship was the right move at
the right time, but it was still
welcome news when their
debut project, “Before The
Sun Goes Down,” earned
a nomination for a Best
Bluegrass Album Grammy,
about the time Ickes took
leave of his band to make the
joint venture the centerpiece
of his career.
The Molly Tuttle Band
performed at the 2016 Sisters
Folk Festival to great audi-
ence acclaim.
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190 E. Cascade Ave., Sisters
Thursday, March 23,
marks the final show in the
series, featuring the emotive
and beautiful singing of two
outstanding singer-songwrit-
ers; Canadian Rose Cousins
and Nashville-based Caitlin
Canty.
Caitlin Canty returns to
Sisters after successful per-
formances at the 2016 Sisters
Folk Festival and Winter
Concert Series, when she
performed with Darlingside.
Her sound harnesses the grit
and spark at the very heart of
American music, tempered
with a voice both haunting
and distinct.
For more information
on the 2017 Sisters Folk
Festival Winter Concert
Series visit www.sisters
folkfestival.org/winter-
concert-series. Tickets can
be purchased online at www.
sistersfolkfestival.org/tickets
or by calling 541-549-4979.
Series passes are $55 for
adults, $40 for youth 18 and
under. Tickets are also avail-
able for individual shows.
All shows are at the Sisters
High School auditorium, and
start at 7 p.m.
PHOTO PROVIDED
IEE students cleaned up Sisters parks.
The City of Sisters
reported: Glen Herron and
about 20 kids from the
Sisters High School IEE
class had some time to vol-
unteer and wanted to do a
project for the City.
They ended up doing a
big pine needle and pine
cone cleanup at Village
Green Park and Creekside
Park. We really appreciate
the help, they did a great
job!
• Congratulations to
sixth-grader Adriana Luna
for winning the FitBit raf-
fle from Sisters Middle
School’s after-school Take
A Hike group. Combined
miles would have taken the
class to Minnesota!
• Josie Aylor finished
seventh in her age bracket
(under age 19) in the Happy
Girls Sisters Run. It was
the 14-year-old’s first such
event.