Uplifting, healing performance

PUTNEY- Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music welcome back New England’s acclaimed roots, rhythm, and harmony quartet Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem to perform their “Wintersong” program at Next Stage on Saturday, December 21, at 7:30 pm.  “Wintersong” is a celebratory, poetic, and reflective collection of seasonal songs, an ode to light and dark at the turning of the year.  
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem feature four-part vocal harmonies, indelible songs, fiddle, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, and a homemade percussion kit of cardboard boxes, tin cans, caulk tubes, packing-tape tambourines, bottle-cap rattles, Mongolian jaw harps and a vinyl suitcase.  Over the past 18 years, the folk/roots quartet has toured its uplifting, healing performances to concert halls, festivals, and residency engagements across North America, and has released seven CDs.
Rani Arbo, Andrew Kinsey, Anand Nayak and Scott Kessel’s “Wintersong” swings between reflection and celebration, with verses by hallowed poets, fiddle and percussion-driven New Year’s shouts from the Georgia Sea Islands and Louisiana, traditional carols, and songs by modern songwriters.  This winter journey, full of fierce poetry, wild joy, and hope for humanity in its dark times, skips the jingle bells and goes straight to the power and beauty at the roots of Christmas.  
Next Stage is located at 15 Kimball Hill.  Tickets are $22 advance or $25 at the door. For information call (802) 387-0102 or visit www.nextstagearts.org.