PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts and Twilight Music present an evening of contemporary and indie folk music from the U.S. and Canada by Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter Seth Glier and Montreal-based quintet Rosier on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at Next Stage.
Five-time Independent Music Award winner and Grammy-nominated contemporary folk singer-songwriter Glier has worked as a cultural diplomat for the U.S. State Department and collaborated with musicians in Ukraine, Mongolia, China, and Mexico.
Glier has shared the bill with a diverse list of artists from the likes of Ronnie Spector, James Taylor, Ani DiFranco, and Glen Campbell. He has also collaborated with many others as a producer, music director, or studio musician.
With a commitment to using songwriting as a tool for positive change, he has written with the students in Parkland, Florida, for the "Parkland Project" and co-written with soldiers at Walter Reed. He is an advocate for autism awareness, citing his brother Jamie, who has autism, as his greatest nonmusical-musical influence.
Bilingual, female-fronted Rosier balances folk-traditional melodies and lyrics and instrumentation firmly rooted in indie-pop. By blending the pop textures of synthesizers and the rock tones of electric guitars with more traditional instruments - acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle - with lyrics rich in Franco-Canadian living heritage, Rosier "creates a bridge between the stories of yesterday and today," say organizers.
Béatrix Méthé (vocals, fiddle, and synthesizers), Sarah Marchand (vocals, piano, and keyboards), Marie Savoie-Levac (bass), Éléonore Pitre (acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals), Colin Savoie-Levac (Marie's brother, on guitar, banjo, lap steel, feet, and backing vocals), with guest drummers, have been sharing this Québécois heritage around the world for over a decade.
Formerly known as Les Poules à Colin, Rosier members "redefine Québec's living heritage through a modern lens." With their sixth album Elle Veille Encore to be released this November, they paint a multifaceted portrait of women in society, past and present, say organizers. "Through hundreds of folklore archives consulted and analyzed, Rosier focused on an omnipresent theme - that of the mother figure and the mother-child relationship."
Next Stage is at 15 Kimball Hill in downtown Putney. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 at the door, and $10 for access to the livestream. For information, call 802-387-0102. Advance tickets are available at nextstagearts.org. Next Stage will provide a beer, wine, and cocktail cash bar.
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