Canadian and American folk music will weave together beautifully under the skilled musicianship of the Bombadils when this young trio makes its first North Country appearance together at the Colebrook Country Club at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21, presented by the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts.
The Bombadils are comprised of Canadian Maritimer Luke Fraser and prairie-girl Sarah Frank, who share a love of folk songs and fiddle tunes. Based in Montreal and drawing from the Canadian, American and Celtic traditions, the two pour the spirit of story-telling and kitchen parties into their own writing. Luke brings guitar, mandolin and home-grown East Coast vocals in harmony with Sarah’s singing, lyrical fiddle playing and claw-hammer banjo.
Luke and Sarah grew up listening to The Beatles and Beethoven on cassette tapes (often re-wound with a chewed up pen) and both trained classically at McGill University in Montreal, Que. They released their first album, “Fill Your Boots!” (2012) and in the years to follow went on tour throughout Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Europe. In 2015 they released their second album, “Grassy Roads, Wandering Feet,” and performed at folk festivals across North America. They were artists in residence at The Banff Centre in 2014, as well as Canadian participants at Ethno Sweden (2014), a folk music exchange between 90 musicians from 15 countries.
Luke and Sarah will be joined during their Colebrook appearance by Nashville-based cellist Kaitlyn Raitz. GNWCA audience will remember cellist Kaitlyn Raitz when she appeared with the group Ozere, which the GNWCA brought to Colebrook in 2015.
Concerts in the GNWCA at the Country Club Concert Series continue on Friday, Jan. 27, when the GNWCA paves new ground when it hosts its very first rock and roll dance party by presenting regional favorites Rock On. Then the GNWCA and Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital team on Friday, Feb. 24, when Paul Amey and the popular bluegrass group The Parker Hill Road Band bring their foot-stompin’ sound to the Colebrook Country Club. On March 17 the GNWCA brings back to the Colebrook Country Club its traditional St. Patrick’s Day Celtic bash with the return of the regional ensemble Islay Mist Ceilidh.
The GNWCA at the Country Club Concert Series shows all get underway at 7 p.m. on show nights. Tickets for all these shows will be available at Fiddleheads, 110 Main St., Colebrook, or at the door. General admission prices for the night are: adults, $15; students, $12; children under 12 accompanied by an adult, $5.
For more information on these and other shows, find the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts on Facebook, visit www.gnwca.org or you can call 237-9302 or 246-8998.
Luke and Sarah grew up listening to The Beatles and Beethoven on cassette tapes (often re-wound with a chewed up pen) and both trained classically at McGill University in Montreal, Que. They released their first album, “Fill Your Boots!” (2012) and in the years to follow went on tour throughout Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Europe. In 2015 they released their second album, “Grassy Roads, Wandering Feet,” and performed at folk festivals across North America. They were artists in residence at The Banff Centre in 2014, as well as Canadian participants at Ethno Sweden (2014), a folk music exchange between 90 musicians from 15 countries.
Luke and Sarah will be joined during their Colebrook appearance by Nashville-based cellist Kaitlyn Raitz. GNWCA audience will remember cellist Kaitlyn Raitz when she appeared with the group Ozere, which the GNWCA brought to Colebrook in 2015.
Concerts in the GNWCA at the Country Club Concert Series continue on Friday, Jan. 27, when the GNWCA paves new ground when it hosts its very first rock and roll dance party by presenting regional favorites Rock On. Then the GNWCA and Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital team on Friday, Feb. 24, when Paul Amey and the popular bluegrass group The Parker Hill Road Band bring their foot-stompin’ sound to the Colebrook Country Club. On March 17 the GNWCA brings back to the Colebrook Country Club its traditional St. Patrick’s Day Celtic bash with the return of the regional ensemble Islay Mist Ceilidh.
The GNWCA at the Country Club Concert Series shows all get underway at 7 p.m. on show nights. Tickets for all these shows will be available at Fiddleheads, 110 Main St., Colebrook, or at the door. General admission prices for the night are: adults, $15; students, $12; children under 12 accompanied by an adult, $5.
For more information on these and other shows, find the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts on Facebook, visit www.gnwca.org or you can call 237-9302 or 246-8998.
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