Tim Eriksen,  leader in the “shape-note” tradition, experimentalist and ethnomusicologist, performs traditional ballads from the Appalachians to the Pioneer Valley and original pieces that have been described as “magical realism in song.”

“…a storyteller at heart, with a distinctive, unvarnished voice.”    -Washington Post

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ReBelle is a multi-talented musical force conceived in love, rebellion and the evocative musical vigor of Manou Africa and Kalpana Devi, musicians, composers, activists, and upholders of family, love and justice. Their powerful musicianship and mystical lead vocals are contemporary, vital and spell binding. This year, their music will be celebrating Juneteenth and Emancipation in the United States.

“Few bands brave the more difficult challenges of composing new, intelligent and trail blazing music.” —DIRTY LINEN

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Talamana Trio create cosmic rhythm and order in a world fusion ensemble performing original songs, incorporating elements of Indian and Middle Eastern music with jazz and folk music, based on the lyrics of visionary poets. Musicians include Laila Salins on shruti, Jim Matus on laouta and Robert Markey on sitar.

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Stories of Slavery and Independence: Stopping Stones remembrances of Caesar Phelps and Margaret (Peg) Bowen, freedom songs with Jacqueline Wallace, and a reading of Frederick Douglass's speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" A free program offered in partnership with Ancestral Bridges & funded with a grant from MassHumanities.

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Zikina - featuring Uganda native Gideon Ampeire, play an exciting fusion of Ugandan folk music with contemporary influences of traditional East African vocals and instruments including enanga, adungu, and kalimba. Mike Cardozo, Roston Kirk and Kade Parkin ensconce Gideon’s vocals within a sonic landscape that flows seamlessly from intense grooves to joyous dance beats to dreamy textures with Gideon’s vocals cutting powerfully through the fabric or floating lightly above

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StompBoxTrio features Evelyn Harris, the powerhouse vocalist, former member of Sweet Honey In The Rock, and Grammy nominated composer performing with John Cabán on dobro, stompbox and Paul Kochanski on upright & electric bass, foot-percussion. The group explores the multicultural depths of 20th-century American blues, rock, and soul with some 21st-century mojo.

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Jose Gonzales and Criollo Clasico-  contemporary rhythms of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic led by one of today’s foremost exponents of Caribbean music, acclaimed for his original compositions featuring the cuatro. “Full of rhythms, flowing melodies and masterly guitar playing.” – Union News

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Thea Hopkins, acclaimed singer songwriter and member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Martha's Vineyard, performs modern “Red Roots Americana,” the scope and reach of Indigenous music in the 21st century along with a sprinkling of traditional, timeless tribal artistry. Grand Prize Winner of the 22nd Great American Song Contest for her song, "The Ghost of Emmett Till"- “a stand out writer”  The Washington Post.

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