Night Tree (Special Event)

Night Tree comes to Takoma Park on their first tour outside New England, but this Boston band has already opened for SOLAS and released a CD produced by Seamus Egan. As noted on their web site: "These conservatory-trained musicians have absorbed genres from across the globe with their millennial curiosity that results in mixture of Irish, Classical, Jazz, Klezmer, Indian, and Afro-Cuban music. ? About the name, " The band thrives on playing in the dark as to allow themselves the opportunity to focus and listen closely to one another as they get inside each other's sound burrowing into the collection of strings, reeds, and percussion that is Night Tree. Lily Honigberg and Chris Overholser on violin; Zach Mayer on sax and vocals; Sunniva Brynnel on accordion and vocals; McKinley James on cello; and Julian Loida, who recently performed for FSGW with the Lomax Folk Project, on percussion. $15 suggested donation. At Molly Graham Hickman's in Takoma Park. RSVP and directions: contact Molly Graham Hickman.