UNDER THE MAPLE - Brattleboro House Concerts - Spring 2026

Brattleboro House Concerts

UNDER THE MAPLE

Spring 2026 Concerts

MALVENN - Sunday, March 22 at 4:00pm

Malvenn is a traditional balfolk trio based in Montreal with harp, cello, and clarinet. Coming from musical of traditional and classical music backgrounds, the three musicians of Malvenn offer a refined and unique interpretation of the balfolk repertoire. With original compositions and arrangements of themes from Breton, Irish, and Québécois musical heritage, the trio is shaping a new sonic signature in Quebec’s folk music landscape. Malvenn has performed events around North America including the Grand Bal du Québec, the Flurry Festival, and the Chants de Vielles festival. They have also toured extensively in Quebec and Ontario. They will release an album in 2026 and tour Quebec and the US next summer.

https://www.malvenn.ca/

DAN & FAITH - Sunday, April 12 at 4:00pm

Dan and Faith are an award-winning, touring New Hampshire-based husband and wife singer-songwriter duo who describe their music as dream-inspired folk. Daniel Senie (guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals) and Faith Senie (mandolin, acoustic bass guitar, ukulele, mountain dulcimer, vocals) tap into the imagery captured from dreams and everyday life in crafting their original songs that tell the stories of people and places, real and imagined. Their latest album, Who We Are, was produced by Joe Jencks, mixed by Mark Dann and mastered by Charlie Pilzer. Contributing artists include Tracy Grammer, Joe Jencks, Michael G. Ronstadt, Mark Dann, Christine Stay and Aidan Quinn (Friction Farm), Catherine Miles (Miles and Mafale), Brad Yoder, and Raianne Richards. The album has received airplay and has charted on the Folk DJ chart. It has also received stellar reviews. "Fans of storytellers like Joan Baez and John Gorka will find much to love. Dan and Faith push themselves, and the genre, with rich ideas and honest sound."

Website:  https://www.danandfaith.com

Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/artist/2X6oZqQm4YVXs67Akj58Qu

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@danandfaith

DEAR ELLA - Sunday, April 26 at 4:00pm

Under the Maple is thrilled to announce a return performance by this popular trio. Annie Patterson, Mary Witt, and Ann Percival are DEAR ELLA, a trio from Western Massachusetts. Their repertoire includes a mix of Folk, Blues, Swing, and Gospel with 3-part harmony, plus guitar, ukulele, banjo, bass and snare drum. Dear Ella love singing about themes of love and peace and social justice, to name a few. The band’s name, inspired by Ella Fitzgerald, is a nod to the many women singers who have inspired them. Singing in harmony is something these three highly accomplished musicians have been doing their whole lives. Now, as “Dear Ella”, Ann, Mary & Annie bring their individual musicianship and talents together to form a dynamic trio. Come sing with them, dance to their songs, and enjoy their uplifting and beautiful harmonies with guitars, ukelele, bass, snare drum and banjo. Peace and social justice are strong themes throughout their repertoire and mission, bringing people together through harmony and understanding.

Listen here: Bandcamp: https://dearella.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/DearEllaTrio/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dearellatrio/
YouTube short promo video: https://youtu.be/Tg_M_pba-Xw
Website: https://www.riseupandsing.org/annie/dear-ella
YouTube video of original song "Dear Ella" by Mary Witt
https://youtu.be/AgVJNHhKfcs

JOE JENCKS -- Friday, May 15th at 7:00pm

Joe Jencks is a 27-year veteran of the international Folk circuit, an award-winning songwriter, and a celebrated vocalist based in northern Illinois. He is known for his performances of musical beauty, social consciousness, and invitational exploration of complex ideas. Jencks delivers engaged musical narratives filled with heart, soul, groove and grit. Blending well-crafted instrumentals and vivid songwriting, Jencks serves it all up with a lyric baritone voice that has the edgy richness of a good sea-salt caramel. A dual U.S.-Irish citizen, Joe has also performed as a Cultural Ambassador during the Obama Administration, traveling to multiple Caribbean nations with the U.S. State Department, singing both original and American Folksongs about work, workers, and Civil Rights. Jencks has penned several #1 Folk songs, including the ever-relevant “Lady of The Harbor,” and has become a fan favorite throughout North America and beyond. “The spirit of Folk music is people working together. Joe is a fantastic singer who carries on the traditions.” ~ Pete Seeger

https://joejencks.com

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Suggested donation $20-$30 at the door (100% goes to the performers) - any amount welcome

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.

Email: BrattleboroHouseConcerts@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnderTheMaple

UNDER THE MAPLE presents ROD MACDONALD with MARK DANN 10/17 at 7pm

Brattleboro House Concerts

UNDER THE MAPLE presents
ROD MACDONALD with MARK DANN

Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00PM

Rod MacDonald was a big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village, where he headlined the local clubs, co-founded the GV Folk Festival, and wrote "American Jerusalem," “Every Living Thing,” ”White Buffalo” and “A Sailor’s Prayer,” among his songs recorded by Shawn Colvin, Jonathan Edwards, Happy Traum, The Crimson Pirates, and many more. With Mark Dann as bassist since 1977, they have co-produced 13 of his 14 albums, including his latest “Rants And Romance.” Mark Dann has also produced more than two hundred other artists and played bass on dozens of albums and tours.Their organic performance of MacDonald’s driving guitar, tenor vocals and songs both romantic and “flush with astute observations and commentary on the current stage” (Goldmine 2023) with Dann’s freewheeling bass is brilliantly captured in the 2017 DVD “Live in Germany” as seen on youtube and other streaming sites.

Suggested donation $20-$30 at the door (100% goes to the performers)
Any amount welcome, no one turned away.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Email: BrattleboroHouseConcerts@gmail.com

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/784847314478171

Brattleboro House Concerts - UNDER THE MAPLE presents SILVERBACK SWING - 10/5 at 4pm

 

NOT ARTS - A PERSONAL POST

I don't know how many people even see these blog posts, but it's a handy place to post my thoughts about what is going on in our country right now. Please feel free to share widely.

What is important to you? How about:

- Free Speech
- Due Process
- Social Security
- Healthcare / Medicaid / Medicare

The current administration is doing away with all of these things.

Maybe you don't care about Jimmy Kimmel's show, but you should care that he was taken off the air because the President didn't like what he was saying.

Maybe you don't pay much attention to the press corps and their reporting of government actions, but you should care that members of some publications aren't being allowed into press conferences, and that those covering the Pentagon are required to get approval for what they are going to publish.

Maybe you're many years away from collecting Social Security, so raising the age from 65 to 69 doesn't seem like a big deal. But what if you are 64 and have been counting on collecting Social Security AND getting Medicare coverage, and now it's 5 years away, instead of 1, assuming that it's even still available in 5 years.

Maybe you don't have kids, so you don't pay much attention to Education issues. But today's school children are tomorrow's doctors, mechanics, business owners, electricians, journalists. Dumbing down our schools is dumbing down our society.

You haven't seen or heard of any ICE activity near you. That doesn't mean it isn't happening. Are you really ok with people being snatched off the street, grabbed as they leave work or home, taken as they go to their scheduling greencard check-in? Are you really ok with "detention centers" where the inmates aren't allowed to speak to a lawyer or their families, where they aren't given enough to eat, where they are denied medical attention, where people are actually DYING in custody?

You aren't in LA or DC, so you don't care about armed National Guard members being posted there. You've swallowed the lies about high crime rates (not true), and making the cities safer (not true). This is Military Occupation of our own cities!

If you paid any attention at all in your history classes, you should recognize that the US is well along the path of an authoritarian takeover.

Does any of this ring a bell? "Fascism is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy."

Maybe you personally haven't been affected by anything yet. But no doubt you have friends, neighbors, colleagues, family members who are affected. Have you been dismissing their worries? It's time to listen. It's time to be worried for yourself. It's time to take action.

Join the Movement on 10/18

Stand up for Democracy, Stand up for Rights for All, Stand up for Freedom

https://www.nokings.org/

Get information:

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/
https://robertreich.substack.com/
https://statuskuo.substack.com/
https://meidasnews.com/
https://www.reuters.com/
https://www.facebook.com/cwdailynews - summaries of news highlights

Get involved:

https://indivisible.org/
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
https://www.womensmarch.com/
https://front.moveon.org/

Find a 10/18 event near you:

https://www.nokings.org/#map

BRATTLEBORO HOUSE CONCERTS - Under the Maple OCTOBER 2025

SILVERBACK SWING
Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 4:00PM

Silverback Swing performs vintage jazz of the 1920's and 1930's in the style of Django Reinhardt, the great Gypsy guitarist. This style of jazz was popular in France, where they adapted American jazz into their own form, eliminating horns and using accordions, clarinets and violins. Silverback Swing have been performing as an acoustic jazz quartet in New England for over 8 years, with Mark Anagnostopulos on rhythm guitar and vocals, Alton Lathrop on lead guitar, Gus Hollingsworth on accordion and vocals and Steve Frankel on bass.

ROD MACDONALD with MARK DANN
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00PM

Rod MacDonald was a big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village, where he headlined the local clubs, co-founded the GV Folk Festival, and wrote "American Jerusalem," “Every Living Thing,” ”White Buffalo” and “A Sailor’s Prayer,” among his songs recorded by Shawn Colvin, Jonathan Edwards, Happy Traum, The Crimson Pirates, and many more. With Mark Dann as bassist since 1977, they have co-produced 13 of his 14 albums, including his latest “Rants And Romance.” Mark Dann has also produced more than two hundred other artists and played bass on dozens of albums and tours.Their organic performance of MacDonald’s driving guitar, tenor vocals and songs both romantic and “flush with astute observations and commentary on the current stage” (Goldmine 2023) with Dann’s freewheeling bass is brilliantly captured in the 2017 DVD “Live in Germany” as seen on youtube and other streaming sites.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED for all concerts. 

Email: BrattleboroHouseConcerts@gmail.com

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BRATTLEBORO House Concerts - Under the Maple ~ FALL 2025

Brattleboro House Concerts

UNDER THE MAPLE

FALL 2025 Concert Info

DEAREST DEAR

Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 4:00PM

Rooted in the musical traditions of New England, Dearest Dear presents traditional tunes from Ireland, New England, Quebec, and France, and craft vocal harmonies for age-old songs with modern relevance. Rose Jackson (fiddle, vocals), draws her sound from her upbringing in the folk scene of western Massachusetts, grounded in a deep love of old repertoire and her experience touring festivals with bands Polaris and Stove Dragon. Helen Kuhar (guitar, vocals, harmonium) hails from Cambridge, MA and can be found hosting Irish sessions around the greater Boston area, accompanying traditional musicians from across the region, and playing for contra dances around the country. Together, Dearest Dear invites audiences in for stories, melodies, and lyrics that unite us all in our shared humanity.

SILVERBACK SWING
Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 4:00PM

Silverback Swing performs vintage jazz of the 1920's and 1930's in the style of Django Reinhardt, the great Gypsy guitarist. This style of jazz was popular in France, where they adapted American jazz into their own form, eliminating horns and using accordions, clarinets and violins. Silverback Swing have been performing as an acoustic jazz quarter in New England for over 8 years, with Mark Anagnostopulos on rhythm guitar and vocals, Alton Lathrop on lead guitar, Gus Hollingsworth on accordion and vocals and Steve Frankel on bass.

ROD MACDONALD with MARK DANN
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:00PM

Rod MacDonald was a big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village, where he headlined the local clubs, co-founded the GV Folk Festival, and wrote "American Jerusalem," “Every Living Thing,” ”White Buffalo” and “A Sailor’s Prayer,” among his songs recorded by Shawn Colvin, Jonathan Edwards, Happy Traum, The Crimson Pirates, and many more. With Mark Dann as bassist since 1977, they have co-produced 13 of his 14 albums, including his latest “Rants And Romance.” Mark Dann has also produced more than two hundred other artists and played bass on dozens of albums and tours.Their organic performance of MacDonald’s driving guitar, tenor vocals and songs both romantic and “flush with astute observations and commentary on the current stage” (Goldmine 2023) with Dann’s freewheeling bass is brilliantly captured in the 2017 DVD “Live in Germany” as seen on youtube and other streaming sites.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED for all concerts. 

Reservations open approximately 2-3 weeks before each concert. 

Make sure that you are on our MAILING LIST to get notified!

BrattleboroHouseConcerts@gmail.com

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Under the Maple - House Concert 7/12/2025 at 7:00 PM: Matthew Olwell, flute, percussion, and song - Brattleboro, Vermont

Brattleboro House Concerts
UNDER THE MAPLE

Join us for an intimate evening of music and lore with Matthew Olwell, musician, dancer, and journeyman “fluthier.” Blending traditional music from Ireland, Brittany, and North America with original material, Matthew’s signature style of performance weaves together historical threads and personal experiences to create a distinctive entertainment through wooden flute, percussion, and song.

A founding member of the acclaimed music group Maivish, Matthew began his professional career touring with Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, including a run in the original London production of Riverdance. He has been a featured performer and teacher at the Dublin Dance Festival, the Augusta Heritage Center, and the Aulnay All Blues Festival in Paris, and for many years co-Directed Good Foot Dance Company with his partner Emily Oleson, where the two created unique pieces of "trad dance theatre." Matthew’s musical works include CyberTrad, an acclaimed recording project of which the Irish Echo writes, “Outstanding... Olwell is an artist with a keen vision.” A graduate of Davis & Elkins College with a degree in Multimedia Performance, Matthew also completed an MFA in dance at Temple University. He currently resides in Virginia, where he is learning the art and craft of flutemaking at Olwell Flutes, studying with his brother Aaron and father Patrick Olwell.

Suggested donation $15-$25, which goes directly to the performer. 

Any amount welcome.

Reservations Required! Email: BrattleboroHouseConcerts@gmail.com