West Cummington, Mass. - The nationally acclaimed acoustic singer/songwriter duo of Nerissa and Katryna Nields will be performing at the West Cummington Congregational Church on Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 PM. A donation of $20/person is suggested.
Nerissa and Katryna Nields have been the darlings of the coffeehouse/festival scene since 1991, with original tunes ranging from off-the-hook idiosyncratic to kicking to heartbreaking. They have recorded 14 albums, with Sister Holler being the most recent. This album revisits the old folk song tradition, with the sisters’ original songs taking inspiration (and even more) from traditional folk songs. They tell the listener right up front that they're even going to lift entire lines from some of the best songs ever written, and then they do it, right before your very ears. The result is a delightful oxymoron of songs simultaneously familiar and surprising.
July 11 marks the anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s birthday and the duo plan to celebrate the occasion with their own renditions of classic Guthrie songs, along with their unique sounds. The West Cummington Church offers an intimate, “living-room-like” setting with outstanding acoustics. It is located on Church Hill Road, just off of Route 9, between Northampton and Pittsfield. For more information, call 413-684-4535.
