BELLOWS FALLS — Three groups take the stage at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12, at Stage 33 Live, at 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls.
“A decade of relentless touring has earned ‘thriftstore-Americana’ duo The Rough & Tumble — Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler — the right to trot out the haggard road-worn trope,” say event organizers in a news release, “but they defy that stereotype and pretty much every other with their upbeat, commanding stage presence and razor-sharp banter, earworm melodies, and heartstring lyrics.
“These songwriters and storytellers have audiences in stitches one minute and falling apart at the seams the next.”
Graham and Tyler had been writing and performing together for years in other projects by the time they created The Rough & Tumble in 2011.
Since then, they’ve been crowned The Listening Room Network’s Artist of the Year; have been an Official Showcase Artist for the Southeast Regional Folk Alliance; and were awarded Americana Song of the Year for “The Hardest Part” by the Independent Music Awards. They’ve released half a dozen albums and EPs.
They may have their signature nose flutes on the merch table if they aren’t sold out.
Rising indie-folk duo High Tea from Boston will celebrate their new CD, delivering a blend of old blues and new pop — “songs ripe with Americana heartbreak and heat, punctuated with tales of growing up, going wild, and always coming back to the ones you love,” says the artists’ website.
This stop on their tour is bookended by appearances at Signature Sounds’ The Parlor Room in Northampton, Mass., and Rockwood Music Hall in New York City.
Decatur Creek will open. Beth Eldridge, Doug Farrell, and Jack Henry are each accomplished New Hampshire musicians, singer-songwriters, and performers who together “write and play some of the most tasteful original music in the region, with sharp focus on songcraft and vocals,” say organizers.
Tickets are $15 in advance through stage33live.com or $20 at the door. Seating is limited seating and the event will be recorded and filmed.