Lattimore and Tara Clerkin Trio Sept. 17

EAST MEREDITH — The West Kortright Center is proud to present Mary Lattimore and the Tara Clerkin Trio Wednesday September 17th at 7pm. $30 tickets in advance and 10% membership discount. Link for more info and Tickets:

https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=282089&rd=1

Mary Lattimore’s music exists somewhere far above us. The angelic tones emanating from her Lyon & Healy harp, often looped live through a Line 6 DL4 pedal, are at once distinct and eternally familiar. Once you start an album it’s hard to turn off. Blending her classical background with the experimental spirit of indie rock, Mary has collaborated with a slew of producers and artists to bring the harp into the modern landscape.

“When I think of these songs, I think about fading flowers in vases, melted candles, getting older, being on tour and having things change while you’re away, not realizing how ephemeral experiences are until they don’t happen anymore, fear for a planet we’re losing because of greed, an ode to art and music that’s really shaped your life that can transport you back in time, longing to maintain sensitivity and to not sink into hollow despondency.”

Mary Lattimore will be joined by the Tara Clerkin Trio

Tara Clerkin Trio: Not far off two years from the day, Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio return to World of Echo and the EP format for a five song collection of quixotic,

emotional redolence. But do not mistake their absence for inertia. If their musical output has been a little sparse during those in-between years, limited to a few solo ventures and an astonishing ten minute long piece as a trio, their time has otherwise been richly spent: continuous writing and recording, extensive live performances across Europe and Japan, a cultivation of local and more far-flung artistic connections (musical and otherwise), and a monthly NTS show that, through the voice of others, speaks most obviously to their own unorthodox interests..

Their inspirations might be centreless, but the trio still possess a very obvious anchor in the form of their hometown. Bristol stands as a city of multitudes, heterogenous and vibrant in such a way as to allow it to renew and remake time and again. Tara Clerkin Trio drink from that same well, duly reflecting a rich musical heritage built on fwd-facing electronic subcultures and experimental urges. As such, On The Turning Ground finds them subject to their own subtle internal evolution, the pervasive sense that you’ve caught them mid-bloom, on their way to becoming but never anything but themselves.

The West Kortright Center’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Our Foundation supporters are the O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadshurst Foundation, and the Bert Santora Trust. Our Season Sponsors are Catskill Country Living, Argosy Designs, Bovina Center Montessori School, Delaware National Bank of Delhi, ecoagents, Good Cheap Food, Golden Artist Colors, Greentree Home, Livestock Foundation, Mimish, One Group, Sportsfield Specialties, and Rockland Cider Works.