At Colby College's Lorimer Chapel on February 12th at 7:30 pm.

(Waterville, ME) The Ensemble Chanterelle featuring Sally Sanford, soprano; Catherine Lidell, lute and theorbo; Brent Wissick, viol and baroque cello.

Come fall in love! This award-winning trio specializes in the dramatic, passionate music of the early Baroque. Their program for Valentine’s Day will look at love in its many guises. Let yourself be enchanted by the spell of Amor/Eros, and sample a delightful confection of dazzling florid songs, sweet and humorous airs, and inspiring instrumental interludes. This is music to delight the ear, touch the heart, and move the soul. Works by Monteverdi, Purcell, and others.

For more information, please visit the Arts at Colby College website.

At the Grand in Ellsworth on Friday, February 11th at 7:30 pm.

(Ellsworth, ME) Born in 1936 in Jamaica, Pete was still a child when his family moved to a small town outside of Austin, Texas. His religious upbringing introduced him to gospel music, but eventually he heeded the call of the blues. Pete got his start playing bass and singing with Henry “Blues Boy” Hubbard and the Jets. Along the way, he served as mentor to a young W.C. Clark, now a Black Top artist who is widely regarded as a patriarch of the Austin scene. Pete came to Phoenix in the early sixties. His first gigs here were with the late great Duke Draper, a fine singer and keyboardist in his own right. Pete’s next musical move was to join Jimmy Knight and His Knights of Rhythm.

During the late 1970’s, Pete served as the original vocalist for Drivin’ Wheel. Since then, Pete has pretty much fronted his own groups, and the list of graduates from his school of bluesology reads like a Who’s Who of respected musicians. Pete’s latest version of the Blues Sevilles consisted of Moe Denham on vocals and keyboards, guitarist Kirk Hawley, bassist Kati Ingino and drummer Alvieto Robinson.

In 1998, Pete moved to Maine because, he said, they “have great fishing there…” Don’t miss this classic blues concert, sponsored by WERU… one night only at The Grand!

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. For more information, please visit the Grand website.

On Wednesday, February 16th 7:30 pm at the Merrill Auditorium.

(Portland, ME) The performance is presented in collaboration with the Bates Dance Festival. Prized for dexterity, musicality and performance instincts, Doug Varone and Dancers is recognized as one of America’s leading dance companies. The evening opens with the company’s triumphant work, Lux, and concludes with Chapters from a Broken Novel, a new work co-commissioned by Ovations along with Bates Dance Festival. Created from a collection of hundreds of phrases, snippets of conversations, found quotes and vivid images gathered together in the pages of Varone’s journal — these “chapters” revel in a multiplicity of meanings that live between the lines. From the smallest gesture to full-throttle bursts of movement, Varone’s work can literally take your breath away.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit the Portland Ovations website.

Performance is at 7:30 pm on February 12th at Johnson Hall.

(Gardiner, ME) Two Spotlight Award nominations, designation as a “River Rising Star” by Boston’s largest independent commercial radio station, a half-hour live feature on NHPR’s acclaimed “Front Porch” radio series, and radio play on more than 150 stations around the country and the world all attest to infectiousness of this “twang”, and the ability of this music to reach beyond the band’s home in the Northeast’s Seacoast region.

Formed in 2005 by Dave Hunter (lead vocals, guitars), The Molenes consist of Andrew Russell (bass, vocals), Bruce Derr (pedal-steel guitar), and Zach Field (drums).
Their acclaimed full-length releases to date include 2006′s This Car is Big and 2008′s Songs of Sin and Redemption. The Molenes’ hotly-anticipated third album, Good Times Comin’, was released September 28, 2010, and is already climbing high into the FAR (American Roots) and Americana Music Association radio charts.

For more information, please visit the Johnson Hall website.

>link to The Molenes website