Unity Centre Schedule

John Sullivan, Gen. Manager
42 Depot Street
207 948-SHOW
show@unitymaine.org

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Built from a hundred year old barn, the Unity Centre is a comfortable 200 seat theatre with a great sound system. The generosity of Unity philanthropists Bert and Coral Clifford made it happen.
In January 2007, the Cliffords donated the theater to Unity College.

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Celtic Spring
Thursday July 29 at 7:30 pm
Celtic Spring. A burst of energy. Driving music. Riveting dancing. Youthful exuberance. Unparalleled talent all in one family. Celtic Spring is six siblings who play the fiddle and step-dance, backed by their mom on the keyboard and their dad on percussion. Celtic Spring's music hails from Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. While firmly grounded in the traditions of their ancestors, Celtic Spring's style is all its own. The six Wood family siblings have spent their lives on stage, bringing their unforgettable performance to live and TV audiences in the millions. They each began learning the fiddle and Irish step dancing at the age of four years old; they hardly remember when they did not play the fiddle and dance! The siblings are also classically trained violinists. This influence has brought a certain beauty and clarity to their music. To learn the traditional fiddle styles of Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton, the siblings have studied under some of the finest fiddlers today, including Natalie MacMaster, Alasdair Fraser, Martin Hayes, and Liz Carroll.

A defining element of Celtic Spring is the dual expertise in music and dance. The Wood siblings are champion Irish dancers, and they have been influenced by French Canadian and Cape Breton step dancing styles. The tight choreography, powerful footwork, intricacy and precision of the dancing astound audiences. Just when the audience might think that they have seen it all, Celtic Spring erupts into the exceptional feat of dancing and fiddling at the same time!
Tickets $10

The Dave Carroll Band
Thursday August 5 at 7:30 pm
For over two decades in the music business, internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Dave Carroll has delighted fans with his clear, warm and intimate approach to music. A master storyteller, Dave’s unique and insightful songs are injected with a ‘coming home’ sense of familiarity and his rich, unforced vocals have resonated with audiences around the world. Most recently, Dave’s incredible talent has become known to thousands of new fans through his United Breaks Guitars fame and his career as an entertainer and songwriter have rapidly gained momentum. The impact of his music protest video has been so tremendous that it has even opened new doors for him as a sought after public speaker and has earned him the title of modern day folk hero.
Dave Carroll’s music career began in University when he started a singing duo with his brother Don. With much dedication and spirit, the Don and Dave Show evolved into the ECMA award-winning band Sons of Maxwell (S.O.M.). Dave has written, recorded and released over 40 original songs on the band’s eight CDs, shared in multiple nominations and awards and has toured widely.
Tickets $10

Pogey
Thursday August 19 at 7:30 pm

For the last 5 years, POGEY has been bringing audiences to their feet all over Canada and the United States with their unique blend of traditional and contemporary music. POGEY's five members combine fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar and banjo with bass, drums and four part vocal harmonies to produce their trademark Nova Scotia Sound. Pogey's high octane and fully interactive stage shows have kept the band in high demand at major festivals, conferences and top clubs. After a showcase at Canada's 2008 East Coast Music Awards, POGEY was recruited to perform the Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Great American Irish Festivals. 2009 will see the group continue to make main stage appearances at Irish festivals in Milwaukee, Dublin OH, Buffalo, Chicago and more. A new all original recording is underway and will be released in early 2010.
Tickets $10

Vishten
Thursday September 2 at 7:30 pm

In the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence off of Canada's east coast, lays tiny Prince Edward Island and nearby, the even smaller archipelago known as the Magdalen Islands (les Îles de la Madeleine). In addition to being connected today by a ferryboat, both Islands have a shared history and a shared cultural tie that dates back several centuries. There has been a musical connection between these two places for centuries. Today the four members who make up Vishtčn, Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc, Pascal Miousse and newest member Louis-Charles Vigneau, have become a distinctive and powerful international voice for traditional music from this part of the world. Twin sisters Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc were raised on Prince Edward Island. Growing up on the Magdalen Islands fiddler Pascal Miousse was also influenced by his father's connection to music. Ironically, newest member Louis-Charles Vigneau also grew up on the Magdalen Islands but only knew of Pascal, met the twins for the first time in Louisiana, became a brief member of the early incarnation of the band for just 6 months and then only after an intensive 5 year personal musical journey has recently rejoined to complete the evolution of the ensemble. And now four young musicians each pursuing their own version of a personal musical road guided by their own inherent traditions have collectively arrived at the same intersection at the same point in time. These musicians who are still in their early years have made a conscious choice to play and interpret in new ways the music they learned from their parents’ generation.Vishtčn has evolved into a group that will leave its own legacy and inspire musicians for generations to come.
Tickets $20

Sonos
Friday September 10 at 7:30 pm

In December 2008, Los Angeles vocal collective Sonos debuted at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles. Emerging from the Southern California college a cappella scene with the singular aim of turning the genre on its head, Sonos reinvents a 21st century songbook with bold reinterpretations of vital indie artists who inspire the sextet. The result is a spellbinding fusion of ancient and contemporary sounds, as songs by the likes of Radiohead (“Everything in Its Right Place”), Sara Bareilles (an a cappella UCLA alum herself, she joins Sonos for a rendition of her “Gravity”), Fleet Foxes (“White Winter Hymnal”), Bon Iver (“Re:Stacks”), Rufus Wainwright (“Oh What a World”), Björk (“Joga”), Imogen Heap (“Come Here Boy”) and other cutting-edge creators are transformed into mesmerizing vehicles for voices only. The repertoire also extends to the iconic mainstream, hence their radical trip-hop rendition of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back", their soulful take on Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" and their travel montage with The Bird and the Bee's "Again and Again."
Tickets $15

The Dave Rowe Trio
Thursday September 16 at 7:30 pm
Nautical songs, rollicking bluegrass and Appalachian tunes, old-timey instrumental masterpieces, broad-shouldered Celtic classics, captivating originals, and Downeast wit pepper every show by the Maine-based Dave Rowe Trio.

This group of seasoned musicians seamlessly blend traditional and contemporary music with themes of northern New England, its interesting culture and rich heritage, effectively transporting the listener to the great state of Maine—from mountains to foothills to coast, from factory worker to farmer to fisherman. Dave’s own sturdy songcraft is uniquely suited to express these traditional themes and imagery of hard work, community, and family together with stunning clarity. The trio also features Kevin O'Reilly on bass and Eric McDonald on mandolin. The trio’s inventive use of instrumentation on guitar, mandolin, electric bass, and tin whistles along with their strong three-part vocal harmonies which hearken back to the great folk bands of the 1960s create an unique musical tapestry rarely heard in the contemporary folk landscape.
Tickets $10

Buxter Hoot'n
Saturday September 25 at 8 pm
Buxter Hoot'n is an eclectic roots rock band based in San Francisco, CA. The five member group has been together for four years and is considered "the future of San Francisco's slightly psychedelic songwriting scene" (SF Bay Guardian).

Buxter Hoot'n's homegrown sound had its start in America's heartland, in Indiana, where brothers, Vince and Jimmy Dewald grew up and played music before moving to San Francisco. Songwriter, Vince Dewald, has since put together an ever-growing catalogue of songs that is both lyrically poignant and stylistically diverse. From virtuosic violin and guitar riffs to guttural lyrical poetry in the tradition of Bob Dylan and Townes Van Zandt, Buxter Hoot’n sets itself apart by combining rock 'n roll musical complexity and intricate harmonies with traditional backporch roots and soul. Living and working together since the creation of the band they have created a cohesive and familial sound you can hear in the music and see on the stage. Ben Andrews, lead guitarist and violinist, is one of the best young multi-instrumentalists in rock music and performs with that rare, fiery brilliance that can take over an audience in a moment. Drummer, Jeremy Shanok adds rhythmic sophistication and improvisation that often brings the band interplay to ecstatic heights. Vocalist, Melissa Merrill, is a star in her own right. Her blues soaked country vocals are instantly recognizable and uniquely her own. Vince Dewald's provocative vocals and guitar work, along with Jimmy Dewald's explorative bass style, perfectly completes the soulful, musical-stew that is Buxter Hoot'n. Their first album, Here in America, released in 2007 was hailed by RELIX MAGAZINE as having "the independent rawness and creative brilliance that leads to a cult classic." Their new album, In Another Life, was released in March 2010.
Tickets $15

All dates & performers subject to change.
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