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Join award-winning poet and songwriter Todd Hearon for a special concert in The Word Barn Meadow with special guests, Big Sweetie.
ABOUT TODD HEARON
No stranger to the Word Barn, Hearon is an award-winning poet, songwriter and dramatist whose two albums, Border Radio (2021) and Yodelady (2023), have garnered accolades from American Songwriter magazine and the 2024 International Acoustic Music Awards. Writes Chris Hislop in Seacoast Online, “Todd Hearon is proof that good folkin’ country singers still walk among us. Somewhere from the great beyond, Townes Van Zandt has happened on Todd's tunes . . . and felt his cheeks go flush with envy.” His third album signals a new musical departure, mixing his love of traditional roots music with more contemporary alt-country and Americana sounds. It was produced by the legendary Don Dixon and recorded in Mitch Easter’s iconic Fidelitorium Studio in North Carolina. Stay tuned for singles releasing this summer!
Hearon will be joined by a full band including Andrew Blowen (keyboards, accordion), Lindsay Garfield (vocals, percussion), Alex Keenan (pedal steel), Rick Habib (drums), Ralph Sneeden (electric guitar) and Geoff Taylor (bass).
ABOUT BIG SWEETIE
With wide-ranging influences from country, folk and blues to jazz, R&B and rock n’ roll, the members of Big Sweetie have united to form a truly eclectic Americana band. This Portsmouth, NH -based project features members who regularly perform in a number of area bands including Jake Davis & the Whiskey Stones, The Zac Francis Band, Green Heron, Slack Tide, Little Wishbone, High Range, Liz Frame and the Kickers along with many others.