Friday, November 1st | Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light | Doors 7pm, music 8pm | All ages | Full bar | Free pizza 7pm-8pm | $15 adv., $20 at door
A top Massachusetts band in the WBUR/NPR Tiny Desk Competition – 4 years in a row! – Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light have been captivating audiences throughout the northeast.
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With songs as sweet and biting as the nectar and venom in her voice, Sumner’s lyric-forward writing and penchant for snaking chord progressions demand something far beyond folk conventions, highlighting the acrobatic range of her brilliant bandmates Kat Wallace (fiddle) and Mike Siegel (upright bass).
Sumner is no stranger to the stage. She spent her early career on the bluegrass circuit, singing and writing with the genre-bending Boston group Twisted Pine. Since setting out on her own, Sumner’s songs have been critically acclaimed, winning the Lennon Award in the folk category of the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her song “Radium Girls (Curie Eleison);” earning her a spot in the Kerrville New Folk Competition; and being .
Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light released their debut LP in the summer of 2022 to critical acclaim.
