Twilight Music presents newgrass and contemporary folk trio The Stockwell Brothers on Friday, September 3 in the seventh concert of the eighth annual Twilight on the Tavern Lawn series. This final concert of the folk, world beat, funk, blues, jazz, zydeco, Celtic, swing and bluegrass music series begins at 6:30 pm in downtown Putney on the Putney Tavern lawn (bring a lawn chair or blanket) or at The United Church of Putney (15 Kimball Hill) in case of rain. The series is sponsored by the Town of Putney, Soundesign Recording Studio, Putney Food Co-Op, Putney Paper Company, The Stockwell Brothers and many other Putney businesses and organizations. The concert is free to the public (donations are accepted) and food will be available. For information, visit www.twilightmusic.org or call 802-387-5772.

Bruce, Barry and Alan Stockwell’s brand of newgrass and contemporary folk music covers straight ahead bluegrass songs, finger picked acoustic guitar ballads, full tilt breakdowns and traditional mandolin tunes mixed in with with more unusual fare: Americana melodies riding funk, reggae and Latin grooves, new singer/songwriter gems recast with 5-string banjo and trio harmonies, Celtic, jazzy, even neo-classical instrumentals... Down home meets modern folk meets world beat.

After almost four decades working together in southern Vermont (alongside a host of artists from Bill Monroe, Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs to Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Jonathan Edwards and Asleep At The Wheel), The Stockwell Brothers are the area's senior bluegrass ambassadors and a Green Mountain institution. Fans further afield first heard of them on two Flying Fish albums with Mike Auldridge and Phil Rosenthal of the bluegrass supergroup, The Seldom Scene. The Stockwells have performed throughout the United States and in Canada and Europe, and have released two albums, Stobro and Leave My Dreams Alone, as a trio. Bruce Stockwell is the 2005 bluegrass banjo contest winner at Merlefest, a four day celebration of American roots music held annually in Wilkesboro, N.C.