PUTNEY – Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present contemporary folk singer/songwriters Antje Duvekot and Seth Glier on Saturday, December 20 at 7:30 PM at Next Stage. Together, Antje and Seth create an evening of luminous storytelling—songs of heart, conscience, and connection that illuminate both the inner and outer landscapes of our lives.
Antje Duvekot is a German-born, American-raised singer/songwriter whose work has been critically praised for its hard-won wisdom, dark-eyed realism, and street-smart romanticism. Her bicultural upbringing and relative newness to English have shaped a unique poetic voice, giving her songs a startlingly original palette. These qualities underpin the powerful, empathetic perspective that informs everything she writes. Antje has won top songwriting honors, including the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, the Kerrville Folk Festival Best New Folk Award, and the Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act.
Since her debut studio CD, Big Dream Boulevard—voted #1 Folk Release of 2006 by the Boston Globe and named to NPR’s Top 10 Releases of the Year by Folk Alley—Antje has toured extensively across the US and Europe. A compelling live performer, she has appeared at major festivals including Newport, Mountain Stage, Philadelphia, Falcon Ridge, Great Waters, and Kerrville.
Seth Glier, a five-time Independent Music Award winner and Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, brings a visionary voice to the modern folk landscape. With innate curiosity and a fierce desire to connect, Seth’s musical acumen allows him to explore and collaborate widely. He has served as a cultural diplomat for the US State Department, working with musicians in Ukraine, Mongolia, China, and Mexico, and has shared the stage with artists such as Ronnie Spector, James Taylor, Ani DiFranco, and Glen Campbell, as well as recording with Richard Shindell, Dar Williams, and Cyndi Lauper. Committed to using songwriting as a tool for positive change, Seth has written with Parkland, FL students for the “Parkland Project,” co-written with soldiers at Walter Reed, and advocates for autism awareness, citing his autistic brother Jamie as a profound influence.
Next Stage is located at 15 Kimball Hill, downtown Putney, VT. Tickets are $22 Advance / $26 At the Door / $10 Livestream. For information, call 802-387-0102. Advance tickets are available at nextstagearts.org. A beer, wine, and cocktail cash bar will be available.
