Newtown Native & The Voice Winner, Sawyer Fredericks Joins Parsonsfield at The Ridgefield Playhouse

Two Rising Talents on a Single Bill, Parsonsfield and “The Voice” Season 8 Winner, Sawyer Fredericks, Play The Ridgefield Playhouse on November 4

Following a highly successful West Coast run, Parsonsfield and Sawyer Fredericks come to The Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, November 4 at 8pm, part of Doyle Coffin Architecture Singer-Songwriter Series and Bandsintown Emerging Artist Series. Parsonsfield are folk rock favorites praised for making “the most jubilant and danceable indie roots music this side of the Carolinas” (NPR) and Sawyer Fredericks is a 19-year old singer-songwriter and Season 8 winner of NBC’s “The Voice,” known for his beyond-his-years lyrics and melodies, raw, soulful vocals, and powerful live performances. Visit Southwest Cafe (109 Danbury Road, Ridgefield) for dinner before the show and enjoy a complimentary margarita with your entree when you show your ticket! Media partner for this event is WPKN, The Real Alternative.

Parsonsfield hit the ground running this year with a 92-city trek across North America in support of their latest release, WE (2018 Signature Sounds), their 4th with the label. WE pushes the boundaries of the band’s harmony-driven, grassroots origins creating their own distinctive Americana, with as much influence from 90’s rock and 70’s R&B as the folk-pop material that fans have come to expect. The album comes on the heels of Parsonsfield’s acclaimed release, Blooming Through The Black (2016 Signature Sounds). No Depression, the journal of Roots Music, says of We, “Massachusetts-based quintet Parsonsfield put forth a mature reflection on the emotional turbulence life places at our feet in their new EP, WE.” WNYC Radio says "...their music draws on the string bands of Appalachia. At least in part. They also like to crank up the amps and pin your ears to the wall.” On stage, they trade instruments, share microphones, and shoot each other big grins. They sing in tight multi-part harmonies, their voices blending like they've been doing this together all their lives.

As a folk/blues singer-songwriter who cut his teeth at local farmers markets, open mics, and iconic New York venues like Caffe Lena, the Towne Crier Cafe, and The Bitter End, Sawyer Fredericks seemed an unlikely match for reality TV, but quickly won over broad audiences with his genuine delivery and unique arrangements of classic songs, going on to win Season 8 of NBC's “The Voice.” Fresh from that whirlwind, Fredericks went forward with the release of his major label debut, A Good Storm, an impressive blend of soulful folk, blues, and rock, entirely written or co-written by Fredericks. For 2018, Sawyer has once again gone independent, and is busy crafting his sophomore offering, with full artistic freedom.

For tickets ($27.50), call the box office at 203-438-5795, or visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org.  The Ridgefield Playhouse is a non-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.

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