COYLE — A “two for one” concert will present Pepper Proud and the new band YAIMA at the next edition of the Concerts in the Woods series this Saturday.
And the concert will be at a new time — 3 p.m.
“This is an experiment in concert timing and their music is experimental too, so this will be a first in more ways than one,” said Norm Johnson, host of the series at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road.
In the past, most concerts have been in the evenings.
This concert will mark the first of a series of winter matinees, Johnson said.
“From now until March, all the concerts will be matinees,” Johnson said.
That will allow the audience to arrive when it is still light, he added.
Once days begin to grow longer, he will return to evening performances.
Johnson said he had heard comments that daylight concerts were preferable in the winter after he had hosted a matinee now and then for the convenience of certain bands.
“I’m listening to my audience,” Johnson said.
As always, admission is by donation. All donations go to pay the band.
This Saturday’s concert originally was intended to showcase only the work of Pepper Proud, a vocalist from the eastern Appalachian rolling hills, who has combined a love of storytelling and folk music into a unique style.
The concert will introduce her newest CD “The Water Chapter,” which was completed in Coyle while she did an artist’s retreat at the guest cabin last February.
Since then, she has joined forces with other musicians to create entirely new music using a fusion of exotic instrument sounds and voice.
They call this new band YAIMA.
Yaima is a southern Chilean Indian word for “that which water runs through — channel or conduit”.
“To me, their music is ethereal or not from this world, but from some other place,” Johnson said.
“It’s magical and very beautiful.”
YAIMA with Pepper Proud as the vocalist has just released its first album, “Pellucidity” — a word defined as “admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion” or simply “clear.”
So they will be presenting music from both of these new CDs.
Pepper Proud will start the show with samples of her own music backed up by some of the band playing accompaniment.
Then the full YAIMA Band will present works from its new CD.
“So we will be receiving a two-for-one listening experience with this concert,” Johnson said.
For directions to the center and for a lineup of upcoming shows, see www.coyleconcerts.com.