Harpeth Rising opens Fire In The Kitchen’s fall concert series

MADISON — Harpeth Rising, a trio of women that fuses elements of chamber music with folk, blues, “newgrass” and rock, will open the Fire In The Kitchen Concerts and Workshops’ season Saturday with a show in the North Madison Congregational Church.

Harpeth Rising is touring in support of “Against All Tides,” its second album as a trio. The band features expansive three-part harmonies and refers to its music as “chamberfolk.”

Its members are Maria Di Meglio of Brooklyn, New York, on cello; Jordana Greenberg, originally from Canada but raised in southern Indiana, on violin; and Michelle Younger of Charlottesville, Virginia — a

“No matter what anyone expects musically, you’ll be taken to places you didn’t think could exist with just a trio.”

Charlie Shafer, organizer

direct descendent of Cole Younger of the JamesYounger Gang — on banjo.

Showtime is 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults or $5 for kids of high school age and under. All proceeds after expenses will go to benefit Madison Community Services. For reservations, email workdog@mindspring.com or call 203668-3735. For more information, visit fireinthekitchen.org.

While Harpeth Rising’s members “have killer classical chops, they use them to twist blues and rock into unexpected mini-symphonies,” said organizer Charlie Shafer in an email. “They’re as likely to cover a Led Zeppelin or old blues tune as rip into an original bluegrass-based song.

“No matter what anyone expects musically, you’ll be taken to places you didn’t think could exist with just a trio,” he wrote.

As always is the case with Fire In The Kitchen shows, there will be free Ashley’s ice cream served after the show, Shafer said.

Contributed photo Harpeth Rising will open the Fire In The Kitchen Concerts and Workshops season.