Parsonsfield at Peg Egan

Parsonsfield. Submitted.

Parsonsfield take the stage at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center July 22 at 7 pm. Catch Parsonsfield onstage any night and the band’s joy is palpable. 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. That’s because Parsonsfield is a family band, not by birth but by choice.

Sam Kassirer produced Blooming Through The Black, the band’s third release on Signature Sounds, and also helped Parsonsfield convert an old axe factory on the banks of the Farmington River in Connecticut into the studio where they would record the stirring new album. Creating in such a unique and enormous space pushed the band to embrace understatement and subtlety to balance out their natural exuberance and energy. Parsonsfield is Chris Freeman (vocals, banjo), Antonio Alcorn (mandolin), Max Shakun (vocals, pump organ, guitar), Harrison Whale Goodale (bass) and Erik Hischmann (drums).

The Peg Egan Center is located on Church Street in Egg Harbor, and all concerts are free and open to the public. In case of rain, concerts are held at the Calvary Methodist Church, 4650 Cty Rd E in Egg Harbor. Carry-ins welcome. For more information call 920.493.5979.