COYLE — Patchy Sanders is a family band — a self-described folk orchestra — dishing up their own brand of American music, and in just a year, it’s gone over big. The sextet is making the rounds to major festivals around the West: Oregon Country Fair, Northwest String Summit, the Kate Wolf Music Festival and soon Wintergrass in Bellevue.
So it’s a coup for Norm Johnson, host of the Concerts in the Woods series, to book Patchy for a matinee show this Sunday.
“They have a new take on an old-time sound . . . plus an infectious energy that gets everyone involved. I can hardly wait,” Johnson said of the group, whose sound is described as “four-part harmonies and all the stompin’ and clappin’ you could ever want.”
Patchy Sanders will step up at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center for a concert for all ages. Admission is by donation, at the center at 923 Hazel Point Road.
Having recently released their debut album, “Patchy Sanders & the Wild Peach Forest,” recorded at Loud Palace Studios in Weed, Calif., the band’s concerts feature songs such as “Darkest Skarlet Wild Rose,” “Mrs. Henry” and “Carried by Cider,” while borrowing from the folk and classical realms.
“We’re definitely a new-folk band . . . make sure to emphasize we’re not a bluegrass band,” said upright bass man Eric Jones. “We’re blending a lot of genres,” with banjo, viola, bouzouki, guitar, bass and fiddle.
Reached in Sand Point, Idaho, Jones and the band had just done some gigs in Montana. When asked the origin of the group’s name, Jones said it was just something that was uttered out of the blue about a year ago.
Patchy Sanders is made up of sisters Danielle and Jacqueline Aubert, their partners Ian Van Ornum and Dan Sherrill and their good friends Sara Wilbur and Jones. Their home states include Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Alaska.
To hear some Patchy, visit www.PatchySanders.com, and to find out more about Sunday’s concert, see www.coyleconcerts.com or contact Johnson at 360-765-3449 or johnson5485@msn.com.
