COYLE — Wild Rabbit, the Bellingham quartet stirring up “folk-stomp Americana from the Pacific Northwest,” is the next band to play the Concerts in the Woods series at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, this coming Sunday afternoon.
The group, formerly known as Br’er Rabbit, has played pubs, halls and festivals all over the region, including Sequim’s Jungible Festival and Seattle’s Folklife. Brothers Zach and Nathan Hamer, singer Miranda Zickler and newer member Jillian Walker will bring their mix of cello, guitars, ukulele, banjo, percussion, harmonica and plenty of singing for this show at 3 p.m. and, as usual, admission will be by donation.
When the band gave a concert last year at the Port Angeles Library, Walker spoke of how all four members had hoped to make music their livelihood, but weren’t sure how that would pan out.
“I’ve always played a lot of instruments. Music was always a joy,” she said.
“It’s a dream come true that I could make it my job.”
“We all really love what we do, and that really translates on stage . . . I think we go a little crazy,” Zickler added.
“When you hear [Wild Rabbit], you can’t help but move your feet to the beat,” said Norm Johnson, Concerts in the Woods promoter.
“I feel very lucky to be hosting this band that is in such high demand,” he added.
The Laurel B. Johnson Community Center at 923 Hazel Point Road is a bit more remote than the typical Wild Rabbit venue. But the band is touring in support of two records: “The Wild North” and “Live at Empty Sea Studios,” recorded in Seattle late last year. To sample their sound, visit www.WildRabbitmusic.com and find the band on YouTube.
Sunday’s show will be the last matinee in the community center’s series this season, Johnson said.
Three more shows, all in the evening, are coming up this month: singer-songwriter Buddy Mondlock on March 13, the folk-pop duo March to May on March 21 and country-singing pair My Darling Clementine on March 28.
For information and directions to the center, see www.CoyleConcerts.com or contact Johnson at 360-765-3449 or johnson5485@msn.com.
