Seacoast Artist Association presents the musical duo Green Heron
EXETER — The Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter, N.H. presents N.H. favorites, musical duo Green Heron, at their March Second Friday artist reception on March 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. The music of Green Heron stretches across the entire folk landscape of old-time, folk, bluegrass, country, Celtic and blues. Featuring Betsy Heron, who is also an SAA artist member, on fiddle, banjo and vocals, and Scott Heron on guitar, banjo and vocals, the duo has been sharing New England stages together since 2017.
Betsy, brought up playing country music with her family's band in rural Massachusetts, still plays alongside her three sisters in The Green Sisters. Meanwhile, Scott spent several years in various metal bands touring New England and much of the country before discovering folk and bluegrass. Despite their very different backgrounds in music, the pair still draws from their roots when writing and performing and have found a common love for Americana and folk music. To date, Green Heron has released three albums: “Folk Heroes” in 2018, “New Pair of Shoes” in 2019 and “Feet on the Floorboards” released in 2021.
Throughout their home state of New Hampshire, the duo has been featured in a variety of publications and have made appearances on several television and radio stations including WMUR's New Hampshire Chronicle as well as NHPR's All Things Considered and The Folk Show. New Hampshire Magazine featured Green Heron among the Editor's Choice picks for their Best of 2020 issue and Seacoast Edge listed Feet on the Floorboards among their best albums of 2021. In 2022, the band was nominated for Best Roots Act for the New England Music Awards and took first place for Banjo and Fiddle Duet in the Lowell Banjo and Fiddle Contest.
Green Heron has shared the stage with several touring acts including The Del McCoury Band, The Seldom Scene, The Way Down Wanderers, and Them Coulee Boys in world-class venues such as Prescott Park, Belleville Roots Music Series, Ossipee Valley Music Festival, Stone Church, Bank of New Hampshire Stage, Club Passim, and Word Barn.
The Seacoast Artist Association is an all-volunteer non-profit completely supported by donations, exhibition fees, and sales commissions. New members are welcome. The SAA gallery is located at 130 Water St., in downtown Exeter. Second Friday receptions celebrate their monthly theme shows and Body of Work shows along with works by their 29 gallery artists. The SAA sponsors art scholarships to area high school seniors furthering their art studies at college or university, and donations are welcome in person or at seacoastartist.org.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Seacoast Artist Association presents the musical duo Green Heron
