Champlain Valley born-and-raised, are twenty-five-year-plus veterans of the New England and national folk scenes. They are known for their wide knowledge of traditional
music and music-making styles, their songwriting talents and their joy of performing for and with listening and dancing audiences of every description.
At schools, libraries, dances, festivals and celebrations and in their commitment to rooting out the best of the old and injecting their own sensibilities as well, the SUTHERLANDS represent the living folk tradition -- links in the endless chain of people making music that breathes and dances in their own rhythm, that tells their own stories.
