Red Tail Ring to Perform at Acoustic Brew Concert Series

Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo are young people with old-time musical sensibility.

The Michigan-based folk duo make up Red Tail Ring, which will perform on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Center for Well-Being in Lemont as part of the Acoustic Brew Concert Series.

Whether rendering a traditional tune or one of their many original compositions, the pair infuses each song with musical imagination, haunting harmonies, instrumental artistry on fiddle, banjo, mandolin and jawharp, and plain-old foot stomping.

“We love pushing the boundaries of what a traditional song can be,” Beauchamp says. “It informs how we write our original songs. There’s a real energy exchange between the old and the new.”

In May 2013, Red Tail Ring released its third full-length album. “The Heart’s Swift Foot” presents 10 original songs with two acoustic standards that stretch the confines of what two people can create sonically. The duo’s signature style of layered, intricate instrumental lines over close vocal harmonies, shines on this new collection.

Tickets for Red Tail Ring’s performance are $16 and can be purchased online at www.acousticbrew.org, at Webster’s Bookstore Cafe or Nature’s Pantry in State College, or at the door. Penn State students will receive a $2 discount, or refund if purchased online, at the door with a student ID.

For more information on Red Tail Ring, visit www.redtailring.com. For more information on the Acoustic Brew Concert Series, visit www.acousticbrew.org.