Orchard Sessions

A pair of Orchard performances bring a sweet sound to August evenings. For updates and to book online visit OldEdwardsHospitality.com/OrchardSessions.

Music carried on summer breezes in an orchard with a view are what you’ll find in August at the Orchard Session at The Farm at Old Edwards. A most compelling attraction for a community that lives much of its life outdoors, the alfresco Orchard Sessions concerts are proof that birds are not the only music amid nature.

Accompanying the lively choruses of chirps emanating between the boughs of the orchard trees, are two performances this month.

Thursday, August 3: Highbeams

Their name comes from the feeling of driving down the road with the high beams on, feeling free and alive. It’s an apt description of the music of this trio, two brothers and a best friend, who’s sound has been described as, “feel-good folk rock” with “emotive, high-energy performances and rich three- part harmonies.” Known for their energetic live shows and their close connection with their fans, they often invite fans to sing along and join them on stage.

Thursday, August 24: Nicole Witt

Perhaps it’s because of her voice that’s been described as part Adele, part Shelby Lynn, and part Trisha Yearwood, or her multi-instrument talent, whether behind a piano or upfront with a guitar or a fiddle or maybe it’s the songs she writes for herself and major artists including Kenny Rogers, George Strait and Rodney Atkins that have earned her an identity as a, “renaissance woman.” Her live performances led by a gorgeous voice and anchored in charm, led one writer to exclaim that, “When Nicole picks up the fiddle the crowd can be prepared for fun. Like the sound of wheels on a smooth train track, she slides through each song without missing a beat. She has released five full-length albums, and in July she released her first ever EP called “Clear,” an all-country American album she wrote because as she told me on the phone “everything became so clear to me in the past three or four years, that I needed to record it. The word ‘clear’ struck me with so much clarity that it became the album title.”

In Highlands, she said she plans to play the songs from “Clear” and added, “I am also going to bring a mix of covers and songs written for other artists the audience will recognize and hopefully resonate with. Maybe I will include an Eagles tune.”

Shows begin each evening at 6:00 P.M. and finish at 8:00 P.M. Admission is $25 for Old Edwards Inn and Half-Mile Farm Hotel Guests & Members, and general admission is $40 and includes light bites and a cash bar. For updates and to book online visit OldEdwardsHospitality.com/ OrchardSessions.

by Marlene Osteen