POTSDAM -- The Warp/The Weft will be the second band to perform Saturday, Sept. 1 at the 2018 Ives Park Concert Series. The group will take the stage at 6 p.m. following a performance by Spazzare at 4.

The show is free and open to the public.

The Warp/The Weft has been active since 2012 in and beyond New York’s Hudson River Valley, and has earned praise for its uniqueness, song-crafting, and "mystical swagger" (American Pancake) from casual and devoted listeners alike.

Blending traditional and avant-garde styles, the warmth of a good wool sweater and the sometimes-bleak cold of an upstate winter, the progressive folk and psychedelia that the band brings to bear (compared to Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull) is propelled by poetic lyrics and a "spirit-conjuring," lilting tenor that "puts Murphy alongside Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg as one of the most captivating high-register voices in rock today" (Ron Hart, Chronogram).

2017’s “Mapping an Absence” on Admirable Traits Records introduces bassist Trevor Larcheveque, whose vocal harmonies help to anchor the band firmly in the chamber category.

The free series will run concerts every Saturday from Aug. 25 through Sept. 29.

The concerts are supported by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council, with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program.

For more information visit www.WhatARaquette.org/IvesParkMusic or the series facebook page @ivesparkconcertseries, or email maggie@whataraquette.org.