Cherokee Maidens & Sycamore Swing

Date:  April 18, 2015 (Saturday)
Time:  8:00 p.m. (doors open at 7:30)
Price:  $20 per person | $15 alumni | $10 student & children (Reserve seating.)

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It's swing-time for the Cherokee Maidens

“Straight as an arrow flies,” as their signature song goes, The Cherokee Maidens deliver a charming, unabashedly throwback sound with their swinging self-titled debut."
- The Daily Oklahoman

These Maidens have more in common than just their Native American heritage. They share a love for old dogs, spicy Tex-Mex, crocheted pillowcases and harmonic melodies.

Young Jennifer Pettersen, teams up with Okie songbird Monica Taylor and Bartlett Arboretum steward Robin Macy to create a distinctive sound that harkens to another era. Think Bob Wills meets the Andrew Sisters.

Familiar territory for Macy, who has performed for decades with other girl groups, some more famous than others. Each Maiden is a songwriter: Taylor has been featured on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion and Pettersen's own music videos have garnered more than 10,000 hits online. All have acclaimed recordings under their rodeo belt buckles. But it is this collective of timbre and shared passion for the past that sets them apart from the pack and unites them as a tribe. When the fabled Walnut Valley Festival came calling, they knew it was time to get serious. They headed straight for recording studios in Wellington, Wichita and Tulsa.

These ladies are backed by a troupe of crackerjack musicians, led by Kentucky White, their guitar-slinger who produced the seminal recording after careful study – making every attempt to keep the western-swing genre authentic and vintage. Twin fiddles. Lap steel. Yodel in a modal key.

All-American. Multi-generational. Time-traveled.