Nancy Jephcote and Friends

Well-loved performer Nancy Jephcote brings her classic original folk material to the Katharine Cornell Theatre along with a band of supporting musicians this Saturday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m.

An Iowa native with a rich, true voice, she appeared on Peter Simon’s The Best of the Vineyard Sound CD, rubbing virtual shoulders with Judy Collins, Richie Havens and Jonathan Edwards.

Making her home on Martha’s Vineyard, where she teaches string instruments in the public schools, Ms. Jephcote is locally appreciated as a singer-songwriter and award-winning ddler.

Paul Thurlow and Brian Weiland are adding their combined skills to the band on guitar, mandolin, acoustic bass, electric bass and percussion, with tasty three-part vocal harmonies also in the mix. Other friends are expected to contribute musically as well.

Ms. Jephcote describes the music this way: “This is genre-bending, folk-imbued music with heart and spirit. The lyrics carry my strength, hope and experience.”

Her solo album, Garland of Rain, produced by Tom Prasada-Rao in Dallas, Tex., which also features her sister Martha Spangler, will be available at the concert. The theatre is located above the Tisbury Town Hall at 51 Spring street in Vineyard Haven.

Admission is $12 at the door. Children under 13 will be admitted free.