Orcas Center’s Summer Concert Series returns to the Village Green
No tickets necessary thanks to our generous sponsors!

Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
Shana Cleveland

Sunday, August 3rd at 5pm
On the Village Green
203 N Beach Rd, Eastsound, WA 98245

Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light

Fresh off a first place win at the 2023 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival band competition, Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light have been captivating audiences throughout the northeast. With songs as sweet and biting as the nectar and venom in her voice, Sumner’s lyric-forward writing and penchant for snaking chord progressions demand something far beyond folk conventions, highlighting the acrobatic range of her brilliant bandmates Kat Wallace (fiddle) and Mike Siegel (upright bass).

Sumner is no stranger to the stage. She spent her early career on the bluegrass circuit, singing and writing with the genre-bending roots group Twisted Pine. Since setting out on her own, Sumner’s songs have been critically acclaimed: winning the 2021 John Lennon Award in the folk category for her song “Radium Girls (Curie Eleison);” earning a spot in the Kerrville New Folk Competition; and being chosen four consecutive years as one of the top Massachusetts entries in NPR’s Tiny Desk Competition. Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light released their debut LP in the summer of 2022 to critical acclaim.

Follow Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light online:
https://rachelsumnermusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/rachelsumnermusic/
https://www.instagram.com/rtsumner
https://www.youtube.com/@RachelSumnerMusic

Shana Cleveland

Shana Cleveland is a musician, artist, and writer based in Northern California. She has spent the last decade touring the world with her band La Luz and under her own name and has released 8 full length records on Sub Pop Records and Hardly Art. Her work has been featured in NPR, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and many other publications. Her most recent solo record “Manzanita” received a 5 Star review in the Guardian, calling it “a perfectly woven tapestry of musical delights”.

As the primary songwriter for both La Luz and her solo project, she spends a lot of time writing and prefers to write outdoors where the sounds of nature can enter into and shape her creative process.

Follow Shana Cleveland online:
https://laluzband.com
https://www.instagram.com/shanacleveland