Vermont Timbre Co. Amelia Struthers, Mike Mrowicki and friends
For the musical “local-vores” out there, Vermont Timbre.Co -- the singer-songwriting duo of Putney’s,Mike Mrowicki and Amelia Struthers, offer fresh local musical produce of the musical variety.
The two began singing together in 2004 while working on the album, Love in Kindness. Performing together as Vermont Timbre, they have enjoyed performing on radio and playing live shows for enthusiastic audiences. Mike’s songs cover a variety of distinct styles with superb guitar rhythms that evoke a range of moods. The duo’s concerts offer multiple layers of enjoyment; eliciting bright smiles, knowing nods, contemplative shared moments of recognition and dancing in the aisles.
Music has always lived large in Mike's life, moving to Putney. The community welcome allowed him to set down Vermont roots to start a family in the 1980’s. From those roots and community connections, the music has blossomed and reflects the people and place that Vermonters call home. With finger-picked guitar and gentle, powerful voice, he has always sought to represent the musical mosaic that is folk and mine the veins of what has percolated through his experience. Now with his children growing into their own lives, the music finds a more prominent place and is a continuing catalyst to learn, enjoy, and share.
Amelia moved to Brattleboro from Boston ten years ago with her young daughter to continue a creative life as a performance artist. A performing veteran, she never experienced stage fright until it came to singing her own songs. This led her to dare herself into singing them a lot more. Now she is savoring this musical collaboration. Music has become her creative pursuit to grow as an artist; singing from the razor’s edge. “About the Heart”,is Mrowicki and Struthers latest musical endeavor. The songs in this vein plumb the circular depths of emotion, and hold the promise of hope for the present and future , in a time when all too many are all too ready to fall into fear .The songs by both writers, build a body of work intrinsically infused with the spice of vexing harmonic vocals that celebrate shadow, eclectic musical composition,and lyrics that would
