Simple Gifts concert set at Epworth UMC in Rehoboth April 9

Two women plus 12 instruments will equal one very good time when Simple Gifts takes the stage at Epworth United Methodist Church at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 9. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance at the church office or at the door.

This award-winning duo performs on an impressive array of instruments, including two violins, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, recorders and guitar plus some more unusual instruments like the bowed psaltery, baritone fiddle, banjolin, guitjo and doumbek.

Simple Gifts presents a wide variety of ethnic folk music, including everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer freilachs, haunting Gypsy melodies and exotic Balkan dance tunes.

Linda Littleton and Karen Hirshon have performed as Simple Gifts since 1995. The group was founded by Littleton in 1989 and has performed throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Simple Gifts has recorded six albums. Their recordings include traditional music from Romania, Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland, Scotland, France, Sweden, Denmark and America, plus original compositions by each group member.

For more information, go to www.simplegiftsmusic.com and www.eumcrb.org.