Hazmat Modine will be performing at the Earlville Opera House at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 26. Tickets are $40 for general admission, $36 for members, $10 for youth 17 years and under, and half off general admission for college students. Tickets can be purchased at earlvilleoperahouse.com or by calling 315-691-3550. (Submitted photo)

EARLVILLE — What has the kind of blues you'll find in a barrel-house in New Orleans, driven by harmonicas, tuba, drums, guitars, banjo and a full horn section? Why it’s Hazmat Modine! The Earlville Opera House is thrilled to present this special production at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 26. Mardi Gras fun is not over yet!

Hazmat Modine has toured the world for over fifteen years. From Borneo to British Columbia, China to India, Brazil to New Zealand, throughout Europe and into Siberia. The band distills American music into an essence from its myriad forms: Blues, country, R&B, rock-n-roll, jazz, gospel, world music, soul, roots... Yet it adds to this mixture something raw and mysterious that feels at once familiar and new.

Their new collection of original material finds Hazmat deep in command of their self-created idiom — swimming in international waters but never far from the American coast. Malian riffs infuse with Mississippi mud and Tin Pan Alley, stretching the band’s roots aesthetic to include notes of hibiscus and the buzz of mosquitos. There are songs about death, striving, hoarding, time, and the march of dementia. Soaring horns and wailing harmonica are joined by the clang of modern India and the murmur of China, a distillation of Hazmat Modine’s travels through time, place, and sound. They weave lyrics that reflect on the times and troubles of the world we currently live in.

Tickets are $40 general admission, $36 for members (become a member!), $10 for youth (17 and under), with college students half off general admission. Tickets are available at www.earlvilleoperahouse.com or by calling (315) 691-3550.

Thank you to our sponsors: Community Foundation for South Central New York; Live Music Society; NBT Bank; Preferred Mutual Insurance Company; SFCU; and Bruce Ward, Architect. Special thanks to our hospitality sponsor Fred’s Inn of Norwich.

The Earlville Opera House is located at 18 East Main Street in the charming Village of Earlville, NY and is handicap accessible. Vaccine proof is required at the door, masks worn inside. Please check our website for the latest updates and for further information on our programs and services, and like us on Facebook!

Events are made possible, in part, with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor of New York and the New York State Legislature, and through the generosity of EOH members.

-From the Earlville Opera House