Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Perfect Storm

This week’s forecast calls for Gentle Thunder — and we’re not talking about the weather. The California sound-healing artist makes her Vermont debut on Monday with an intimate concert of uplifting world music. What kind of conditions can you expect? “Softness and beauty, as well as power and passion,” writes Zone Music Reporter of the Grammy-nominated New Age musician’s sonic and spiritual style. Count on regions of high and low pressure as ferocious riffs enliven serene jazz- and folk-inflected arrangements on Native American flutes and the hammered dulcimer.