TAMWORTH — When Arts Council of Tamworth presented Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem at The Barnstormers several years back, many people told us it was our best concert ever. ACT is delighted to bring the band back to play again Friday, May 31, at 7:30 p.m. at The Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth Band members will also be in town for a two-day residency in school and community that will include a Thursday evening workshop/song circle and a Friday afternoon family concert.

While many musicians will be hitting the New England music circuit this summer in a car or truck, one New Hampshire based folk duo will be arriving at some of their Maine concerts in a most unusual manner ... on board a 30-foot sailboat. Bennett and Perkins, singer/songwriters from the White Mountains of New Hampshire, will be performing this summer on a special tour of the islands of Maine, from North Haven to Great Cranberry Island.

BROWNFIELD, Maine — Award-winning New Orleans guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Anders Osborne, currently celebrating the release of his new EP, "Three Free Amigos," will give a special solo performance at the Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield on Monday, May 27, at 8 p.m.

CONWAY — The third lecture in a four-part series on "Music and the Mind," presented by Mountain Top Music Center, will be Monday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Brown Church in Conway Village. Presenter Julia Hendrickson will shift her focus from the young mind to the maturing mind, and will again stimulate discussion on how music enhances not just our lives, but how our brain physically develops.