A Dave Mallett concert is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St., in Madison.
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Mallett, a treasure of a man and a true troubadour from Maine, will sing his classics and some new ones as well.

The cool breezes of Maine’s northlands have flowed through the songs of Mallett for more than four decades. His latest, “Greenin Up,” is a compilation of some re-recordings of his finest work. Released in conjunction with the Maine Farmland Trust, it is a celebration of rural life.

“Having grown up around country people and farmers, rural life has always been the wellspring for a lot of my best work,” Mallett said in a news release. “I was glad to be able to put some of my best ‘nature tunes’ in one collection and help draw attention to and to support such a worthy cause as the Maine Farmland Trust, which essentially helps prevent valuable farm land from being turned into housing and strip malls. I’ve always wanted to revisit some of my old stuff, like ‘April’, and present a more ‘seasoned’ version of some of these songs.”

Mallett includes three new songs — “Fat of the Land,” “Dogs & Horses,” and “Beautiful Rose” — along with re-recordings of his better known tunes like the American classic “Garden Song,” “Summer of My Dreams,” “I Knew This Place,” “Good Times” and “April.”

When he is not touring, the place where he makes his songs is in his writing room in an old farmhouse with a view across the field and a tintype of his great-great grandfather on the wall.
“I like to keep reaching out to touch the past,” he says, “to connect it with what’s going on now. To me music is one of the few things that is timeless…human emotion is one continual chain.”

For more information, visit somersetabbey.com.