American Patchwork Quartet Performs at NMU

  The folk-jazz fusion group American Patchwork Quartet, which showcases the dynamic diversity of contemporary culture by reimagining timeless songs from America’s past, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Northern Michigan University’s Forest Roberts Theatre. The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at NMU is hosting the concert. American Patchwork Quartet (APQ) is on a mission to reclaim the immigrant soul of American Roots Music. Led by multi-Grammy Award-winning guitarist/vocalist Clay Ross and composed of three other acclaimed artists, the group binds timeless American folk songs with jazz sophistication, country twang, West African hypnotics and East Asian ornamentation. APQ’s sound is