OXFORD – Folk duo The Honey Badgers will share stellar harmonies, thoughtful songs and fun fiddling at 6 On The Square in Oxford when they perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 7.

When Michael Natrin asked Erin Magnin to dust off her fiddle and join him for a couple of songs at a local Delaware songwriter showcase, the two never imagined they were creating a musical partnership that would continue far into the future. Playfully calling themselves The Honey Badgers, more to make themselves chuckle than to make any sort of a statement, the two discovered a chemistry between their voices that demanded to be heard. Thus, the duo was born.

In their first several years working together, they developed a distinct sound, weaving together wistful violin, driving guitar and their signature harmonies. The duo released their debut EP, “Booth Bay,” a thoughtfully crafted second EP, “Soul,” and a collection of live recordings titled “Mad Season.” They played all over Delaware and the surrounding area, including opening for nationally touring act The Lone Bellow, as well as local Delaware favorite New Sweden.

In 2019, they committed to diving further into their music in many ways, quitting their respective jobs to pursue music full time and releasing their first full-length album, “Meet Me.” They drove a tour van that constantly broke down across the eastern U.S. on a perpetual and winding tour until forced to stay still in 2020.

In June 2024, following a devastating few years of navigating personal loss and a global pandemic, The Honey Badgers released their second full-length album, “The Earth Turns and So Do We,” a mature and varied collection of original songs focused on the repeating cycles of life, death, love and time itself. The album reached No. 15 on the FAI Folk Radio Chart. A song from the album, “Bring With You Nothing,” won gold in the folk category and third place overall in the 2025 SAW Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.

Community and connection have led to the Badgers’ latest project, an EP titled “I Am a Garden,” released this summer. This newest project is a self-recorded whirlwind of joy and creativity, featuring found-sound percussion, group vocals courtesy of friends at a weekly potluck/jam night and echoes of all the unconventional places used as recording studios, including (but not limited to) a basement, a camper van and a dairy farm.

The Honey Badgers combine radical vulnerability, humor at just the right moments and a perfect vocal blend honed over the past decade, building a space where listeners can reconnect with themselves, their feelings and the truest parts of being a human in a complicated time.

Tickets for the concert are $20 in advance or $25 at the door; purchase at 6onthesquare.org or call 607-843-OTS6 (6876) to make a reservation. Doors open one hour before the start of performances. The concert also will be streamed live online for $10; more information is available at 6onthesquare.org.

On exhibit through November are paintings of people and places, real and imagined, by Afton artist Christopher L. Wright.

Wright attended the Pratt Institute in New York City, and his primary medium is oil paint. His work has been shown at several establishments in the region, such as the Main Street Bakery & Grill in Afton and Cyber Cafe West in Binghamton.

Ahead this fall at 6OTS: Abbie Gardner (November 21), On a Midwinter’s Eve with Joe Jencks (December 6) and Chivalrous Crickets (December 20).

Performances are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul; NBT Bank in Oxford; and 6OTS members. Thanks also to the Sherwood Hotel in Greene for housing performers.

6 On The Square, Inc. is an intimate, not-for-profit, volunteer-based acoustic music listening room and arts venue located at 6 Lafayette Park in downtown Oxford.

- Information from Nancy Morey, 6 On The Square