The Wilders going on hiatus; two upcoming local shows before then

Sad news for local folk fans: The Wilders announced yesterday on their website that they’re going on an “indefinite hiatus.”

After 12 years of the Ike, Betse, Nate, and Phil show, we’re gonna take a well-deserved break. I believe the Funk & Wagnalls word for that is “hiatus”… basically a fancy way to say we don’t know what the future holds, but we know we’re gonna be giving The Wilders some time off to check out life from a different focus and direction for a year, and then see how we feel after that. We do have some shows in December around home, and have a few special select performances planned for 2012.

Those December shows are Friday, December 16, at Liberty Hall with Pokey LaFarge, and Sunday, December 18, at the Reading Reptile in Brookside (4 p.m.).