Christmas music often contains more saccharin than a barrel of vintage Tab, but that's not the case with Matt and Shannon Heaton. The duo plays Irish music on flute and guitar with skillful abandon, and brings a sense of history and tradition to a nicely modern sound. The same goes for the Heatons' Christmas tunes, which arrived via CD last year in the form of Fine Winter's Night. This week, they bring seasonal cheer to Easthampton's P.A.C.E.
Dec. 6, $10/members, $12/general, Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton (P.A.C.E.), 41 Union St., Easthampton, (413)527-3700, www.pioneerarts.org.
