LEWISTON — Friday, Oct. 30, the Franco-American Heritage Center will echo with the sounds of new music as Dave Rowe takes the stage with band members to celebrate the release of their “The Music Never Dies” CD.

The recording started out as two different projects more than two years ago and slowly merged into one album. “For years I wanted to record a CD of music I perform with the piano. I got much of it on tape while at the same time the Dave Rowe Trio was planning a new recording. We got about halfway into both projects and then decided somehow they flowed together nicely,” Rowe explained.

“This project is unlike anything we’ve released before,” he said.

The CD contains some new music by Rowe, including a historical song about the wreck of the steamer Portland in 1898, a whimsical instrumental number called “Splitting Wood in Flip-Flops” and a ghost story about Boon Island Light, a lighthouse off the Maine coast, near York. Also prominent on the recording is a personal rendition of his father’s song, “Big House, Middle House, Back House, Barn.”

Rowe and bandmates Eric McDonald and Kevin O’Reilly decided to hold the official release in the Twin Cities, where Rowe grew up. It seemed appropriate to have it at the Franco center where Rowe presents an annual benefit concert each May in memory of his dad, Tom Rowe of Schooner Fare fame.

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, $13 for seniors and students. They may be purchased by calling 689-2000 or online at www.francoamericanheritage.org. For more on the trio, visit www.daverowemusic.com.