CARTHAGE — For the past 10 years, the trio Vishten has toured its brand of new-traditional Acadian music, giving more than 1,000 concerts in eight countries.

Twin sisters Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc of Prince Edward Island teamed up with Pascal Miousse of the nearby Magdelen Islands to create a sound that incorporates elements of the new ways while staying true to the essential Acadian spirit of their roots.

The three seventh-generation Acadians will take the stage at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, July 18, and at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts in Unity on Thursday, July 19. 

Their sound is essentially Celtic but with a difference. The songs are French, sung by each band member, alone, or in three-part harmony. The foot percussion drives the rhythm in a fiddle tune at times yet refrains itself in the gentler musical moments.

The band members are accomplished multi-instrumentalists and step-dancers who incorporate the fiddle, guitar, accordion, penny-whistle, banjo, mandolin, piano, jaw-harp and bodhran into each performance. 

Curtain is 7 p.m. at Skye; 7:30 p.m. at Unity. Jam sessions are slated one hour prior to show when audience members can play their musical instruments with the guest artists for a few minutes. Tickets are $15 at the door. Skye Theater is at 2 Highland Drive; UCCPA is at 42 Depot St. in Unity. Call Skye at 562-4445 or UCCPA at 948-7469.