| February 6, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
DARCIA SENFT WITH JAMES HICKERSON
Live at The Folk Exchange February 6
Doors 7pm Show 8pm
Tickets $10 advance, $12 door
The Winnipeg Folk Festival is pleased to announce Darcia Senft in concert live at the Folk Exchange. The local singer/songwriter is celebrating her latest album release ‘Storms in the Cellar’.
In 2001, Darcia teamed up with Winnipeg multi-instrumentalist and veteran musician, James Hickerson. They worked on a recording project and the result was Darcia’s first cd “Take Time” which was released in 2002.
Darcia and James have performed at festivals and concert venues in Manitoba for the past 7 years, building a loyal following for their original roots folk sound. They began co-writing and released a second cd together called “Dirt Floor House” in 2004. When asked to describe their music, they say: “Think of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings having a pot-luck with Johnny Cash and Carole King in a dirt floor house where specialties are combined and the result is soul-satisfying.”
Darcia and James now continue the evolution of their musical direction. Performing in two-part vocal harmony with acoustic guitar and banjo, musical influences range from roots ballads to traditional dirt floor country to blues and blue grass. ‘Storms in the Cellar’ was born of many winds, some tears, broken miles and years. Everyone knows how unsettling a storm can be and what it’s like to have something rattling down below. Darcia says: “At one time or another we experience what it’s like to be in prison—whether the bars are made of steel, or loneliness or loss. Somehow, we lean into another day.” The last song on the cd is called “The Last Night of the World” and sneak previews of the song have moved listeners to tears. Perhaps it is a song for our times.
Tickets available at the Festival Music Store (211 Bannatyne Ave) or by calling 231-1377.
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