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Anna & Elizabeth at The Blue Ridge Music Center (indoor theater - limited tickets available)
The Blue Ridge Music Center presents an afternoon Appalachian Ballads, Folk Songs, and String Band Music with Anna Roberts Gevalt & Elizabeth LaPrelle.
The collaboration between Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle spans worldsbetween their homes in Brooklyn and rural Virginia; between deep study of mountain ballads and explorations into the avant garde. One year ago found them researching in traditional music archives in Vermont and Virginia, then using that raw material to develop new work at residencies at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the MacDowell Colony. They spent the summer and fall touring across the US, UK, and Ireland, including The Newport Folk Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival (UK). Their mission is to balance respect for traditional music and musicians who came before with a relentless push into new artistic territories.
The pairs growing acclaim springs from a shared quartet of talents: Both are historians, storytellers, visual artists, and gifted, intuitive musiciansin combination, a groundbreaking approach. Inspired by the richness and tradition of the music, Anna & Elizabeth gather songs and stories from archives and visits with elders. They bring these songs to life in performance with sparse, atmospheric arrangements using guitar, banjo, fiddle, and the uncanny blend of their voices in close harmony. They accompany their songs with storiesof the lyrics, of the singer, of the quest to learn the songand they illustrate them in mesmerizing fashion. The two revive the old scrolling picture show, dubbed crankiesintricate picture-scrolls illustrating the old songs they sing, which they create in tandem with papercuts, shadow puppets, prints, and embroidered fabric.
Their second album, which features Grammy nominee and legendary folk singer Alice Gerrard, was released in March 2015 on Free Dirt Records. It has been featured on Vices Noisey, the Huffington Post, No Depression, and NPR Musics Tiny Desk Concert series.
Anna & Elizabeth have begun a new cycle of work, inspired by ballad singers of the 1930s and 1940s in Vermont and Virginiathe states where they grew up. Spending time in archives, with the families of these singers, and with a director, Anna & Elizabeth will explore connections between place and tradition to develop a new show, a new set of crankies, and a new album inspired by these ballads.
Anna & Elizabeth are: Anna Roberts-Gevalt (fiddle, banjo, guitar & vocals) and Elizabeth Laprelle (banjo, guitar & vocals).
http://www.annaandelizabeth.com/
ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS GIVEN.
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LocationThe Blue Ridge Music Center (indoor theater) (View)
700 Foothills Road (Mile Marker 213 - Blue Ridge Parkway)
Galax, VA 24333
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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