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Phoebe Hunt & The Gatherers + Dori Freeman at Pale Fire
See Americana instrumentalist Phoebe Hunt & The Gatherers, plus Virginia native Dori Freeman at Pale Fire Brewing Co. on Thursday, August 10th.
Doors at 7pm. Music at 8pm.
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Phoebe Hunt
An accomplished Americana instrumentalist with foundations in jazz and swing music, Phoebe makes an impressive creative leap with this record. Its the culmination of a five year journey that has taken her from her Austin roots through Music Row, Brooklyn, and even to India to study with seventh-generation master violinist Kala Ramnath. Along the way, Phoebe found her voice and delivered her most inspired set of songs to date the soundtrack to her self-discovery.
Shantis Shadow marks an arrival for Phoebe Hunt, whose artistic and personal journey has deep storylines. These masterfully crafted songs are brought to life by the musicians Phoebe has gathered each a virtuoso in their own right. Phoebe is skilled at taking seemingly disparate elements and pulling them together into a dazzling kaleidoscope of lush, coherent sound and rhythm patterns. The result is music that swells, crashes and breathes organically under Phoebes soulful, plaintive voice. Sounds of Americana and Texas Tinged Swing are woven with exotic rhythmic concepts culled from Phoebes time in India.
Shantis Shadow is always surprising yet comfortingly familiar. Prior to recording this album, the entire band traveled to India to study at an ashram outside of Pune with master violinist Kala Ramnath. In India, they practiced music, meditation and philosophy sometimes spending as many as 10 hours a day working and re-working Tats and Ragas. This intense, experiential study is apparent in the seamless musical play and improvisation of Shantis Shadow.
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Dori Freeman
The purity of Dori Freemans voice and the directness of her songwriting reflect not only her Appalachian hometown Galax, Va. but also a determined classicism, a rejection of the ways modern country punches itself up for radio and arenas.
Jon Pareles, The New York Times
A strong contender for Americana debut of the year
Rolling Stone Country
Dori Freemans debut album is the kind of country-folk record that hits you like a train: stunningly gorgeous, lyrically rich and so thoughtfully executed it seems it must be the work of an artist with years of releases under her belt. Yet the 10-track, self-titled album is Freemans label debut. Produced by Teddy Thompson, son of folk legends Richard & Linda Thompson, Dori Freeman features an all-star cast of backing musicians (including producer Thompson himself).
Freemans lilting vocals shine front and center, at times reminiscent of Emmylou Harris, and are delivered with such an aching, melancholic sincerity that her reflections on love, loss and heartbreak find themselves buried deep under the skin. The album dances between country and western, old-time and folk, some instrumentations swelling with pedal steel and country fiddle, others reducing to simply Freemans voice and sparse percussion.
Born and raised by a musical family in the Blue Ridge town of Galax, Virginia, Freeman grew up performing in her grandfathers shop on the historic Crooked Road a hugely important place in American musical history that remains a bastion of roots traditions today. Freeman herself plays an integral role in the new generation of roots music celebrants in the region, and her music is certainly influenced by the rich musical history of the area although it extends well beyond the revivalist realm. Pure, striking, and at times utterly heartbreaking, Dori Freeman is a record of profound catharsis from an artist with a deep sense of purpose, and a visceral approach that cuts to the bone.
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LocationPale Fire Brewing Co. (View)
217 S. Liberty St. Ste 105
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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