Womenfolk Live presents Lucy Wainwright Roche & Antje Duvekot
with Eliza Blue and Mother Banjo
Join Ellen Stanley, host of KFAI's Womenfolk, for an evening dedicated to the best in women's folk/acoustic music. Featuring some of the most impressive young female voices, the concert will include sets from New York City songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche and Boston-based Antje Duvekot as well as special guest appearances by local artists Eliza Blue and Mother Banjo. For a preview of this special concert and interviews with the artists, tune in to Womenfolk on KFAI 90.3 FM Minneapolis/106.7 FM St. Paul on Tuesdays from 2-4 pm or check out archived shows at kfai.org.
Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows, from Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin' Parlor, and Depth of Field), and online at Ticketweb.
All Cedar shows are all ages. Students with ID may gain discounted admission for tickets purchased at the door.
Lucy Wainwright Roche, whom NPR has compared to Joni Mitchell and Patti Griffin, was born in NYC into an influential musical family (her mother is Suzzy Roche, and her father is Loudon Wainwright III). She rebelled against the family business by teaching...
Antje Duvekot is an up-and-coming German-American folk singer-songwriter. Where so many songwriters stretch for their highest notes, hoping to impress and astound, Duvekot bravely mines her deep reaches, where the dark feelings lurk. It softens her phrasing,...
Trained as a classical violinist, Eliza grew up listening to folk and blues on her Fisher-Price record player, but had little vocal instruction. She took up the fiddle after falling in love with old timey music and soon began writing songs of her own. Guitar...
Mother Banjo is a one-woman band featuring Ellen Stanley on banjo and vocals. Her music combines the haunting sounds of traditional folk and gospel with contemporary alt-country and Americana hooks. Poetic and rich, her songs are sad, sweet and full of the...
