Melissa FerrickBoston singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick has the kind of relationship with her audience that few artists are blessed with. Her live performance is fierce and funny, outspoken and vulnerable, passionate and real. The emotional honesty of Ferrick’s first-person lyrics, the force of her vocal delivery and the disciplined fury of her musicianship connects her to her audience with confidence and grace. She’s been gaining fans since her first release at age 22 on Atlantic Records. Her next three recordings were released by indie label What Are Records. In 2000, Melissa launched her own label: Right On Records. Her 2006 release In the Eyes of Strangers marked the label’s sixth release. As if in acknowledgment of the passing years, even though her formidable energy be undiminished, Melissa's new album due out in September is entitled Goodbye Youth. 

Openers will be acoustic alt-folk duo Coyote Grace. As their website succinctly puts is: Girl meets Girl. Girl becomes Boy. Girl and Boy become a band.  Their songs weave a curious tapestry conveying themes of transformation, introspection, and the impermanence of identity.

Tickets are on sale now from Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.

$18 advance, $20 day of show