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5 Songwriters in Concert
April 13, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$5 – $16Bluegrass Royalty to Grammy Winners Celebrate the Year of Music in North Carolina
Join singer-songwriter-instrumentalists Cathy Fink, Alice Gerrard, Sam Gleaves, Claire Lynch and Marcy Marxer for an incredible evening of music on Saturday, April 13 at the Ashe Civic Center. The instructor team for the Ola Belle Reed Song Writer’s Retreat will come together for a concert beginning at 7:30 pm.
Cathy Fink is the Artistic Director for the Retreat, a Grammy Award winner and internationally known singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. Alice Gerrard toured extensively with Ola Belle Reed and is in the International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame. Sam Gleaves is a young Appalachian artist and tradition bearer and the Folk Arts Education Director of the Handyman Settlement School. Claire Lynch is a Grammy nominee and IBMA multi-award winning songwriter and singer and Marcy Marxer is a Grammy Award winner and a John Lennon Songwriting Contest Winner.
