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SUMMARY:Kelley Smith & Kelly Hunt @ Alluvial
DESCRIPTION:Two amazing songwriters, performing solo and as a duo, on guitar and old time banjo! Don’t miss this one.\nSat 11/15 7pm – $10/$13 all ages\nMinnesota songwriter Kelley Smith is a wallflower who fancies old poetry and grandpa sweaters. All at once whimsical and haunting, Smith delivers deeply affecting lyrics with wry charm and a time traveler’s voice. Prone to melancholy and daydreaming, Kelley spent her childhood roaming the woods of the north country. To this day, her longing for that landscape runs deep and seems to find its way into her songs in one way or another.\nRaised by musicians, Smith always had music in her bones, but it wasn’t until she was 40 and a mother of four that her first record “Moon Child” came to be. “These organic and unvarnished songs reflect life experiences that could as easily come from past lives as they could from Kelley’s soul.” – Rieder Homestead Concerts.\nThe daughter of an opera singer and a saxophonist, Hunt was raised in Memphis, TN amidst a motley mélange of musical influences ranging from Rachmaninov to Joni Mitchell to Mississippi John Hurt. She grew up singing in choirs, poring over poetry books, and writing her own music as a matter of course, first on piano then 5-string banjo. After being introduced to the banjo in college while studying French and visual arts, Hunt began to develop her own improvised style of playing, combining old-time picking styles with the percussive origins of the instrument. After college, Hunt embarked on a rambling path through career pursuits in farming, French breadmaking, and visual arts, ultimately landing in Kansas City, where she would go on to write and record her debut album, *Even the Sparrow*.\nWhile reminiscent of modern traditionalists such as Gillian Welch, *Even The Sparrow* reveals an ineffable quality that hovers beyond the constraints of genre, à la Anais Mitchell and Patty Griffin. Over the span of a dozen songs, Hunt’s penchant for storytelling and intriguing arrangement cast a spell which *No Depression* describes as “the musical equivalent of a book you can’t put down, one you’ll want to revisit again and again to catch every nuance and turn of phrase.”\nLimited seating available – if you need ADA accommodation contact us!\nAlluvial is a listening room, please keep conversation low during the performance so everyone can enjoy, thanks!\n
URL:https://discoverames.com/events/kelley-smith-kelly-hunt-alluvial/
CATEGORIES:Food & drink,Music
LOCATION:3715 W. 190th St., Ames
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