Katie Powderly

Doors 6pm, Music 7:30pm Two great singer-songwriters….One big night! Katie Powderly "Powderly brings poetic justice and a feminist reinterpretation to the century-old murder ballad." - Lauren LaRocca The Frederick News-Post (Frederick, MD) “Powderly’s impassioned delivery of these lyrics, combined with [her partner’s] harmonies and a keen ear for Smoky Mountains folk and bluegrass tunes, echo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ collaboration on Time (The Revelator).” - Jessica Stein Isthmus (Madison, WI) “Besides this Gypsy aesthetic, Powderly is a singer with a plaintive voice rising above her at-times-rollicking finger-style guitar. There's a hint of the Grievous Angel in this mid-west mama's music.” - Frank Di Blase City Newspaper (Rochester, NY) https://www.katiepowderly.com/ https://www.facebook.com/katiepowderly Jed Curran “One of my least favorite things to do is write about myself in a promotional sort of way. I'd much rather reveal the intimate details of my life hidden behind the cover of three or four chords and some form of melody line. I can however tell you this much about myself. I fell in love with music at a very early age. My first guitar memory is watching my uncle Chuck open a christmas present from his wife. It was a blonde 56 Telecaster. It took my breath away at the age of six. I've been around music in one way or another ever since. I've had that very same guitar on an extended loan and used it on a cut of my first solo CD called 'Morning Pages'. I wrote my first meaningful song after the breakup of my first marriage and the second meaningful song after the passing of my mother some 15 years later. It was through these experiences I discovered the wonderful therapeutic healing powers of song writing. I sent one of my songs to a friend in Nashville, Bat McGrath and recieved some great inspiration and encouragement from him to 'keep writing'. Well I took that advice and contnued to write. I feel that the songs I have recently recorded are of value and worthwhile. I also feel that as long as I keep writing and keep my heart open that my best work is in front of me. I write about the things in my life that move me. I write in a storytelling kind of style. I beleive that there is a thin line that seperates the mundane from the profound and that the two things which erase that line are Heart, and Attitude.” Jed Curran https://www.facebook.com/jed.curran https://www.facebook.com/Jedcurranmusic/ Tickets: $10 advance, $15 day of show and on sale beginning Friday, October 20 online at https://abilene.showare.com/ and at the bar