DAVID WILCOX at East Rock Concert Series

Schedule

Thu Sep 14 2023 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

Location

Best Video Performance Space | Hamden, CT

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Fernando Pinto Presents an evening with
David Wilcox at East Rock Concert Series
— Thursday Thursday September 14th at Best Video, Hamden (Showtime 7pm)
Tickets $27. advance, $30 DOS
Artist website: https://davidwilcox.com/
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Folk singer-songwriters have long been recognized for creating music that plays like hearts hanging on the sleeves of love, life, and everything in between. They are observers of the human condition, of the world around them, and of the intersection between the two. As listeners and even admirers, we frequently see ourselves in those lyrics. Their music is indeed universal.
Veteran folk singer-songwriter David Wilcox certainly has the pedigree. The Ohio native with the warm baritone first came to the attention of audiences and critics when he won the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival in 1988. Thirty-plus years and twenty-plus albums later, Wilcox won top honors in the 23rd annual USA Songwriting Competition in 2018 for his effervescent “We Make the Way by Walking” from his most recent album release, The View From the Edge. In between, he’s earned praise in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone, to name a few.
And like all folk singer-songwriters worth their lyrics and melodies, Wilcox shines before an intimate audience. This is David return to Connecticut in decades at East Rock Concert Series - Thursday September 14th, at Best Video in Hamden
(all ages are welcome). It is music, whether performed live before an audience or recorded for posterity, that Wilcox deems cathartic, even medicinal. In fact, if you check out his website, you’ll find a “Musical Medicine” section that features songs ready to heal heartbreak, depression, and addiction. But also, there are songs to appreciate life, beauty, and “enjoying the bliss of the moment.”
That, in essence, is the power of original folk music. Wilcox taps into the reveries of humanity and turns out vignettes that we can all relate to. But most importantly, these are tunes that make us feel, think, laugh, and cry. And even at its most deeply personal, Wilcox’s songs are universal.
“I'm grateful to music,” he says. “I have a life that feels deeply good, but when I started playing music, nothing in my life felt that good. I started to write songs because I wanted to find a way to make my life feel as good as I felt when I heard a great song. I don't think I'd be alive now if it
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Best Video Performance Space, 1842 Whitney Ave,Hamden,CT,United States

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