Samoa Wilson live at The Archway
Schedule
Fri Sep 24 2021 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm
Location
Dumbo Archway | Jersey City, NJ
Advertisement
FRIDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER: LIVE MUSIC IN THE ARCHWAYCurated by Jan Bell of the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival
5-7 pm
Dumbo Archway
Free!
-----------------
ON SEPTEMBER 24. SAMOA WILSON
Samoa Wilson sings gospel, blues and honeyed renditions of rare tunes. “ ... the essence of unaffected musical storytelling.” — Nat Hentoff, Village Voice NYC
Since she was 12 years old, Samoa Wilson has been captivating audiences with a voice the New York Times calls “sweet, effortless, old-timey”. Raised in the riverbed of traditional North American folk music, she came up in the Boston scene, under the wing of jug band and folk legend Jim Kweskin. Her current duo, the Four O’Clock Flowers, a stark and electrifying exploration of gospel, blues and jazz, with slide guitar maestro Ernie Vega, has become a staple of the thriving New York City folk community. Her choice of repertoire makes the difference: torchy and honeyed renditions of haunting little-known tunes, from a woman’s perspective. From the source of the traditional and classic material, she poses a modern complaint, salutes the transformation of women’s work and suffering into women’s triumph.
“ ... a deep understanding of the early era of recorded pop ... a gorgeous, fun sound.” — The Boston Herald
-----------------
SPECIAL THANKS TO CON EDISON FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE ARTS IN DUMBO.
#ArtsAlFrescoNY #PowerToTheArtsNY
Advertisement
Where is it happening?
Dumbo Archway, 155 Water Street, Brooklyn, NY, Jersey City, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: