Sat 1/19 @ 8PM
Acoustic Americana ensemble Harpeth Rising refers to itself cunningly as a “Chamberfolk Trio from Planet Earth.”
It’s actually three classically trained women who play violin, guitar and cello, each with a degree from an elite music school (Eastman, Oberlin, Indiana) who took a sharp turn into American roots/folk music, finding in it a vehicle to express their feelings about the world personally and politically while drawing on a wide range of genres. Their 2017 album Against All Tides is the follow-up to 2015’s Shifted. The band describes it as “an exploration of spirituality in place of fundamentalism, uncertainty as philosophy, and an unwavering declaration that human connection is the ultimate force for good in the universe.”
Appropriately, the band has been chosen to be part of the State Department’s program, American Music Abroad, which will have them doing concerts and cultural exchange program in embark Cambodia and Singapore this year. “Things are not as they should be, but we will push back, against all tides,” they say.
Before that happens, they’ll be returning to Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s Happy Days Lodge (yes, the concert is on, despite the government shutdown, one of the thins not as they should be). General admission is $21, Conservancy members are $17 and students are $10. Children under 10 are free.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Peninsula, OH 44264