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Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards
Laura Cortese might best be described as a sonic magpie: a curious and resourcef...
8:00pm - 10:30pm Doors at: 7:00pm
$24 advance/ $29 door
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Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards
Event Description
Laura Cortese might best be described as a sonic magpie: a curious and resourceful adventurer traversing great distances, collecting melodies and rhythms that glitter like jewels in the sun. Driven by the gravitational pull of human connection, her tendency towards exploration and collaboration have led her into countless niches, each providing its own unique feather with which to decorate her distinct and ever-evolving sound. But all of these explorations have one thing in common: the power of strings.
Along with The Dance Cards, this is an all-female string group brought together by the love of traditional American music and how it can be expressed in a chamber-folk setting. With their feet solidly grounded in traditional fiddle styles, they reach for the sky with their original compositions, arrangements and interpretations of Old-Time, Bluegrass, Country, and Celtic music.
This trio goes from hard-driving tunes to heart-breaking songs of Americana deftly and with the sensitivity of players beyond their years.
The Dance Cards have toured the US and Europe, performing in every imaginable setting from farmers’ markets to music festivals, and house concerts to concert halls, while hosting workshops on fiddling, grooving, dancing and singing in between.
All members of the Dance Cards went through rigorous training at the Berklee College of Music and bring not only a reverence to tradition but an innovative creativity to the music that they make.
Live & streamed. Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm.
In-Person + Livestream
Sat. May 27th 2023 + Add to Calendar
Mel Lehan Hall at the St. James Community Square
