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Music Maker 25: 'Southern Voices': Lonnie Holley & Alexa Rose

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Thursday, December 05, 2019
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Thursday evening at Music Maker 25 features individual sets from two distinct Southern voices - multidisciplinary visual artist and improvisational musician Lonnie Holley and Southwest Virginia mountain native and roots musician Alexa Rose. A journeyman and sculptor who recorded his first ever album of music in his sixties, Holley has lived an unparalleled life, one reflected in the captivating fare of 2012's Just Before Music and last year's sprawling MITH. Of that latter full-length, The Quietus hailed it as "a record that, far from being cartoonish or hackneyed, feels tangible and rings true." Rose, compared to the likes of Joni Mitchell and Hurray for the Riff Raff, is developing a sound distinctly her own. Drawing inspiration from her Appalachian heritage, her voice "stands out with depth and complexity, capable of gymnastic yodels and deep resonance" (Cary Magazine).

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