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to Forty Acres home on the web!
Forty Acres
is a celebration of roots music. We are a non-profit tax-exempt
organization located in the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill)
area of North Carolina. We sponsor house concerts and other small
venue concerts featuring up and coming artists and artists with
a growing following. We also sponsor music/dance events.
You can find directions to our usual venues here.
If you love
unique music in intimate settings and would like to be alerted to
our upcoming shows and events, please join the Forty
Acres e-mail list.
Past
shows include Carolina Chocolate Drops , Chris
Smither,
David Olney, Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart,
Jim Lauderdale,
John Cowan,
Mollie O'Brien & Richard Moore,
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion,
Slaid Cleaves,
The Waybacks,
Tony Williamson, Tift Merritt and many other fine artists and bands.
A listing of
our upcoming concerts and other events is below. For more information,
click on the artist name or picture. Tickets for events are available
on a first come, first served basis.
We use an email reservation system and take money at the door. Please
leave us a message at: tickets@fortyacres.org
letting us know what concert you need tickets for and how many you
need.
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| Shannon Whitworth
Saturday, March 10, 2011
Five Oaks Clubhouse 8 pm
Tickets: $15 (advance) $20 (door)
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On Saturday, March 10, at 8 p.m., Forty Acres is very happy to welcome back Shannon Whitworth and her band. Shannon was a founding member and the lead vocalist for the Biscuit Burners, the bluegrass band that brought her prodigious talents to the attention of the music world. After appearances on the BBC and PBS, she left the band to pursue a broader musical vision. She released her first solo album "No Expectations" in 2007 and has toured extensively including appearances at Merlefest, where she collaborated with the Waybacks' Album Hour in the recreation of "Abbey Road".
The first thing you notice about Shannon Whitworth is the voice- smoky, elegant, a bit husky, patient at all the right moments and equally adept at the phrasing of a jazz chanteuse; it's no wonder she's garnered comparisons to singers from Patsy Cline to Billie Holiday, as well as contemporaries like Neko Case.
Come help celebrate the release of her latest work, "Water Bound." To find out more about her, her band and the new CD, go to shannonwhitworth.net
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, but we expect this one will sell out, so go ahead and confirm and then check out the amazing lineup of artists confirmed for 2012:
Doors open at 7:30 and the show will start at 8 PM. Five Oaks Clubhouse is located midway between Durham and Chapel Hill.
Send your request to tickets@fortyacres.org, and we will respond with pre-payment instructions, directions, and all else that you need to know.
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