Beacon on Aurora – An Evening with Kelly Hunt
Sunday, October 13, doors open at 6:30 pm, concert begins at 7 pm
The daughter of an opera singer and a saxophonist, Hunt was raised in Memphis, TN amidst a motley mélange of musical influences ranging from Rachmaninov to Joni Mitchell to Mississippi John Hurt. She grew up singing in choirs, poring over poetry books, and writing her own music as a matter of course, first on piano then 5-string banjo. Her own improvised style of playing combines old-time picking styles with the percussive origins of the instrument. Her debut album “Even the Sparrow,” was nominated for the International Folk Music Awards “2019 Album of the Year.”