Moira Smiley and Jayme Stone Folklife on January 13th

MOIRA SMILEY + FRIENDS
8:00 PM
Moira threads her powerful voice through original songs and the folk-songs that inspire her. Her guests will be Irish multi-instrumentalist / founder of SOLAS, Seamus Egan, mandolinist / composer / 9 Horses founder, Joe Brent and singer/instrumentalist, Ali Dineen. Moira will also be joined by members of Jayme Stone’s Folklife for her set. Moira will accompany herself on banjo, accordion and piano.

Moira Smiley travels the world as a performer and song collector. Her earliest influences were American shape-note hymnody, Irish and Russian folksongs and the piano music of Bach, Bartók and Debussy. In her late teens, she began traveling to learn songs – sitting at the knees of traditional singers in the UK, Ireland and Europe. She taken her voice, accordion and banjo across the planet, touring with artists like tUnE-yArDs, SOLAS, Billy Childs, The Lomax and Folklife Projects, KITKA, Theatre Of Voices and The Lyris String Quartet. She’s become a well-known choral composer, with millions of singers singing her work worldwide, and premieres including The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s “Lux Aeterna” in The Walt Disney Concert Hall. She’s been featured on BBC Radio 3, at TED Conferences, NPR, PBS and ABC Australia's "Books & Art" program. Moira has received praise from Billboard to Gramophone for her voice and writing.

8:50pm JAYME STONE’S FOLKLIFE:

Jayme Stone - banjo/vocals, Moira Smiley - vocals/accordion, Sumaia Jackson - fiddle/vocals, Joseph Phillips - bass/vocals

Stemming from the Lomax Project, Jayme Stone’s Folklife treats old field recordings not as time capsules, but as heirloom seeds passed down from a bygone generation. Planting these sturdy seeds in modern soil, this versatile gathering of musicians has cultivated vibrant Sea Island spirituals, Creole calypsos, and stomp-down Appalachian dance tunes for contemporary listeners. Their concerts and educational programs are moving, inventive, and participatory experiences that prove folk songs are indeed perennials for the people. The new album is out now on Borealis Records.

Please RSVP to Sandilion49@gmail.com. We are located on the upper west side of Manhattan. Details will follow with your reservation. This concert is sold out. We have standing room only at this point with a cancellation list.