Start the New Year off right by supporting "Friends Outside", an organization that helps incarcerated people and their families connect by attending our very special show on Friday, January 6th with Rita Hosking, Joshua Lowe and the amazing Jessica Marks at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center.
Lead vocalist Rita Hosking has drawn international attention for her fierce mountain melodies. Her original songs, rooted in her family’s frontier experience, have been lauded as a unique brand of Appalachian bluegrass, and her voice admired for it's lovely intensity.
Rita’s recent accomplishments include winning the 2008 Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the Sisters Folk Festival, Finalist in the 2009 Telluride Troubadour Contest, and main stage sets at the Strawberry and Kate Wolf Music Festivals.
Rita Hosking’s Performance has been described as “Kitchen tables, loggers, trailers, springs, loss, miners, culture clash, forest fires— all that and more. Her delivery is, to put it simply, intense. From the first time I heard Rita sing, her voice gripped me and did not let go; a voice whose beauty speaks from a deep place of honest and raw and powerful emotion.” (Joe Craven)
Appearing with Rita will be Jessica Marks, Joshua Lowe, and the Juncos.
Admission is $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8PM. Tickets can be purchased in advanced at Streetlight Records.
To learn more about Friends Outside visit www.scvolunteercenter.org or call 831- 427-5078
