Folk Legend John Gorka in Concert at Voices Cafe

John Gorka, widely regarded as “one of contemporary folk music’s leading talents” (Vintage Guitar), will be performing at Voices Café on Saturday, March 12 at 8:00pm. The concert will celebrate his 12th studio album, “Bright Side of Down”, out now on Red House Records. Voices Café is located at The Unitarian Church in Westport, 10 Lyons Plains Road, Westport, CT 06880. Seating is cabaret style and table reservations (minimum 4 people) are accepted by contacting David Vita, david@uuwestport.org or calling 203.227.7205 x14. Doors open at 7:30. Purchase tickets at: http://voicescafe.org/show/john-gorka/

The 11 original songs and one cover on“Bright Side of Down” are beautifully produced and sequenced from beginning to end and explore broad themes of winter-to-spring: of unforgiving edges, saving beauty, and being at the mercy of larger forces. The songs adjust like eyes to darkness, opening up to let in more light.

Watch John here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQZXUs0q5Xw&feature=em-upload_owner

There’s a greater intimacy to these performances that reflects the way the album was made. Gorka composed the songs on the road and at his home studio before bringing them into the Brewhouse Studio in Minneapolis. He'd record demos and let them “rest” to see if they aged well. The result is an album in the true sense of the word -- a meticulously sequenced group of songs that works as a whole.

Bright Side of Down is personal while hitting a universal nerve, a quality John Gorka has made his signature, with a group of songs that you’ll keep thinking about long after the album ends.

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