- 09/30/2011

Featuring Hungrytown and Dana & Susan Robinson

Tonight's See the Future concert pairs two husband-and-wife duos that draw deeply from the roots of American folk music. Conjuring the ancient, haunting songs of Appalachia and the British Isles, Rebecca Hall of Hungrytown has been hailed as "a true rarity: a new folk classicist" by the Boston Herald. Combined with husband Ken Anderson's rootsy musical arrangements and '60s-era pop harmonies, the result is an altogether new, yet curiously familiar style they call "retro folk." Standing face to face, so close that their guitars almost touch, they sing into the same mic, evoking scenes from the glory days of the Grand Ole Opry. Dana and Susan Robinson are guitar-playing, banjo-frailing, fiddle-sawing, and harmony-singing interpreters of the American experience. Their blend of contemporary songwriting and traditional Appalachian music brings to their performances the authentic flavor America's musical heritage. They can make the audience howl with laughter or hush with poignant reflection as they take us on a journey that conveys the mystery and wonder of America.