RiddleFestSongs of Life and Love features New Orleans guitarist and singer-songwriter Joy Clark, a rising musical talent fostered by growing up in the church and influenced by a generation of singer-songwriters, like Tracy Chapman, who lyrically express the hopes and fears of present-day life in America. Her fascination with the guitar was awakened at the age of four, and she was composing music by the age of twelve. Clark’s calming voice and melodious guitar combine with her songwriting talents to produce music that expresses life and love in a deeply spiritual way, focusing on the inner self, celebrating peace and the undeniable power of love.
The concert begins at 7 PM, and there will be a free public seminar at 3 PM in which Clark will share her techniques for digging deeper into life’s experiences and writing songs informed by our own journeys. The evening will open with Donna Ray Norton, a highly regarded member of the younger generation of Madison County ballad singers and storytellers. An eighth-generation ballad singer, she has performed at the Asheville Dance and Folk Festival, the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Festival, Mars Hill College Heritage Day, and at many other venues in western North Carolina. In 2005, she was honored with the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Youth Award for Balladry.
Jeff Little Trio
