Woodside Park House Concerts
in Silver Spring, MD
presents
Kyle Carey in Concert
Saturday, July 13, 2019
8:00 PM (doors open at 7:30 PM)
What are you doing on Saturday night, July 13? If you’re on vacation, have a fabulous time. But if not ,we hope you’ll join us for a dreamy summer evening at our first house concert in (gulp) almost three years, featuring acclaimed Gaelic-Americana singer-songwriter Kyle Carey.
What is Gaelic Americana, you might ask? Kyle’s music showcases a unique fusion that reflects her own personal story. Raised by her schoolteacher parents first in the Alaskan Bush (where she heard Yup’ik Eskimo spoken as often as she heard English) and then in rural New Hampshire, she travelled after college to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, on a Fulbright Fellowship to begin her study of the Gaelic language and its music. That was followed by a two-year sojourn on the Isle of Skye.
Kyle’s three albums have drawn critical acclaim from the experts. Her most recent release, The Art of Forgetting, landed at #3 on the January 2018 Folk DJ Charts and #24 on the February 2018 Euroamericana Charts. Influential Webzine 'PopMatters' named it one of the 20 Best Folk Albums of 2018.
She’s also received praise for her earlier releases. Craig Huegal of WMNF writes, “North Star is a superb effort and sure to be one of the best releases of 2014. It picks up where Monongah left off and takes on another musical journey that Kyle so capably directs.” And Devon Leger of Hearth Music writes, “With beautiful vocals, masterful accompaniment, and a far-reaching vision, Kyle Carey is making songs that look forward to the next hundred years of American and Celtic tradition.”
But why listen to the experts when you can listen to us? We first encountered Kyle several years ago, when without having ever seen her perform live, we received a copy of her first album, Monangah. As house concert hosts, we listen to a lot of debut albums, and to be candid, it’s often tough to distinguish one from the other. Not Kyle’s. We became obsessed, listening to the songs for hours, getting lost in the haunting melodies and riveting storytelling. We even loved the Gaelic tunes, although Celtic music is not normally one of our favored genres, both because of Kyle’s lovely performance style and because of her keen ear for appealing tunes.
In addition to enjoying the wonderful music, please help us inaugurate our brand new performance space! We updated the bathrooms, relocated the kitchen, and even knocked down a wall to make a larger performance space. Please note we’re not quite finished with our improvements – the walls are primed but not painted, and we have no new furniture yet – but we trust the new and improved living room will provide a much more comfortable experience for our guests.
As usual, doors will open at 7:30 and the show will begin at 8 pm. We suggest a donation of $20 per guest, and we'll be offering potluck-style refreshments – if you would like to participate, please bring a dairy or vegetarian snack, dessert or beverage.
Please RSVP to WoodsideParkHouseConcerts@gmail.com by July 10 (although there will likely be room for latecomers now that we are larger). Feel free to invite friends as long as you RSVP for them.