Award-winning songwriter to perform April 9 at Union

Award-winning Kentucky songwriter Carla Gover will appear at Union College April 9 at 7PM

Award-winning Kentucky songwriter Carla Gover will appear live in concert at Union College Wednesday, April 9, at 7:00 p.m. in the Rector Little Theatre.

Gover’s blend of traditional Appalachian songs and sounds, coupled with original song ideas, has garnered attention at festivals and contests across the country. A ten-year member of the Americana group Zoe Speaks, she is now performing with Brett Ratliff (banjo, fiddle, guitar) and Daphne Fields (bass). Together they play a mix of traditional Kentucky Appalachian songs and rootsy originals, with bouts of clogging thrown in for good measure.

A singer, songwriter, and dancer, Gover brings lively energy and a variety of musical styles to the stage. Her original songs range from misty, traditional-sounding ballads accompanied by banjo to up-tempo, pop-influenced songs with a groove. She is a first-place winner of Merlefest's Chris Austin Songwriting Contest, The Flat Rock Song Contest in Flat Rock, NC, and the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Contest 2007. Gover has shared the stage with the likes of Doc Watson, Jean Ritchie, Dirk Powell, Mark Schatz, Tony Furtado, David Grier, Si Kahn, Bruce Molsky and Tim O'Brien.

Kentucky writer and musician Silas House has called Gover “the epitome of what an Appalachian singer has always been: someone full of spirit and soul and heart, someone who is looking forward while always keeping the tradition alive, someone who has the mountains and their sounds right in her blood.”

Union College’s cultural events committee is sponsoring the concert, which is free and open to the pubic. For more information, contact Union at 606-546-1230. To learn more about Carla Gover and her music, visit www.carlagover.com.

April 10, 2008

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