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The Millsaps
Arts & Lecture Series will host two nationally acclaimed singer/songwriters
on Thursday, Oct. 17, for "Poets of the Heart – The New
Voices 
of American Folk Music." The program, which begins at 7:30
p.m., will spotlight musical poets Terri Hendrix and Suzanne Buirgy.
"For this
program, we wanted to identify performers whose work is reshaping
both the sound and perception of American folk music by incorporating
the best of other genres, namely blues and jazz," said Marc
Kuykendall, an advisory board member for the Arts & Lecture
Series and one of the instrumental planners of the event. "Both
Terri and Suzanne create a ‘musical poetry' that is intensely
personal, edgy, engaging and captivating, and they're winning critical
acclaim while doing so."
Hendrix, whose
latest release is dubbed as an album of depth and stylistic diversity,
has been  celebrated
in top-tier publications such as Billboard, the Washington
Post, the Boston Globe and New York's Village Voice.
Hendrix has also won awards for Best Act and Best New Band at the
Austin Music Awards, and her performance Live At Mountain Stage
is now being broadcast on PBS.
She began her
career traveling around her native Texas with little more than a
guitar. She now writes songs for such popular artists as the Dixie
Chicks, and her live performances include coveted front-lining positions
at nationally recognized folk festivals. Rolling Stone praises
her for her "sunny humor and sparkling melodies" as well
as her "particularly keen talent for finger-picking and full-on
scat singing."
A California
native, Buirgy has also captured national attention. On her own
by the age of 16, her music finds its roots in folk, rock and pop.
Her latest CD, The View From Here, was a collaboration with
grammy-award winning songwriter Judy Wieder. In 1999, Buirgy won
the Kerrville Folk Festival's NewFolk Competition, an accomplishment
she shares with past winners Lucinda Williams and Lyle Lovett. Billboard
magazine has noted her for her "raw intensity," "unshakably
infectious" melodies, and thoughtful lyrics.
During the program,
both Hendrix and Buirgy will perform and discuss the joys, travails
and craft of the singer/songwriter.
"Poets
of the Heart" will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 17 at the
Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex recital hall on the Millsaps campus.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. For more information,
contact Luran Buchanan
at (601) 974-1043.
The Millsaps
Arts and Lecture Series is in its 35th year of providing unique
and entertaining programs to the Jackson area. Begun as a link between
the College and the community, the series has evolved into a showcase
for nationally known writers, musicians, artists and political figures.
Upcoming programs from the Millsaps Arts and Lecture Series include
a lecture by Marshall Ramsey, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated political
cartoonist of the Clarion-Ledger, on Nov. 7. For a complete
listing of this year's Arts & Lecture events, click
here.
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