Event

An Evening with Cosy Sheridan

Come hear singer-songwriter Cosy Sheridan perform on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at First Parish in Concord. Called "one of the era's finest and most thoughtful singer/songwriters", she first appeared on the national folk scene in 1992 when she won the songwriting contests at the Kerrville Folk Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Since then she has released 10 CDs, written a one-woman-show, and her music has appeared in books and film. She has taught songwriting, guitar and performance workshops at music camps for the past 15 years, including The Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and the Swannanoa Gathering. She is the director of The Moab Folk Camp in Moab, Utah.

Backed by the strong rhythms and harmonies of her bass player Charlie Koch, Sheridans concerts are full of energy and emotionality. Her songs are carefully crafted - and often shorter than the average folk song. Cosy writes intelligent and clever lyrics with stickable melodies, wrote Sing Out Magazine. She plays a percussive bluesy guitar style - often in open tunings and occasionally with 2 or more capos on the guitar.