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It's the first mother/daughter duo concert in the 19 years of West Side Folk. Before establishing herself as a solo artist, Suzzy Roche spent two decades singing alongside her sisters in one of folk music's most celebrated bands, The Roches. Daughter Lucy took to the family business after graduating from Oberlin College, singing backup for her brother Rufus, opening for her father Loudon Wainwright III, and touring with Dar Williams, Neko Case and Amos Lee. Here's how Suzzy Roche describes her career: "I began singing with my sisters when I was a kid. Eventually, we became The Roches, and we performed professionally for over thirty years. One day we were singing on the streets of New York City, and soon we were on stage in the clubs around Greenwich Village, and then a record deal. We've had a long career that has included surprising collaborations with other wonderful musicians, memorable shows, numerous recordings, and countless songsit would be ridiculous for me not to include my most important biographical note, which is that I was blessed with a daughter, Lucy Wainwright Roche, early in my career, and she is the joy of my life."
So it's fair to say that Lucy comes from a musical family. She's the daughter of Suzzy and Loudon Wainwright III, and the half-sister of Rufus and Martha Wainwright. The BBC, in a review of her 2007 debut album, Lucy, says that "she's clearly inherited her father's way with words and her mother's quirky nonchalance," and that instead of the family's "extravagant flamboyance," she adopts "a rather more coy, introspective, and wholly less brazen approach both in song and delivery." Lucy has sung backup for Neko Case, appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, and performed a duet of an Elliot Smith song with the host of This American Life, Ira Glass. She has a new solo album, There's a Last Time for Everything, and an exquisite new album of duets with her mother, Fairytale and Myth. The website No Depression calls the mother-daughter album "ethereal and hauntingly beautiful," and declares that it "poignantly captures the ragged ways that we all move between fantasy and reality."
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LocationUnity Church of Lawrence (View)
900 Madeline Drive
Lawrence, KS 66049
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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