Martha Redbone presents Bone Hill: The Concert

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Martha Redbone presents Bone Hill: The Concert

Presented in partnership with KLRU-TV; This performance is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Singer-songwriter Martha Redbone’s music flows equally from her own unique, award-winning blend of Native American elements and her deep roots in Appalachian folk, and Piedmont blues.

Presented as a dramatic musical work with a cast of eight actor/musicians, this epic journey covers 200 years of Redbone’s native family history in the Appalachian Mountains–traveling back in time and spanning four generations of women in a Cherokee family, exploring their lives and stories. Bone Hill is a story about the family’s commitment to the land, to the simplicity and sacredness of that connection, and the ruptures that threaten to extinguish it. The music is radically wide-ranging, from traditional Cherokee chants and lullabies to bluegrass and blues, country, gospel, jazz, Rock & Roll, Rhythm and Blues, and funk.

See the related event, “Indigeneity, the Land, and Storytelling,” (11/13/19) on the Arts Portal event page.

Performance:
Feb. 1, 2020 at 7:30 PM

To make special arrangements for your course, contact:
Brenda Simms, Program Coordinator, Education & Curriculum Development, Campus & Community Engagement
bsimms@texasperformingarts.org
512-232-6213