Comfy Couch Concerts present Nora Jane Struthers and the Bootleggers July 24, 2010

Nora Jane Struthers Crafts “Classic Americana”

Struthers performs her material with a voice as pretty and homespun as the vintage dresses she favors on stage. The 26-year-old vocalist – a full-time teacher of high school English before making a professional leap into music with a move to Nashville in 2008 – has formulated a unique fusion of traditional styles.

 Writing in The Tennessean, esteemed critic Peter Cooper recently said, “Nora Jane Struthers has been creating quite a buzz.” Listen to her new record, and you’ll discover why.

ARTIST BIO
Nora Jane Struthers and her band deliver a powerful live show complete with flat-footing, yodeling and original songs so clearly rooted in old time and bluegrass that audience members walk away with the feeling that they've seen something old and new, and utterly unique. Nora Jane is classic Americana. 

Nora Jane Struthers is a talented songwriter, singer, and guitarist whose keen appreciation of the nuances of traditional music shines in her own work. Nora Jane grew up in New Jersey playing and singing bluegrass music with her father, Alan. Her mother fondly remembers that, “Jane could yodel before she could talk. When she was a little tyke, she would wait by the window for her dad to walk home from the train station after work, and she would greet him with a yodel.” Living in New York City for seven years, Nora Jane played with her father in a bluegrass duo “Dirt Road Sweetheart” performing forgotten brother duets, originals, and traditional folk songs. 
Now based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Nora Jane is performing her originals with her own band....

MORE ABOUT NORA JANE STRUTHERS
Now based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Nora Jane is performing her originals with her own band.... an acoustic quartet comprised of fiddle, mandolin, guitar, bass, and occasionally cello.  Her songs overflow with imagery and the listener is easily swept away into her stories.  In 2009 Nora Jane received her first accolade as a songwriter when she was selected as one of ten finalists in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour competition.  In July, at the Appalachian String Band Festival in Clifftop, WV, Nora Jane and her band won 1st place in the Neo-Traditional Band Competition and Nora Jane was given the award for Best New Song.


Musically, Nora Jane draws from the traditions of old time, bluegrass, gospel, and Celtic music, resulting in new songs that sound as if they have been performed by generations of folk musicians.   As timeless as her songs, her unique voice is pure and natural and one can’t help but feel that she could have been singing a hundred years ago to an audience of brave pioneers, hardy housewives, and dirt farmers.  
The music of Nora Jane Struthers is among the purest Americana being created today.   
 

Comfy Couch Concerts / Newport Furnishings
52504 Grand River Ave.
Wixom, MI 48393
(248) 910-4941

http://www.norajanestruthers.com

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