Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack January 10, 2009

Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack
Steve Werner and Fur Dixon opens
Kitchen tables, loggers, trailers, springs, loss, miners, culture clash, old folks, forest fires—Rita Hosking's show is about all that and more, and always fierce and lovely. Her delivery is, to put it simply, intense. "From the first time I heard Rita sing, her voice gripped me and did not let go; a voice whose beauty speaks from a deep place of honest and raw and powerful emotion." (Joe Craven.) Her voice, called a "soulful howl from the mountains" is calling attention around the country. "This California girl comes by her mountain-music sensibility with true authenticity, with original songs deeply rooted in her family's frontier experience," (Dan Ruby, FestivalPreview.com.) Rita’s accolades include winning the 2008 Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the Sisters Folk Festival in Oregon. Appearing with Rita will be her band, Cousin Jack. Sean Feder plays on banjo and dobro, Andy Lentz on fiddle, and Bill Dakin on bass and guitar. Together, they make Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack. "Close harmonies and strong backup provided by [Rita’s] band, Cousin Jack, round out a sound rooted firmly in traditional music but distinct to an artist with a particular lyrical love for the mountains and the lives they envelop." (Adrienne van der Valk for the Eugene Weekly.)

Opening the show is acoustic duo Steve Werner and Fur Dixon who are known for their dazzling two-part harmonies, their spectacular yodeling, awesome guitar picking, wise-cracking humor all serving to compliment their old and new-timey traveling songs, drenched in the rich traditions of Bluegrass, Western and good old American folk music.

http://www.ritahosking.com/
http://www.furandsteve.com/

Official Website: http://www.palmsplayhouse.com