A night of music at Merry Barn! Sorcha Cribben-Merrill & Emilia Dahlin share their jazz-infused, craft and sultry voices.
Join us for a duo show + songwriting workshop in this wonderful space that’s ripe for digging deep into original songs and their origins, creating fresh harmonies, and exploring the power of words and music to bring about change. The performance will follow a youth songwriting workshop (age 10-16) offered by Sorcha and Emilia at Merry Barn earlier in the day (3pm). Visit www.merrybarn.com for more info and to register.
What began as two seasoned songwriters showing up for weekly creative check-ins evolved into a fresh musical collaboration. Emilia Dahlin and Sorcha Cribben-Merrill join their jazz vocal harmonies with the poetry of folk music, while honoring vintage rhythms and their stylistic origins. Their songs unveil mesmerizing tales, charming vignettes, and raw bluesy grooves as they swap guitars, accordion, drums, and vocal improvisations.
Joining forces on stage, they embody what is possible when two musicians support each other through challenges of “going it alone” in the work of launching new projects, sustaining creative partnerships, and aligning their values with their work. Fueled by their Wednesday morning “creative accountability sessions,” removing barriers to their creative process made space for this special duo…