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RACHAEL KILGOUR + CRYS MATTHEWS

Sun, Nov 25

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East Rock Concert Series- mActivity Cafe

Rachael Kilgour is a Boston-based songwriter and performing artist whose sincere, lyric-driven work has been called both brave and humane. Matthews blends Americana, folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass and funk into a performance steeped in traditional melodies and punctuated by honest lyrics

RACHAEL KILGOUR + CRYS MATTHEWS
RACHAEL KILGOUR + CRYS MATTHEWS

Time & Location

Nov 25, 2018, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

East Rock Concert Series- mActivity Cafe, 285 Nicoll St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

About The Event

Rachael Kilgour is a Minnesota-born, Boston-based songwriter and performing artist whose sincere, lyric-driven work has been called both brave and humane. The 2015 grand prize winner of the esteemed international NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition and winner of the 2017 Kerrville New Folk Contest, Kilgour has been featured at NYC’s Lincoln Center, at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and by the ASCAP Music Cafe at the Sundance Film Festival.

Married in her early twenties, Kilgour devoted her young adulthood to parenting her stepchild and building family and community. Her work from that time (Self-Titled 2008, Will You Marry Me? 2011, Whistleblower’s Manifesto 2013) chronicled her life as a young parent in a same-sex partnership and addressed sociopolitical issues from government corruption to income inequality and religious hypocrisy. Kilgour’s music career took a backseat during those years as she lived a slow, home-focused life.

In 2014, divorce brought an…

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