Sara Grey and Kieron Means
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 , 8:00 pm
A house concert at the home of Ursy Potter and Carter Hearn in McLean, VA
Suggested donation $15.
Sara Grey and Kieron Means are a mother-son pair of folk musicians who each cross the Atlantic Ocean with less thought than some D.C.-area locals cross the Potomac River. Marylanders will venture just across that river into the very edge of Virginia to catch Sara and Kieron as they offer a house concert at the home of Ursy Potter and Carter Hearn, a very short distance off of the Georgetown Pike exit of the Beltway (Exit 44).
Sara Grey grew up in New Hampshire, but has managed to live almost everywhere in the United States and Britain. Her son Kieron?s upbringing was even more peripatetic.
Sara unearths traditional songs from both sides of ?the pond? in her distinctive voice, often accompanying herself with a driving rhythmic old-time banjo and a stomping foot. She collects songs from Scotland, Ireland, New England, and the rest of the English-speaking world, many versions of whichhave crossed an ocean, and her memorable presentations of them entice you to pay attention to both their lyrics and their history.
Kieron likes to sing both traditional songs and contemporary ones in traditional styles, while accompanying himself on guitar. He?s known to slip in an occasional original song, too.
Much of the time, Kieron and Sara will be playing together. Even when they deliver a solo, you can sense the inevitable interaction of mother and son as they listen to each other attentively along with the audience.
The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. on November 20, 2012, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, at the home of Ursy Potter and Carter Hearn in McLean, Virginia. You can call Ursy for reservations or directions-- 703-821-1373 or click to send an e-mail. Suggested donation: $15 (more if you wish?all proceeds to the performers)
