Melissa Carper at The Iron Horse
Wednesday, July 22nd
DOORS: 6:00pm / SHOW: 7:00pm
PRE-SHOW BAR & EVENT QUEUE: 5:00pm
TIX START @ $30
includes all fees
prices increase on the day of the event
Celebrated for her profoundly observational lyrics, her “homespun sensibility,” and a voice that curls like a croon from a gramophone, Melissa Carper plays old school country music that resonates across time and place. Carper’s repertoire weaves together the threads of old-time, bluegrass, western swing, jazz, and blues that all intertwined to form American country music, back in the days before the recording industry drew artificial lines and slapped on race-based genre labels. Veteran Nashville musician Chris Scruggs highlighted Carper’s versatile traditionalism when he dubbed her “HillBillie Holiday,” declaring, “She’s as good as it gets. She has a quality that really transcends time and fashion.”