Toronto singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist, Shawna Caspi, is touring in British Columbia and will be making a stop in Chilliwack at the Acoustic Emporium on Feb. 9.
Although she performs solo, there’s a whole band under her fingertips. She believes in poetry and the power of one person and one instrument, accompanying herself with a remarkable lyrical fingerpicking guitar style.
Her performances capture audiences with grace and intimacy, whether the setting is a living room, a festival stage, or the bar car of a passenger train. Caspi loves the landscapes of her travels, and while weaving them into her songs, she has also been portraying them on canvases, painting one-of-a-kind works of art inspired by the rich scenery she sees on tour.
She’s been on the road throughout Canada and the U.S. for the past year and a half promoting her latest album, Forest Fire, which is a collection of songs about burning things down and building them up again.
When the words get heavy, they are held up to the light of love and gratitude. Caspi strives to be unafraid, to embolden quieted voices, to tell the truth above all else.
Caspi has played at the Blue Skies Music Festival, the Ottawa Grassroots Festival, the Shelter Valley Folk Festival, the Kingsville Folk Music Festival and the Summerfolk Festival in Ontario, ArtsWells in British Columbia, and the Deep Roots Music Festival and Harmony Bazaar Festival in Nova Scotia, as well as concert series including the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse in Franklin, MA, Six String Concerts in Columbus, OH, the me&thee coffeehouse in Marblehead, MA, and John Platt’s On Your Radar in NYC.
She has performed in Chilliwack in the past at Tractorgrease, but this is her first time playing the Acoustic Emporium series.
The show is Saturday, Feb. 9 at Acoustic Emporium (45892 Wellington Ave.) at 7 p.m. Admission: $15. Tickets available at http://tinyurl.com/emporiumfeb9. More info: 604-793-1925, acousticemporium.org, shawnacaspi.com/gigs.
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