Folk Alliance International presents Finest Folk First Fridays featuring Mary Bragg and Jessica Paige

A “listening-room” concert series presenting a diverse selection of the finest in local and regional folk music. Come and listen with us. Free and open to the public.

October's Finest Folk event will feature two sets by Mary Bragg and two sets by Jessica Paige.

Doors at 6pm
First show at 6:30pm
Second show at 7:30pm

ABOUT MARY BRAGG
For Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mary Bragg, the process of fully coming into her own actually began with her last record, 2017’s critically acclaimed ‘Lucky Strike.’ Hailed as a “sublime distilling of Southern grit” and one of the year’s best by NPR, the album dipped its toes into a kind of radical honesty that Bragg had only previously hinted at, and it connected with audiences in profound and deeply personal ways. The record prompted Vice Noisey to dub her an “Americana Queen,” while Music City Roots called the songs “infectious, smart, and resonant,” and World Cafe praised her “refined, sumptuously, melancholy take on Southern storytelling.” The title track earned Bragg first place in the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest, and the record’s second track, “Comet,” has racked up nearly three million streams on Spotify.

ABOUT JESSICA PAIGE
Jessica is a master storyteller, translating personal experience into music that is sophisticated, diverse in its influences, and instantly relatable. Her commanding voice has been described as equal parts Norah Jones and Janis Joplin, an uncommon union of sultry warmth and raw power. Jessica recently recorded her second album at the legendary Bear Creek Studio and performs throughout the Kansas City area, in addition to tours and festivals around the country.

Learn more about Finest Folk: https://www.folk.org/page/finestfolk

Funding provided by KCMO Office of Culture & Creative Services (NTDF)

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