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Ventucky String Band
Pretty Gritty
Deborah
Henriksson
COURTESY PHOTOS
SUNDAY, JAN. 18
Pretty Gritty starts off Sunday at 10:30
a.m. This duo is the serendipitous joining
of the talents of Blaine Heinonen and
Sarah Wolff, both born and raised in
Montgomery County, Md. They share an
interest in writing and performing songs
that mix country, rock, blues and soul.
It’s said that she brings the “pretty” while
he brings the “gritty,” combining for an
engaging performance with seducing har-
monies and addicting acoustics.
Ventucky String Band will be on stage
at noon. This Ventura, Calif., group is
reminiscent of a time when Texas swing
still dominated the AM radio airwaves,
and bluegrass music was as novel as the
arrival of television. Where some have
tried to diminish Ventura as “Ventucky,”
this band sees their name not as a veiled
jab at bluegrass music or the city that
brought them together, but instead as a
tribute to the music and culture of the
farmers, roustabouts and cattlemen that
helped grow the city during the early
days of big-oil and agriculture in Ventura.
Deborah Henriksson performs at 1:30
p.m. All the way from Sweden, this
Celtic/pop/folk singer and songwriter
brings her ethereal voice to the Winter
Folk Festival. Her latest album, “Traces,”
consists of songs ranging in genre from
singer-songwriter to folk to world to
Celtic with a little scent of country and
pop.
Rounding out this year’s Winter Folk
Festival, Kathy Boyd and Phoenix Rising
Kathy Boyd
and Phoenix
Rising
take the stage at 3 p.m. This Portland-
based group is made up of singing story-
tellers and versatile instrumentalists. It’s
an audience favorite from start to finish.
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