Sloan Wainwright to perform online concert for 6 On The Square
Sloan Wainwright
OXFORD – With in-person concerts on hold, 6 On The Square in Oxford will host an online concert featuring singer/songwriter Sloan Wainwright at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1.
Wainwright is a songwriter, singer, performer, teacher, mentor and collaborator. A unique hybrid of pop, folk, jazz and blues, Wainwright’s music is unified by her melodious tone and rich, powerful contralto. Over the course of a 30-year career in music, she has played the great concert halls, the most storied listening rooms and top music festivals while also teaching at the nation’s leading music retreats. She has inspired hundreds of students on their creative journeys and collaborated with dozens of musicians, writers, choreographers and performers.
Most of all, Wainwright is an artist. As a member of an acclaimed family of artists (brother Loudon Wainwright, sister-in-law Kate McGarrigle, nephew Rufus Wainwright and nieces Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche), Wainwright has charted an artistic path all her own, one based in close observation, joy and spiritual connection.
Growing up, Wainwright drew inspiration from the great female singers and songwriters of the 1960s and ‘70s, including Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Laura Nyro and Linda Rondstadt. Her brother, Loudon, and sister-in-law, Kate McGarrigle, were also major influences and supporters of her early development as a songwriter.
McGarrigle introduced traditional music to the Wainwright family, gifting Sloan a banjo for her 16th birthday. Wainwright began taking clawhammer banjo lessons with family friend, Jay Ungar, and even played piano in a string band. Ultimately, Wainwright evolved away from the banjo and developed her own hybrid musical style while raising a family and running the Baker’s Cafe in her hometown of Katonah, N.Y.
In 1989, Wainwright won the Open Mic Finals at the Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling, which led to her first show opening for Shawn Colvin and a whole new career as a critically acclaimed, touring singer-songwriter. For three decades, Wainwright has performed with various incarnations of the Sloan Wainwright Band at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Mountain Stage, Newport Folk Festival, Clearwater Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and Cayamo. Guitarist Stephen Murphy has collaborated with her on over 10 albums, from her 1993 self-titled release to 2016’s “Bright Side of a Rainy Day.”
Her most recent release, “Red Maple Tree,” is a collection of never-released Wainwright songs connected by the spirit of collaboration. It features co-conspirator Stephen Murphy; co-writes with Tom Prasada-Rao, Kate Campbell, Jan Garrett, Gary Lynn Floyd, Roger Tomhave, Sue Riley, Glen Roethel, Karen Drucker and the late Penny Nichols; and several songs with old-time accompaniment by Maggie Shar (banjo), Mark Cosgrove (guitar) and John Kirk (fiddle & mandolin).
Tickets for the May 1 online concert are $20 (plus $2 service fee); purchase online at 6onthesquare.org. Those who buy tickets will receive emails about how to view the show on Zoom.
6 On The Square, Inc. is an intimate, not-for-profit, volunteer-based acoustic music listening room and arts venue located at 6 Lafayette Park in downtown Oxford.
- Submitted by 6 On The Square
Wainwright is a songwriter, singer, performer, teacher, mentor and collaborator. A unique hybrid of pop, folk, jazz and blues, Wainwright’s music is unified by her melodious tone and rich, powerful contralto. Over the course of a 30-year career in music, she has played the great concert halls, the most storied listening rooms and top music festivals while also teaching at the nation’s leading music retreats. She has inspired hundreds of students on their creative journeys and collaborated with dozens of musicians, writers, choreographers and performers.
Most of all, Wainwright is an artist. As a member of an acclaimed family of artists (brother Loudon Wainwright, sister-in-law Kate McGarrigle, nephew Rufus Wainwright and nieces Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche), Wainwright has charted an artistic path all her own, one based in close observation, joy and spiritual connection.
Growing up, Wainwright drew inspiration from the great female singers and songwriters of the 1960s and ‘70s, including Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Laura Nyro and Linda Rondstadt. Her brother, Loudon, and sister-in-law, Kate McGarrigle, were also major influences and supporters of her early development as a songwriter.
McGarrigle introduced traditional music to the Wainwright family, gifting Sloan a banjo for her 16th birthday. Wainwright began taking clawhammer banjo lessons with family friend, Jay Ungar, and even played piano in a string band. Ultimately, Wainwright evolved away from the banjo and developed her own hybrid musical style while raising a family and running the Baker’s Cafe in her hometown of Katonah, N.Y.
In 1989, Wainwright won the Open Mic Finals at the Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling, which led to her first show opening for Shawn Colvin and a whole new career as a critically acclaimed, touring singer-songwriter. For three decades, Wainwright has performed with various incarnations of the Sloan Wainwright Band at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Mountain Stage, Newport Folk Festival, Clearwater Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and Cayamo. Guitarist Stephen Murphy has collaborated with her on over 10 albums, from her 1993 self-titled release to 2016’s “Bright Side of a Rainy Day.”
Her most recent release, “Red Maple Tree,” is a collection of never-released Wainwright songs connected by the spirit of collaboration. It features co-conspirator Stephen Murphy; co-writes with Tom Prasada-Rao, Kate Campbell, Jan Garrett, Gary Lynn Floyd, Roger Tomhave, Sue Riley, Glen Roethel, Karen Drucker and the late Penny Nichols; and several songs with old-time accompaniment by Maggie Shar (banjo), Mark Cosgrove (guitar) and John Kirk (fiddle & mandolin).
Tickets for the May 1 online concert are $20 (plus $2 service fee); purchase online at 6onthesquare.org. Those who buy tickets will receive emails about how to view the show on Zoom.
6 On The Square, Inc. is an intimate, not-for-profit, volunteer-based acoustic music listening room and arts venue located at 6 Lafayette Park in downtown Oxford.
- Submitted by 6 On The Square
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