Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert
The Prism Coffeehouse and 
are delighted to present
Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert
In Concert Friday Jan 11th 2019 7pm, doors at 6:30pm
“New school master of old time music partners with Americana godfather”
Ticket prices: Tickets $14 Advance/ $17 Door
At Cville Coffee, 1301 Harris Street, Charlottesville, VA 22904
Tickets available here, via email at prismcoffeehouse@gmail.com, or by calling 434 978 4335
Kieran Kane has been referred to as “the godfather of Americana music” for good reason. His seminal work in The O’Kanes and Kane Welch Kaplin, as well as co-founding the independent label Dead Reckoning Records, laid the foundation for the contemporary world of Americana music. A successful solo artist, collaborator, and songwriter (with songs recorded by Alan Jackson, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, and many more), Kieran is a musician’s musician: his playing is always understated, always groove-oriented, and always serving the song.
If Rayna Gellert seems a preternaturally gifted songwriter, it’s because she’s seen farther into the old songs than most. Growing up in a musical family, she turned to Appalachian old-time music at a young age, becoming a prodigious fiddler and leading a new revival of American stringband music through her work with the acclaimed roots band Uncle Earl. An in-demand collaborator, she has toured and recorded with artists such as Scott Miller, Abigail Washburn, Toubab Krewe, and Robyn Hitchcock.
Kieran and Rayna first met, fittingly, at San Francisco’s celebrated Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, which led to their cowriting songs for Kieran’s recent album, Unguarded Moments (Dead Reckoning). They joined forces again for Rayna’s 2017 release, Workin’s Too Hard (StorySound Records), which they also co-produced. Their first duo album, The Ledges ( Link: https://www.kanegellert.com/the-ledges ) , was released in February 2018 on Dead Reckoning Records. Fans of either artist will recognize the musical kindred-spiritedness in their restrained and roots-oriented approach to both songs and arrangements.
“I LOVE RAYNA’S MUSICAL PERSONALITY,
WHICH IS DEEP, FUNKY, AND COMPLEX.” — BÉLA FLECK
“There’s an understated power in the songs of Kieran Kane, all full of twang and heartache and romance and guys who were born to ramble.” – Associated Press