Since the very start of her career, Priscilla Herdman has performed
regularly at the Cherry Tree Music Co-Op. On Sunday November 17, she
will make her 25th appearance there. The show starts at 7:30 in the
Parish Hall of St. Mary's Church, 3916 Locust Walk, on the University
of Pennsylvania campus. Tickets are $12 in advance; $15 at the door,
and discounts are available for members of the Philadelphia Folksong
Society and for students with valid ID.
Priscilla Herdman is a singer and musician of the highest quality and
a favorite of fans everywhere. Among her peers she is one of the most
admired interpreters of contemporary folk music, finding songs that
she feels need to be heard and bringing out the artistic heart of each
of those songs. Audiences know her as an extraordinary song finder and
an eloquent performer; they come to hear her sing and to sing with her
and are embraced by her warm and powerful performance, as her
exquisite voice soars and dips with a rich, full sound that is
Herdman's trademark. Geoffrey Himes of The Washington Post says
"Herdman has an uncanny knack for turning up brilliantly written folk
tunes and performing them in a definitive style," while Stephen
Holding of The New York Times calls her clear crystalline voice "one
of the clearest and most compelling voices of contemporary folk
music."
Advance tickets are available from House of Our Own Books at 3920
Spruce Street; Rustic Music at 333 S. 13th Street; and Mads Records
in Ardmore. Cherry Tree concerts are supported in part by a grant from
the Philadelphia Folksong Society. For more information, call the
Cherry Tree at 215-386-1640 or visit our website at http://
www.cherrytree.org
