Singer-songwriter Rob Laurens will perform at 7 pm Jan. 11 at Unitarian Universalist Society East, 153 Vernon St. West, Manchester CT. Tickets are $20. This performance will in part be a celebration of his new album, “Jubilee.” For details, call 860-646-5151 or email uuseoffice@uuse.org.
Tickets are available at the door or at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rob-laurens-friends-in-concert-tickets-1099920865919?aff=oddtdtcreator
“Jubilee” is the second full-length album from Rob Laurens, and features ten songs written in Laurens’ signature style — compelling stories told through the use of subtle and resonant detail, plot, and metaphor. While each song stands on its own, together they create a concept album, with overlapping themes, imagery, and more. Visit roblaurens.net.
ABOUT ROB LAURENS
Rob Laurens creates songs whose lyrics tell stories, often expressing the ideas and complexity of emotions more typically tackled by a poet or novelist. Laurens has lived and traveled throughout the United States, and has spent time learning folk music from Appalachian fiddle and banjo players, blues guitarists, and from recordings in the Library of Congress. Along with his appreciation of the poetry and myth of American folk song, these experiences have helped him develop what has been described by Dave Palmater of WUMB 91.9 FM Boston as, "the rare ability to write songs that seem like they've always been there."
He has won the New Folk Award for Songwriting at both the Kerrville Folk Festival (TX) and its sister festival, The Columbia River Festival (WA). He has played the main stage at these and many other festivals, including the Strawberry, High Sierra, and Napa Valley Festivals in California. He tours both east and west coasts.
