Four Sheep Bringin' in the Folk
Okay so West Seattle isn't exactly the most convenient place for going out on a weeknight, unless, of course, you live in West Seattle. But for those of us acoustic music enthusiasts here in the cool part of town (ouch!), it'll have to do for now.
A new group of local promoters, going by the moniker of Four Sheep (we're not sure if this is a biblical reference or not, but we'll let it slide for now) are bringing some outstanding nationally touring acoustic musicians to the west side's Youngstown Cultural Arts Center.
The first show in their 2006 concert series brought one of the best living songwriters – Jeffrey Foucault. If you’re not privy to Foucault's beautiful songs, now's as good a time as any to give your ipod a refill.
The Youngstown Cultural Arts Center is both a bizarre and fantastic venue. On the night that Foucault came to town, there was a tribal meeting in one room, community musical theater auditions in another, and about 30 people who listen to The Mountain in the theater, quietly watching Foucault. It was awkward and quiet at first, until Foucault commented that it was almost as bad as playing in a church. That got the crowd relaxed, and it turned into a rather fantastic concert.
Although the concerts will generally be once a month, the next one isn't til August 3rd. It'll bring Boston-based singer/songwriter Mark Erelli to town. Erelli, along with lesbo-rific folk star Catie Curtis, won the International Songwriting Competition earlier this year for a quasi-political anti-Bush melodic tune he and Curtis penned about Hurricane Katrina.
So, for a break from what's becoming the scenesterific block-o-folk-bars in Ballard, why not head over to West Seattle once a month and sit in a quiet, family-friendly atmosphere!
