What? My Star Didn’t Make Your List?

Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard of singer/songwriter Gillian Welch. OK, I see a couple of hands out there three four … five maybe six. Which is about five more people than recognized her name when I told folks recently I was going to see Welch and her music partner, David Rawlings, perform in Spokane. A friend and I were excited to see her in person. We’re both fans and know she is pretty famous in the folk/bluegrass/Americana music world. The sold-out audience at the Bing Crosby Theater was also enthusiastic. “Thank you for coming to Spokane,” people called out, along with requests for favorite songs and pleas to come back soon. And yet very few people in my circle had ever heard of her. The one guy who did recognize her name picked it up from the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack. This was baffling to my friend and I until we realized that entertainment options are so numerous these days it’s nearly impossible to know the big stars in every genre/ Kathy Hedberg , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

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