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WHATELY, MA   A special outdoor concert is planned on Thursday, June 30, 7pm at the Whately Public Library with Signature Sounds artist Caroline Herring.  This event is free thanks to Signature Sounds and the Friends of the Whately Library.  Bring a chair or blanket and join us on the lawn behind the library at 202 Chestnut Plain Rd., Whately, MA.  In case of rain we’ll move indoors. 

Recently featured on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and NPR’s All Things Considered, Caroline Herring is on a roll.  Her recent album, Golden Apples of the Sun was selected as a “top ten” best folk album by the Boston Globe, and also earned a composition award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters.

Emboldened by the critical acclaim of her recent work, Herring continues to create what Vintage Guitar has called “musical tapestries full of dark landscapes, bittersweet images, and otherworldly moments.” As usual, Herring draws inspiration from a wide range of sources. From her 2001 debut Twilight and its immediate successor Wellspring (2003) to the widely acclaimed Lantana (2008), Herring’s music has been hailed for combining traditional sounds with striking, original observations into modern life and love. The Austin Chronicle proclaimed Lantana to be “the best modern Southern Gothic album since Lucinda Williams’ ‘Sweet Old World.’” On Golden Apples of the Sun, Herring stakes out new terrain, exchanging the country-influenced sound of her previous albums for a darker, hauntingly personal sound inspired by the iconic female folk singers and songwriters of the 1960s and 70s. “There’s no getting rid of my accent,” she says slyly, “but other than that, this is not a twangy record. It’s not roots-based.” The new record suggests that Herring has been as much influenced by classic songstresses such as Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins as by her native Southland.

For more information please visit www.signaturesounds.com, www.whately.org/library or call 413-665-2170.