Submitted by Lopez Center

Lopez Center is delighted to welcome Tracy Grammer back to the stage at Lopez Center on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Grammer is an internationally renowned musician that the Boston Globe calls “One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.”

Known for her springwater-clear alto and guitar playing that is by turns percussive and delicate, she is also a masterful storyteller with an ease and charisma on stage – not to mention a great sense of humor.

Grammer rose to acclaim as half of the “postmodern, mythic American folk” duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer. From 1998-2001, the duo released three internationally celebrated, folk chart-topping albums featuring Carter’s mytho-poetic Americana songcraft, and in 2002 toured with Joan Baez, both as featured artists and Baez’s band members. Called “the new voice of modern folk music,” the duo was clearly in its ascendancy when in July 2002, Carter suffered a fatal heart attack while on tour.

Determined to honor the duo’s journey and bring Carter’s songs to broader audiences, Grammer has kept to the road, releasing solo albums as well as selections from the Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer archives. Her latest release, Little Blue Egg, is a collection of intimate recordings from the duo’s home studios and was the number1 most-played album on Folk Radio in 2012.

Grammer will be performing classic Dave and Tracy hits, new originals from the RealWomenRealSongs project, and a few choice covers.

Mary Chapin Carpenter has been quoted as saying, “Her pure voice conveys the simple truths of these songs; her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter … offering light and shadow at every turn.”

Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for youth. They are available at PSR, Blossom, Lopez Bookshop and www.lopezcenter.org.