Anne’s Cordial to perform at Open Book Coffeehouse
By GuestThe Open Book Coffeehouse continues its seventh consecutive season of showcasing live, acoustic music with a performance by Anne’s Cordial on Saturday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Canton Public Library.
Anne's Cordial
Anne’s Cordial plays a musical cocktail of folk, blues and retro songs with enchanting three-part vocal harmonies and unique instrumentation: guitar, harp and keyboard.
Like their female-fronted counterparts the Wailin’ Jennys, the Ditty Bops and the Andrews Sisters, the beautiful vocal harmonies of Anne’s Cordial is what most listeners first remark on, but each band member is a versatile musician as well. Natalie Markward, who arranges most of the music, alternately fingerpicks, slides, and solos on jazz guitar; E. Reed Ferenbaugh interchanges ethereal solos and bass accompaniments on harp; Eva Kendrick, who plays keyboard and writes most of the original songs, sets lyrics “alternately chilling and sweet,” and Joe Auger on a scaled-down drum kit adds the perfect backdrop for any style.
At an Anne’s Cordial concert, you might hear bossa novas from the 1960s, New Wave songs from the ’80s, and original folk-influenced songs that tell fable-like stories. Anne’s Cordial has a knack for incorporating many genres, but reviewers occasionally tune in to the fact that most of the members are classically trained musicians.
“Anne’s Cordial can make a Christmas carol sound like they’ve got the blues and then turn around and make Robert Johnson’s ‘Hellhound on My Trail’ sound like a piece of Medieval music,” remarked reviewer Rick Massimo.
“I’ve never heard a Sonny Boy Williamson tune poised as if a fugue was about to break out,” wrote the Providence Phoenix.
In 2009, Anne’s Cordial released the eponymous Anne’s Cordial EP, with tracks produced by Auger and Qorq Productions and M. Spogga Hashaway and the Land of Blerk Productions. The Providence Journal praised the group’s “beautiful vocal blend” and commented that through their original and cover songs “it all comes out sounding like themselves.” The album, which features four original songs and two covers, is available on the Anne’s Cordial website at www.annescordial.com, at gigs and on iTunes.
Enjoy the relaxing, warm atmosphere of friendly people, good music, hot coffee and home-baked goodies. Admission to the coffeehouse is $8 per person, with a special reduced rate of $4 for students.
The Open Book Coffeehouse is made possible by the Friends of the Library. Parking is to the left when facing the library from Washington Street. Enter by the “Special Events” door to the left of the columns, midway into the parking area. The doors open at 6:45 and the music starts at 7:30.
For more information, visit town.canton.ma.us/library/coffeehouse, send an email to openbookcoffeehouse@verizon.net, follow the Friends of the Canton Public Library on Facebook, or call 781-828-6606.
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