singer-songwriter
CHERYL WHEELER

Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 7:30
Santa Fe Brewing Company, 37 Fire Place

TICKET OPTIONS:
1. $19 advance, $24 door. Tickets at Lensic Box Office 988-1234, ThirstyEarFestival.com, or at the Brewing Co.
2. $100 VIP PACKAGE. 2 tickets, artist CD, acknowledgment from stage. Helps fund K-12 programs. Call 473-5723 to reserve.

Cheryl Wheeler is an anomaly on the acoustic music scene. She has a rare gift for writing songs with lush melodies and lyrics of incredible beauty. On the other hand, she is a master of quick wit. Her observational humor has brought us a number of songs describing the utter ridiculousness of the world around us. And then there is the richness of her silky alto telling us what lies in the deepest recesses of her songwriter's heart.
--Fame

It has always seemed as if there were two Cheryl Wheelers, wrestling for control of the mic. There is poet-Cheryl, writer of some of the prettiest, most alluring and intelligent ballads on the modern folk scene. And there is her evil twin, comic-Cheryl, a militant trend defier and savagely funny social critic. The result is a delightful contrast between poet and comic. Born in the small town of Timonium, Maryland, the wistful rural vistas she glimpses so poignantly through her fleeting windshield really do represent the deep pull of place she feels in her wandering life. With the possible exception of Greg Brown, no modern songwriter can write as convincingly about the sheer, simple-hearted joy of a warm spring day driving down southern backroads, or a chilly gray one spent thinking properly dark thoughts in a bayside hotel. Join us for an intimate evening of smart folk music.