Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack November 19, 2010

Kitchen tables, loggers, trailers, springs, loss, miners, culture clash, old folks, forest fires—Rita Hosking's show is about all that and more, and always fierce and lovely. Her delivery is, to put it simply, intense. Her voice, called a "soulful howl from the mountains" is calling attention around the country. "This California girl comes by her mountain-music sensibility with true authenticity, with original songs deeply rooted in her family's frontier experience," (Dan Ruby, FestivalPreview.com.) Rita’s accolades include winning the 2008 Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the Sisters Folk Festival in Oregon. Appearing with Rita will be her band, Cousin Jack. Sean Feder plays on banjo and dobro, Andy Lentz on fiddle, and Bill Dakin on bass and guitar. Together, they make Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack. "Close harmonies and strong backup provided by [Rita’s] band, Cousin Jack, round out a sound rooted firmly in traditional music but distinct to an artist with a particular lyrical love for the mountains and the lives they envelop." (Adrienne van der Valk for the Eugene Weekly.)

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