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Seattle singer, folklorist, and
songwriter Chris
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Seattle
traditional singer and instrumentalist Chris Roe has been entertaining
audiences in the Pacific Northwest since 1983. She was a founding
member of the all-female chantey band Broadside, who has toured the
west coast from Victoria to San Diego. Her strong interest in
traditional music has led her through many a repertoire - songs from
the United States, Scotland, Ireland, England, France and French
speaking Canada, with a few original compositions for good measure. A
concertina and button accordion player, she has joined talents over the
years with a wide variety of other musicians, playing for dances as
well as for listening audiences. Presiding over her own monthly pub
sing for four years and facilitating other song sessions for well over
fifteen years, she has helped to foster participatory singing in the
Seattle area, and she takes great pleasure and pride in uniting people
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Chris
Roe has been an active and valued participant on the Seattle folk scene
for several decades. Known for her evocative
singing, careful ensemble work, and encyclopedic research and knowledge
of folk music, Chris has performed with many groups, including
Broadside. With the release of her CD, A Round for the Company,
she has
given us a collection that ranges from delightful oddities, to moving
ballads, to her own heartfelt and intelligent reaction to the events of
9/11/01.
Dan
Roberts, Northwest Seaport
Chris is an extraordinary acapella singer of traditional songs, and an
occasional writer of truly knock-out songs that
sound traditional as well. Her voice is arrestingly lovely. I've
noticed that every time she begins to sing, the room goes still. And
so does my heart. Passion, depth, honesty. She cuts close to the bone.
Flip
Breskin, Bellingham Concert Series
When you hear Chris singing either a cappella or
with button accordion, harp or concertina, you’re hearing the essence
of the song – its heart and soul shine through.
There’s no flash,
gimmicks or attempts to prove anything – just straightforward,
unadorned performances that remind us why these
songs and tunes became classics in the first place.
If you’re in search
of special qualities here, you’ll find them in the realness and
excellence of the interpretations.
We’ll be listening because she’s the real stuff
Percy
Hilo, Victory Music Review
This album takes you back to a simpler time, when
ballads were sung unaccompanied to convey important messages to their
listeners, and people danced unabashedly to sweet renaissance-flavored
fiddle tunes.
Highlighted are her considerable skills as a
storyteller through song.
Mary
Golnick, Victory Music Review
Roe offers a collection
of songs and dance tunes that is
fresh, varied and smartly arranged. Her husky alto voice works equally
well on the chestnut “When I was in my
Prime” and on Kate McGarrigle’s “NaCl”
Sing
Out Magazine
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Email
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Chris Roe
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