2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

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Shawnee Kilgore

Saturday, March 19
8:00PM - 8:40PM

Departure Lounge
311 W 5th St

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There are two things Shawnee does best: finger pick and play your heart strings. In January, Texas Music Magazine named Shawnee the #1 pick of "Singer-Songwriters of Distinction," and also named her latest solo release "A Long and Precious Road" in their top albums of the year. Tom Buckley, editor of the magazine, wrote “With a compelling voice at once uplifting and heartbreaking, delicate and wounded, and with melodies dexterous and irresistible, Kilgore has, in one bold move, established herself as an important presence in folk music.” Shawnee sings to you about all the things you know—love, life, laughter and loss—but does so with such fiercely personal and poetic truth that you can't help finding, and understanding, your own world through hers.

In 2014 Shawnee caught the attention of Hollywood director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron) who found the Kickstarter campaign for A L...

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