Fri, Feb 20th, 8-10pm, Concert – Yukon’s Annie Lou Solo Show – Yukon Heritage Day
Anne Louise Genest is an artist who carries the spirit of an old storyteller, creating folk songs steeped in the flavours of oldtime mountain, Appalachian, and traditional country and bluegrass music. She has spent years chronicling the rural lifepaths of Canada, writing songs to tell the tales of the hard-hit, hard-won victories of these everymen and women.  Deep nods to classic country, mountain ballads, early southern banjo, bluegrass, and old time tunes, and a modern feel that appeals to a wide range of audiences. Tried and True finds Annie Lou fully at the centre of her music and her art.  www.annielou.ca
Advance Tickets $10 at Char’s Landing, Gayle’s Fashions & Rollin Arts (cash/cheque) out-of-towners email [email protected]
TX@door $13 Char’s 19+ Lounge opens M-F 4pm, S-S 1pm FMI (250) 730-1636 Char’s Landing, 4815 Argyle @5th. Port Alberni FMIhttp://alberni.ca/events/12682
 
Annie Lou is Anne Louise Genest, an artist who carries the spirit of an old storyteller, creating folk songs steeped in the flavours of oldtime mountain, Appalachian, and traditional country and bluegrass music. She has spent years chronicling the rural lifepaths of Canada, writing songs to tell the tales of the hard-hit, hard-won victories of these everymen and women.
 “Traditional folk and mountain music has a profound edge to it – in the voices and in the playing is the lament we all carry as people trying to get by in this beautiful, terrible world”, Genest says. “Joy and grief are two sides of the same coin. The older music expresses that tension so perfectly.” 
True to this sentiment, she writes songs that have a way of breaking the heart and then putting it back together again. Beautifully creative songs and tunes range from rousing and boisterous to gentle and poignant, and map a homescape of hard-drinking grandmas, rural dancehalls, blue collar fashions, small towns, big cities. All delivered with Annie Lou’s vocal warmth, evocative of the sweet tones of Kate and Anna McGarrigle blended with the raw emotion of Hazel Dickens.
CFMA, WCMA, and Juno nominee Annie Lou has just released her latest recording, Tried and True. “With this album my goal was to explore the songs in a broader musical context, beyond strictly stringband instrumentation, while keeping them rooted in the older traditional music I love so well.”
The result is an irresistible collection of musical delights that showcases her ongoing evolution as an artist, with deep nods to classic country, mountain ballads, early southern banjo, bluegrass, and old time tunes, and a modern feel that appeals to a wide range of audiences. Tried and True finds Annie Lou fully at the centre of her music and her art.
This is original music, rooted in tradition, and a vibrant celebration of our culture that moves the heart as well as the feet.