Musical Performance by Kelly Hunt

The Hays Public Library presents an evening of story and song with Folk/Americana singer-songwriter Kelly Hunt.

Now based out of New Orleans, LA, Memphis-raised singer-songwriter Kelly Hunt paints stories as old and offbeat as her Depression-era tenor banjo and parlor guitar, reimagining traditions of folk, blues & old-time music in a style that hovers beyond the constraints of genre à la Anaïs Mitchell & Gillian Welch. Hunt’s debut album, "Even The Sparrow," was released in May 2019 and named as a finalist for the International Folk Music Awards “Album of the Year.” She is currently on tour in support of her 2023 sophomore album, "Ozark Symphony," recorded with Grammy-winning musician/producer, Dirk Powell. Hunt is joined onstage by her longtime duo partner, violinist/multi-instrumentalist, Staś Heaney.

“Kelly Hunt sings with the lilting cadence of a folksinger born somewhere far away, sometime long ago.”
— ROBERT CRAWFORD [ROLLING STONE COUNTRY]

“Standing shoulder to shoulder with contemporaries like Gillian Welch and Rhiannon Giddens...folk music harking back to the stripped-down sounds of Leadbelly, Robert Johnson and Woody Guthrie.”
— JOHN VAITES [AMERICANA UK]

“Uncanny is Hunt’s innate ability to summon the same vigorous energy of classic folk players, all while pushing forward to modernize the [banjo's] role in contemporary songwriting...she delivers her lyrics with an earthen frankness that can’t be taught. ”
— JONATHAN FRAHM [POPMATTERS]

https://www.kellyhuntmusic.com