Rachel Harrington and Rita Hosking Northwest Tour
Wednesday March 24th, 2010 7:30 pm at The Island Music Center, Rolling Bay

On Wednesday March 24th , 2010, Rachel Harrington and Rita Hosking will co-bill a concert at the The Island Music Center, Rolling Bay as part their two-week tour throughout the Northwest, March 19-27.

Both of these native West Coast, country-folk singer-songwriters feel a strong connection to place and to creating music that, at least in part, captures some of the stories and heritage of their home.

Reared among the Pentecostal pines of Oregon, Rachel Harrington has been doing things in the wrong order for quite some time. She'd had extensive radio play before performing her live show, and she was opening for Grammy winners and nominees before releasing her first record. Rachel's 2007 debut, The Bootlegger's Daughter, (featuring John Reischman and Danny Barnes) went to #1 on the Euro-Americana Chart and was heralded by legendary BBC DJ Bob Harris as one of the best albums of the year. “Will steal your heart,” (Performing Songwriter.)
Harrington's sophomore album, City of Refuge, (with guests Tim O'Brien and Pieta Brown) has reached millions of listeners through Starbucks in-store airplay in the US. Rachel has spent the past three years touring aggressively abroad, where she has played most of the major folk festivals and was just awarded Best Overseas Artist by Spiral Earth readers. "Gothic tracks on an inspiringly original album!" FOUR STARS (Q Magazine.)

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. "From the first time I heard Rita sing, her voice gripped me and did not let go" (Joe Craven.) Raised in eastern Shasta County, CA and descendant of Cornish miners that sang in the mines of Grass Valley, CA, Rita was raised with deep regard for folk music and the power of the voice. "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 Best Country Album nomination (“Come Sunrise”) for the 2010 Independent Music Awards, Winner of the 2008 Dave Carter Memorial Songwriting Contest at the Sisters Folk Festival in Oregon, and Finalist in the 2009 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubador Contest. “Come Sunrise,” her third album, was recorded in Austin with producer and guitarist, Rich Brotherton (Robert Earl Keen, Caroline Herring.) Players on the well received record include Brotherton himself, Lloyd Maines, Warren Hood, and more. “Superb country-folk from a brilliant singer-songwriter,” (Americana UK.)

Event: Live in concert, Rachel Harrington & Rita Hosking
Date: Wednesday March 24th, 2010
Venue: The Island Music Center, Rolling Bay
Venue address: 10598 Valley Rd.
Venue website: www.islandmusic.org
Doors open at: Show starts at: 7:00 pm
Tickets price: $ 15, advanced tickets are available at: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/102854
Tickets available at: the door

For more information on Rachel Harrington and Rita Hosking and a full listing of their Northwest tour dates, please visit www.rachelharrington.net and www.ritahosking.com.