Press
Release
For
Immediate Release - Run
through Feb. 4, 2012
| WHO: Grammy
Nominated Recording Artist & Electric
Harpist: Deborah Henson-Conant
joins Flagpole Radio Café WHAT: Featured
musical guest with electric
harp and voice WHEN: Sat.
Feb. 4th, 2012 at 7pm WHERE: 45
Main St. • Newtown,
CT 06470 TIX: Available
online at http://www.flagpoleproductions.org/Flagpole_Tickets.html MORE
INFO / TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEW: Beatriz
Harley: 781-483-3556
info@HipHarp.com ARTIST
WEBSITE: http://www.HipHarp.com FLAGPOLE
WEBSITE: http://www.FlagpoleProductions.org HI-RES
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GRAMMY®-Nominated
Hip
Harpist Guests with Flagpole Radio
Café
Grammy-Nominated
Deborah Henson-Conant:
composer, performer, singer,
songwriter and electric
harpist joins the Flagpole
Radio Theater family on Feb.
4, 2012 for a show that combines
music, theater and plain old
entertainment.
She
strides onstage like a rock-star
with her silver electric
slung over her shoulder. She's
the harpist
your grandmother
warned you about: the Electric
Harpist. And she's coming
to Newton, CT's Flagpole
Radio Theater on Sat. Feb.
4, 2012. This show was originally
scheduled for Nov. of 2011,
but when a storm blew out
electricity for much of the
state, this performance was
rescheduled for two days
after Groundhog Da, on Sat.
Feb. 4th.
Described
as a “combination of
Leonard Bernstein, Steven
Tyler and Xena the Warrior
Princess” by the Boston
Globe, Henson-Conant is an
artist who embodies the spirit
of American ingenuity and
energy. Henson-Conant has
travelled the world, performing
in jazz clubs and symphony
halls. She's appeared on
shows from “The
View” to “Charlie
Rose.” Her TV special
with symphony, “Invention & Alchemy,” aired
on PBS stations nationwide.
But most importantly, Henson-Conant
is a world-class entertainer
who combines music, stories
and humor -- with styles
of playing from Flamenco
to Blues, and a voice that's
been compared to Carly Simon.
With the
French CAMAC harp company,
Henson-Conant has collaborated
in the invention of the world's
first commercially available
carbon-fibre electric harness-harp,
a harp that's now named after
her, the "DHC Light."
The
show is
appropriate for
all ages.
Artist
Bio
Deborah
Henson-Conant is the world’s
premier electric harpist. She’s
known for her renegade image, evocative
singing voice, and shows that fuse
music, theater, stories and humor.
Her playing ranges from full out
bluesy to heart wrenching ballad.
This is a feel-good, outside-the-box,
bring-the-folks-you-love kind of
show for audiences of all genders
and ages- folks who want to celebrate
what it means to passionately follow
your own creative path.
She
debuted with the Boston
Pops, opened
for
Ray Charles at Tanglewood,
jammed onstage with Bobby
McFerrin,
Doc Severinsen and Marvin
Hamlish --
and jam offstage with Aerosmith frontman/American
Idol judge Steven Tyler. She's been featured
on CBS Sunday Morning,
NBC’s
Today Show and NPR’s Weekend
Edition. She's been interviewed
by Scott Simon, Pulitzer-Prize
Winner Studs Terkel, Charlie
Rose (PBS), and iconic
comedian and gossip correspondent Joan
Rivers.
Press
Quotes
“
... dazzling harp playing, gorgeous
jazz/pop singing, comic timing and
impressive songwriting” Austin
American-Statesman
“
Striking flamenco sparks from the
strings … wrenching distorted
bends worthy of Eddie Van Halen … belting
gutbucket blues and crooning lullabies … the
intense focus commanded by a master
storyteller.” Springfield
Union-News
“
Reshaping the serenely Olympian harp
into a jazz instrument by warping
it closer to the Blues” New
York Times
More media quotes at: http://www.hipharp.com/Pblcty/quotes.html
ARTIST
WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA:
• Website: http://www.HipHarp.com
• Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/HipHarp
• Blog: http://hipharp.wordpress.com/
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/HipHarpist
• YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/HipHarpist
For more artist info or to schedule an interview,
contact:
Beatriz Harley, info@HipHarp.com,
781-483-3556
More Info: http://www.hipharp.com/publicity.html
Hi-Res Images: http://www.hipharp.com/pressphotos.html
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There
are many ways to be creative.
To be heard. You
don’t have to go
the standard route. 
Come
see this Grammy-Nominated
artist, who’s
taken an unlikely instrument
and turned it into the
story of her life. Come
see what’s possible if
you follow your own personal
passion ... because you can create
a life in music and theater
... no matter what you
start with!