Deborah Henson-Conant
SAT. FEB. 12 - 8pm
"Wired for Love"
with special guest Amy Petty
Blue Ocean Music Hall
4 Oceanfront N., Salisbury, MA 01952
Tickets: $25 / $30 - 978-462-5888

Read about the special Valentines "Bubbles & Bites" package.

Special guest Amy Petty  will open the show ("She's got a GORGEOUS voice!!!" says Deborah, "Like dark honey, with an edge - wow!!!") and will also join DHC during the show for a couple duets. You can learn more about her at her website.

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Love Songs are a dime-a-dozen, but Grammy Nominated Singer-Songwriter and electric harpist Deborah Henson-Conant redefines love by coming at it from different angles.

Take the love song she wrote for her boyfriend to sing to her, or the first-date in a parking lot. Or “Love Gone Bad” when “warm and fuzzy” love turns to warm and fuzzy mold.

“Wired for Love” is a pre-Valentines feast of love-songs and humor about romance, unstrung love songs from first blush to last laugh.

Henson-Conant is a one-woman orchestra, with electric harp, voice and a looper pedal she uses to layer sounds in real time, then weaves solo lines and vocals above it. Her signature instrument is an 11lb carbon-fiber electric harp, designed specifically for her by the CAMAC Harp Company in France, it’s now one of the fastest-selling new harp models in the world and carries her name, the “DHC Blue-Light.”

Forget the demure harpist – Henson-Conant is a showman, entertainer and solid musician who’s been compared to musical greats from Leonard Bernstein to Elvis Presley. She’s been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, The Today Show and NPR’s Weekend Edition, and in two full-length PBS music specials.

Henson-Conant’s voice is compared to Carly Simon and Joan Baez; her playing to Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix; and her humor to musical comedian Victor Borge. The shows are tied together by powerful, funny, affirming stories and universal humor. Her website, HipHarp.com and YouTube channel, YouTube.com/HipHarpist give a good overview of what you can expect at the show.

The Blue Ocean Music Hall opened in November 2009, and is heralded as the “best live music venue on the North Shore,” featuring special Valentine’s selections during the show. Seating is cabaret-table-style with food service throughout the evening.

Henson-Conant combines music, theater and spoken word. To get an idea of the kind of playing that will be featured on her show check out these YouTube videos:

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Deborah's audiences include adults, teens, couples, girls'-night-out and parents with children. You'll rarely be in the midst of a more diverse audience. This is feel-good, think-weird, bring-the-folks-you-love and go-home-humming-the-tunes kind of show.

Legendary guitarist Steve Vai calls Henson-Conant "the Jimi Hendrix of the harp." She's been compared to comedians, musicians and even sports heros. Why? She's doing something completely different, forging a new road with an instrument that never even existed before she developed it with the legendary harp designer Joel Garnier in France.

Do you have a creative teen, or kid -- or are you a student of music or theater -- 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 ... and see what magic you can create ... no matter what you start with.

Few shows are equally as inspiring and exciting for both kids and adults. Make sure you catch this one!

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