Acoustic Cafe Nights at the Granary presents True North
Acoustic Cafe Nights @ The Granary is delighted to welcome acoustic duo Kristen Grainger and Dan Wetzel aka True North on Friday 20th June!
About Acoustic Cafe Nights at the Granary presents True North
| 20th June 2025 | |
| 8pm - 10pm | |
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Strathaven Town Mill Arts and Heritage Centre 1 Stonehouse Road, Strathaven ML10 6LF what3words location: commented.slopes.quench |
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| £10 | |
| Facebook information can be found here | |
Singer-songwriter acoustic duo Kristen Grainger and Dan Wetzel’s performances resonate deeply with audiences listening for well-crafted songs, skillful instrumentation, and gorgeous vocals.The alchemy of their interlocked voices with the warm, spare loveliness of Dan’s handmade guitar deliver the goods — that indescribable feeling that is part joy, part longing; a deliciously sweet ache haunting the darkest corridors of the heart.
Kristen continues to earn national recognition for her songwriting, most recently showcasing at SXSW on the USA Songwriting stage; winning Common Ground on the Hill’s Acoustic Roots songwriting contest and on Hope Rises II, a tribute to excellence in social change songwriting curated by Noel “Paul” Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary. Kristen was named, alongside Brandi Carlile and Dolly Parton, one of the Women Who Wrote Our 2020 Soundtrack by The Bluegrass Situation. She has won or been a finalist in national songwriting contests at Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Wildflower, Merlefest, and Kerrville Folk Festival.
Before becoming a full-time musician, Kristen served as vice president of Willamette University and speechwriter for two Oregon governors.An accomplished singer-songwriter who toured nationally as a solo artist, Dan Wetzel is also a luthier who handcrafts musical instruments, including those used in performance, that look and sound beautiful.His superb skills as a vocalist and on guitar, both flat-pick and finger style, give True North’s songs their warm sound and driving groove.
For more than 20 years, Dan was CEO of Wetzel Homes, Inc., builders of gorgeous custom homes all over Oregon and beyond.
Rick Anderson CD Hotlist, Pick of the Month Folk/Country - "What are front and center are Grainger’s songwriting, which is graceful and intelligent, and her singing, which is beautiful but plainspoken, and becomes heart-stopping when combined in harmony with that of guitarist Dan Wetzel."
Gareth Jenkins Music From The True Vine, Bluegrass Express - “I truly love the energy of good hot picking as well as celestial harmonies, yet perhaps more than anything I love a well-crafted song that transports me and tells me a story, and Ghost Tattoo is filled with such songs. For the past decade and a half Oregon-based True North has been producing recordings with well-crafted songs, tasteful instrumentation and beautiful vocals."
Entry £10 including filter coffee, tea and home baking.
Doors open 7.30pm
Children under 16 free.
Limited seating.
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