Event Detail
Darden Smith in Concert
Location: Long View Center
Date: Saturday December 6th, 2008
Time: 8 pm-11 pm
During his 20-year career, Darden Smith has recorded in folk, country and pop settings. He has co-written songs with a British rocker, released 10 critically acclaimed albums, created works for dance theater, done symphonic collaborations and through his Be An Artist Program, brought to children across the US and Europe the message of the inherent creative capabilities in everyone. His song cycle, ‘Marathon’ is currently being adapted for the stage. Darden Smith has made himself at home in studios in Manhattan, Nashville and London, as well as Austin. With every CD he releases his focus and style continues to shift, yet remains true to his roots.
His latest studio recording, ‘Field of Crows,’ was released in 2005 on Dualtone Music Group. As melodic a collection as he has ever recorded, the disc shows Smith continuing to explore rhythms, sounds and lyric themes. As it has on all of his recent Dualtone albums, his work on the nylon-string guitar adds a distinctive texture to the music.
In 2006 he recorded a series of concerts in an adobe house at Ojo Caliente Hot Springs in New Mexico. The result is ‘Ojo,’ his first live disc.
Cost: $10 Advance/$15 Dollar General Admission