Sloan Wainwright at Caffe Lena - 02/17/2012

Sloan Wainwright With Opener Heather Maloney

“...one of those singers whose performance is a force of nature.” —Sing Out Magazine Sloan Wainwright's family tree (brother Loudon Wainwright, sister-in-law Kate McGarrigle, nephew Rufus Wainwright, nieces Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche) reads like a Who's Who of contemporary folk music. Her own special gift is her dramatic voice: warm and smoky and smooth, it makes her earthy, ominous lyrics seem all the more intense. She has an easy command of pop, folk, jazz and blues – all held together by the melodious tone of her rich contralto. Sloan has written numerous musical compositions for theater and dance and teaches at many of the best-known master songwriter series and workshops, including The Swannanoa Gathering, Summersongs and Wintersongs. Since her head-first dive into the indie music world in November of 2009, opener Heather Maloney has taken her poetic and powerful folk-rock songs to more than 200 stages a year and has gotten the attention of top artists in the field. Her rich and playful singing style has an organic elegance that's hard to get out of your head.