PORT TOWNSEND — The Grammy-nominated duo of Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum is returning today to Key City Public Theatre for a live performance.
The performers’ last concert at Key City was a sold-out event, organizers say.
This time around, the pair will present an evening of “Bluegrass and Acoustic Nirvana,” produced by Toolshed Soundlab.
Called “one of the pre-eminent bluegrass and Americana artists of our time” by critics, Lewis has been praised for her ability to write songs that cut through the noise.
Trained as a classical violinist, Lewis fell in love with bluegrass as a teenager growing up next to the Berkeley Folk Festival in the 1960s.
In 1974, Lewis helped found an all-female bluegrass band called the Good Ol’ Persons.
After a 10-year career as a bassist, jazz singer and proprietor of her own fiddle shop, she produced her first solo album in 1986.
That same year, she began a musical collaboration with Rozum that has spanned three decades.
Rozum primarily performs on mandolin but also is an accomplished fiddle, mandola and guitar player.
New album
Lewis and Rozum recently released the album “The Hazel and Alice Sessions.”
The album is a tribute to two seminal female figures in bluegrass, Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens, both huge influences on Lewis’ artistic development, she said.
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St.
Tickets are $20 and are available at www.keycitypublictheatre.org and at the playhouse box office.
For more information, call 360-385-5278.
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Reporter Chris McDaniel can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56650, or at cmcdaniel@peninsuladailynews.com.
