PORT TOWNSEND — This holiday show is “all heart, all music,” promises Cris Williamson, the singer known for blending her songs with her work for human rights.
Williamson, whose recordings range from her debut, “The Changer and the Changed,” to her 31st album, “Pray Tell: Songs of the Soul,” will give a benefit concert at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship this Saturday night.
Advance tickets for the 7 p.m. event are $25 via www.brownpapertickets.com and 800-838-3006 and, if available, $30 at the door.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. at the fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.
The title of the evening is “Care to Share,” and proceeds will benefit the Jefferson County Food Banks and the Community Outreach Association Shelter Team, aka COAST.
During the mid-1970s, Williamson was in her 20s, a former schoolteacher who released her first album on Olivia Records, her brainchild and a pioneering, woman-owned record company.
Her music became part of the curriculum for women’s studies courses, and people sang her “Song of the Soul” around campfires and places of worship.
A veteran of sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall in New York City and folk festivals from Newport, R.I., to Kerrville, Texas, Williamson is returning this month to the studio to record her 32nd album.
More about the artist is at www.criswilliamson.com.
Of Saturday’s concert, Williamson writes: “No matter what holiday you celebrate, please join us, as we listen together to the heartbeat of winter.”
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
