Hal Cannon’s been preparing for this moment, the arrival of his first album, for his entire life.
Granted, that preparation was perhaps unwitting, as he spent decades working as a folklorist, co-founding the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering and playing in long-running groups like the Deseret String Band and, more recently, Red Rock Rondo.
“I’ve had the experience of being able to interview so many people, as a journalist really, working on the series ‘What’s In A Song?’ for NPR,” Cannon says. “I’ve been able to talk to lots of songwriters, lots of singers, lots of people who have something to say about a song. And it made me realize how magical a song can be in invoking so much more than just the poetry or the music. Somehow, when you put poetry and music together, you can evoke a time, you can evoke emotion in a way that’s sort of an extraordinary thing. To me, it’s a pathway to magic.”
Hal Cannon
w/Teresa Jordan
The State Room
638 S. State
Saturday, Feb. 12
8 p.m.
$15 advance/$17 day of show
TheStateRoomSLC.com
Date: Feb 12, 2011
Time: 8 p.m.
Phone: 800-501-2885
Address: 638 South State Street, Salt Lake City, 84111
Where: The State Room
Date: Feb 12, 2011
Time: 8 p.m.
Phone: 800-501-2885
Address: 638 South State Street, Salt Lake City, 84111
Where: The State Room
