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Country singer-songwriter Mary McBride is set to perform a free concert in the Central District tonight. You can catch her at 7 p.m. at Ernestine Anderson Place at 2010 S. Jackson Street.
The concert is part of McBride’s “The Home Tour,” which she established to bring live music to low-income residents and the homeless at shelters, food banks, veteran homes, and low-income housing. This current concert is geared towards the seniors at Ernestine Anderson Place and the Nickelsville residents next door to the center.
The Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) has more info on the event:
McBride is best known for her song “No One’s Gonna Love You Like Me” in the Academy Award winning Best Picture movie Brokeback Mountain. McBride also serves as a cultural envoy for the U.S. and performs around the world for the State Department. The Wall Street Journal describes The Home Tour as “a way of highlighting how communities can be nurtured, whether by sharing shelter, stories or live music,” and The Washington Post describes the tour as “extraordinary.”
McBride and her band will be joined by local Seattle musicians on the program. Some of the Low Income Housing Institute’s most talented residents will perform, including: singer Jamie Haviland; saxophonist Tony Mack; vocalist Everett Dallas; and The Singing Club comprised of children ages 4 – 12 from LIHI’s Denice Hunt Townhomes (under the direction of Beth Sherdell). Special guest artists include singer-songwriter Reggie Garrett, and vocalists Jaren James and Josie Howell from the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute.
Sponsored by Enterprise Community Partners, McBride will perform at six affordable housing sites in Washington. The Home Tour goes where most musicians don’t, delivering high-energy, high-impact performances and making a difference by inspiring local communities and leaving an infrastructure accommodate repeat performances by local and touring bands alike.
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I was lucky enough to catch Mary McBride on KOMO on 9/5. This is world class cool, Seattle Strong and Storm Roofer all in one flow. What she’s doin echoes Robin Hood in a time machine or singing the mountain to Mohammed. Wanna teach your kids what the power of lifting fog could sound like? Look out through those older eyes and let the sound into your older ears and let the wonder evaporate.