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    Robin and Linda Williams Valentine's Day @ The Center for Southern Folklore

    Robin and Linda Williams Valentine's Day @ The Center for Southern Folklore

    Presented by Center For Southern Folklore at Center for Southern Folklore

    February 14, 2009

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    Celebrate Valentine's Day with the sweethearts of Americana music, Robin and Linda Williams in the Center for Southern Folklore, Saturday February 14 in the Center's Folklore Hall, 119 S. Main Street in the heart of downtown Memphis. Showtime is 8:00 p.m. and admission is $15 in advance and $18 on the day of the show.

    "Individually their voices can melt cheese,and in duet they can do all-purpose welding."
    - Garrison Keillor, host of
    A Prairie Home Companion

    Since their first appearance in 1975, regular listeners of Garrison Keillor's radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion" on NPR have been entertained by Robin and Linda's music, both as a duo and as part of the "Hopeful Gospel Quartet." When they're not performing on the radio, they maintain a busy schedule of concert appearances around the country performing the acoustic tunes they love - a hearty blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country. From The Grand Ole Opry to Austin City Limits, Music City Tonight to Mountain Stage, clubs, festivals and countless other venues, Robin and Linda never cease to wow audiences wherever they go.

    Robin and Linda are more than just vocalists. They are first-class instrumentalists and superb songwriters, able to, as The Washington Post put it, "sum up a life in a few details with moving completeness." It's why their compositions have been recorded by the likes of Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tom T. Hall, Kathy Mattea, Tim and Mollie O'Brien, George Hamilton IV and The Seldom Scene. Irish singer Mary Black included their haunting "Don't Let Me Come Home a Stranger" featured on her CD Full Tide. Robin and Linda have also recorded 19 albums under their own name and several more with Garrison Keillor and The Hopeful Gospel Quartet. They are also featured performers in Robert Altman?s film adaption of "A Prairie Home Companion."

    An evening with Robin and Linda Williams is like a get-together with good neighbors you've known for years assuming your neighbors are top-flight performers. One minute you picture borrowing a cup of sugar from these two; the next, you're completely stunned by their jaw-dropping talent. Bottom line: You feel right at home at a Robin and Linda concert, and their music stays with you like an old friend.


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        Center for Southern Folklore

        119 S. Main Street
        Memphis, TN 38103

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        Tickets: $15.00 advance $18.00 day of the show

        Info Phone: 901-535-3655

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        February 14, 2009

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        8:00 p.m.

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