Published: July 9th, 2008 11:44 PM
Last Modified: July 9th, 2008 11:44 PM
Photo by DESDEMONA BURGIN
Musician Meg Hutchinson performs a free concert at 7 p.m. July 16, 2008, at Peratrovich Park.
Emerging folk artists make it to Alaska every summer, but few do free shows in an Anchorage park. Thank UAA Student Activities and the Anchorage Downtown Partnership for bringing up several musicians this month, including Meg Hutchinson, a poetry-inspired songwriter with five albums and a growing reputation.
The 29-year-old singer scribes dense and lyrical songs about everything from war and consumerism to family and post-traumatic stress disorder. Originally from Massachusetts, Hutchinson now lives in Boston and recently signed with Red House Records, which released her latest album, "Come Up Full."
Her influences include folk singers including Joni Mitchell and Greg Brown along with poets Mary Oliver, Rilke, Walt Whitman and Billy Collins.
After doing a free show for UAA students, she will do a free public concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Peratrovich Park at Fourth Avenue and E Street.
Her Alaska tour begins today in Seldovia (234-7614; crazycow.vox. com), continues Sunday in Kasilof (1-907-252-8223) and finishes with a Whole Wheat Radio House Concert in Talkeetna on July 18 (www.wholewheatradio.org).
Find out more about her music at www.meghutch inson.com or www.myspace.com/meghutchinson.
-- Dawnell Smith
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