BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – Singer and composer Bidi Dworkin draws from a deep well of influences: the jazz-folk lineage of her childhood, the Middle Eastern melodies of her ancestry, the fluidity of Vedic meditative traditions – a fusion enriched by intuitive language and a dreamy interior landscape. She honed her chops the old-fashioned way: gigging in New York City, Montreal, and New England.
Her long-gestating debut album, “Beautiful Souvenirs,” was arranged by legendary jazz vocalist Jay Clayton, and she’s poised to enter the recording studio for a follow-up of original songs in collaboration with two-time Grammy-winning pianist-composer Peter Eldridge, who has described the new work as “equal amounts of light and dark, whimsy and reflection, each song evolving into what’s starting to feel like a set of jazz art songs.”
She will share her new compositions in a 3 p.m. matinee at Stage 33 Live in Bellows Falls, Vt., on Saturday, April 18, along with Grammy winner Peter Eldridge on piano, Jamie MacDonald on bass, Matt Steckler on horns, Claire Arenius on drums, plus a special surprise guest.
Tickets can be purchased in advance through www.stage33live.com, or at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Advance ticket sales will automatically close once 40 tickets are sold, or at midnight the day before the show if it hasn’t sold out. More information can be found at the website above.