CCMoA Music & More Winter Concert Series presents:
"Another Lady Sings the Blues" Songs of Billie Holiday with Tish Adams and Tim Ray
Sunday, January 19, 2025, from 3:30 - 4:30 pm.
Member $18 / Non-Member $24
Season Pass: Member $160 / Non-Member $195
Billie Holiday is categorized as a Jazz singer... Yet she is known as the Lady who sings the Blues.
Singer, Tish Adams has that same kind of dual identity. Many who frequent New England's live music scene have compared these two vocalists.
Perhaps it's the way that both approach phrasing with the sensibilities of a horn player - adventurous enough to explore the improvisational possibilities that each tune has to offer, while keeping unfailing respect for the path that makes the adventure possible... the melody.
Perhaps it's the way they both feel what they sing and can make you feel it too.
Perhaps it's just that they both have hair that waves, when pulled back and adorned with a flower.
Once again, Tish Adams will team up with pianist, Tim Ray, to reprise her popular tribute to the legendary "Lady Day." The vocalist will share her love of this Jazz icon in discussion and song. Those expecting an impersonation will be sorely disappointed. Adams says it's "inspiration NOT imitation." She shares Holiday's belief that every vocalist should find their own voice. After all, as "Lady Day" was known to say..."If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all."
https://www.ccmoa.org/events/tish-adams-with-tim-ray-winter-2025