Keep It Simple: Episode 8 (featuring Roxy Rawson)

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Keep It Simple (Episode 8), will be an intimate evening of acoustic music, story sharing, and conversation around themes of faith, doubt, love, hope, spirituality, and all that's in between, hosted by Jessica Gerhardt and featuring Roxy Rawson. (Co-sponsored by Holy Family Trinity Young Adult Ministry.) This event will take place EXCLUSIVELY on Zoom and all attendees are invited to participate in a dialogue with the artists. Suggested donation is $15 (split between the artists, but no one will be turned away due to money). To attend, follow the Zoom link in the event and Venmo your donation to JessicaEGerhardt with the note KIS8. Jessica Gerhardt - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7xvSgW67fQNBnVwiLrvtJ1 Jessica Gerhardt, a singer-songwriter-ukuleleist from Santa Monica, CA, explores discernment, vulnerability, and the challenge of loving well in her music. Her gentle yet resonant voice evokes Fiona Apple and Sara Bareilles, and infuses her earnest, lyric-driven songs with a soothing and passionate spirit. Jessica creates a space of communion - solidarity in others' experiences of truth, goodness, beauty, contentment, impatience, and that universal longing for connection - for home. Her debut EP "Be My Hands" was released in June of 2019 and her single "Keep It Simple" was released on March 10, 2020, the 1-year anniversary of her grandmother's passing, and what would have been her 80th birthday. Roxy Rawson - www.roxyrawson.com Falling squarely into the anti-folk category by way of a manipulated, punk-y violin, Roxy Rawson has been a cult presence on the Parisian and London music scenes with her unique blend of impish violin vocals and classical/ jazz influence. Now based in Berlin and ready to release her long awaited second full length album, this is a singer songwriter whose flair for the alternative demands the world’s attention. Born into a Mormon community in Hitchin, UK, she was introduced to music through Church hymns, but first found her feet in Paris where she studied violin and piano. Surrounding herself with local jazz performers, she joined several orchestras and spent much of her time studying classical and baroque styles of music. Rawson found her own voice however, developing a unique vocal style through singing ‘jumping jazz intervals’ on the streets of the French capital. She also joined an African Choir, adding yet another multi-cultural layer to her sound.