Mary Gauthier to play HarmonyHouse

Singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier is returning to Sisters for a HarmonyHouse house concert on March 23.

Hostess Katie Cavanaugh couldn't be more excited.

"Doug and I sat in the audience at the Sisters Folk Festival this past season in a tent filled with a hushed audience, all leaning in to every word and to every note that poured all over us from the soul of an extraordinary artist - Mary Gauthier," Cavanaugh recalled. "Backstage I had a brief moment with Mary and I offered my invitation to return to Sisters and grace the stage of HarmonyHouse Concerts. Over these past months we worked out the details and I am so happy to announce she's comin'!"

HarmonyHouse is reserving seats for this show. Call the Cavanaughs at 541-548-2209 to get on the list.

With a cinematographer's eye and a lyrical economy that suggests far more than her 15 years of songwriting experience, Gauthier (pronounced (Go-shay) chronicles an always-present sense of rejection and rootlessness, the nagging "whys" and "what ifs," the endless search of every face for a possible resemblance. "I don't know who I am/I don't know who I'm not/I don't know my name/ I can't find my place," she sings, her voice rising from a whisper to a wail. She's not just offering a vein here, she's cutting several wide open.

HarmonyHouse is located at 17505 Kent Rd. (off Cloverdale). Call 541-548-2209 for reservations, information or directions. Guests are welcome to bring a bottle of wine to share and a hors d'oeurve.

Doors open at 7 p.m.; music begins at 8 p.m. Suggested donation $20.