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Mon 06 Jun 2009Connecting the shy country girl with the seasoned performer
The gift of a guitar from her bohemian uncle helped the teenage Liz Durrett to imagine a less isolated future – but singing her Southern Gothic songs on stage comes more easily to her than talking face to face, writes TONY CLAYTON-LEA
THE LOUDEST PART of this interview with singer-songwriter Liz Durrett, from Athens, Georgia, is when a balloon inadvertently pops as we take our leave of each other. The rest of the time, all is quiet as Durrett whispers her way through half an hour of chat. At last month’s Guinness Kilkenny Rhythm Roots Festival, Durrett was a minor triumph, an example of how good event programming can turn up unknown names that have something decent to offer.
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