Bluegrass artist comes to crossings

Becky Schlegel takes life’s experiences and transforming them into songs. Her music is a fusion of folk, bluegrass and country.

Schlegel will perform 8 p.m. Friday Aug. 17 in Zumbrota.

Repeatedly recognized by the International Bluegrass Music Association as an outstanding songwriter, Schlegel sings with a wistful soprano. Her latest album, “Dandelion,” includes four songs ranked among “That Nashville Sound’s Top 100 songs of 2010.”

While living in Minnesota, she performed several times for Garrison Keillor’s Minnesota Public Radio program, “A Prairie Home Companion.” She’s received several awards from the Minnesota Music Academy.

Her soprano is “clear and expressive. [Her] voice can go gritty at times or break appropriately or soar to ethereal heights or drift off in a whisper,” according to the monthly magazine Bluegrass Unlimited.

Schlegel now lives in Nashville.

Tickets are $16 in advance, $18 at the door. To reserve tickets, call 507-732-7616 or stop in to Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Ave., Zumbrota. For more information, visit www.crossingsatcarnegie.com.

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