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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT color=#000000>Singer/songwriter <B>Abby Linhart </B>will be on tour in Northeastern Ohio in the month of September in support of her new CD, <B>Requiem for Eli, Volume 1</B>. Abby was a fixture on the local music scene and gave her first public performance at age 11 with her brother<B> Buzzy</B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In 1970 she met <B>Liam Clancy</B> at <B>Pickle Bill’s</B> in the Flats.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She studied traditional British Isles folk music with Clancy, and was headlining at the <B>Cain Coffeehouse</B> and the <B>Ichtus Coffeehouse</B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the mid 70s she hosted a Sunday evening show at the <B>Red Horse Hollow</B> bringing in other traditional folk musicians.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She was music director 1981-83 for the <B>Coventry Street Fair</B> and in 1981 she founded <B>Rivercity Music,</B> a production company dedicated to presenting traditional music in the Cleveland area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Artists included: <B>Claudia Schmidt, The Boys of the Lough, Trapezoid, The Tanahill Weavers, Mike Seeger and Elizabeth Cotton, Grey Larsen and Malcom Dalgish, and Jean Redpath.</B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT color=#000000>Abby will be performing a live concert at Tri-C Metro’s Little Theater Friday September 18<SUP>th</SUP> as part of the <B>CROOKED RIVER GROOVE/WORDS AND MUSIC SERIES</B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Showtime is 11 am; admission is free (parking is 75 cents).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Enter from the Woodland side of campus. For more information call 216-987-3277</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT color=#000000>On Saturday, September 26<SUP>th</SUP> at 8pm, Abby will also be part of an installation at the <B>Bridge Project, </B>an offshoot of <B>James Levin’s Ingenuity</B> <B>Festival.</B> </FONT><A href="http://www.thebridgeproject.com/"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman">www.thebridgeproject.com</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT color=#000000>The CD release party for <B>Requiem for Eli, Volume 1</B> will be on Sunday September 27<SUP>th</SUP>, doors open at 7 pm at <B>Wilbert’s Food and Music</B>, 812 Huron Ave, Cleveland (right behind Jacobs’s field). For more information call 216-902-4663.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT color=#000000>We will be booking select dates throughout the month of September. Go to </FONT><A href="http://www.myspace.com/abbylinhart"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman">www.myspace.com/abbylinhart</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>for music download, video, and bio.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT color=#000000>For phone interviews contact Abby at 1-505-288-9046</FONT></P>
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