SHE PERSISTS: Cellist Shana Tucker returns for Come Hear NC concert series

Cellist and singer-songwriter Shana Tucker will perform live this Thursday night with the “She Persists” exhibition as part of Cameron Art Museum’s Come Hear NC concert series celebrating North Carolina. Starting at 6 p.m., the concert is free with museum admission. Back in 2019, Tucker explained how “songwriters are called to do something that much of the world can’t do, which is to put … Continue reading SHE PERSISTS: Cellist Shana Tucker returns for Come Hear NC concert series

Shannon Rae GentryOctober 1, 2020Leave a comment

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ENGAGED EMOTIONS: Shana Tucker performs at 2019’s Lumina Festival of the Arts

North Carolina cellist and singer-songwriter Shana Tucker has been a musician since picking up a violin at 9 years old. She’s garnered a reputation as quite the storyteller in jazz and ChamberSoul. However, the drive to tell a story, to pen meaningful lyrics to music, came about when she saw Spike Lee’s 1990 joint “Mo’ Better Blues.” “There’s a song on that soundtrack called ‘Harlem … Continue reading ENGAGED EMOTIONS: Shana Tucker performs at 2019’s Lumina Festival of the Arts

Shannon Rae GentryJuly 16, 2019Leave a comment