Faun Fables
By Kara Gibbs on January 11, 2008 - 2:14pm
Faun Fables
Friday, February 1, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Western Front (303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver)
Tickets $15 / $10 Students and WF Members call 604-876-9343
A category-defying musical entity, Faun Fables is Dawn McCarthy’s vivid imagination come to life in song and theatre. It has been attracting a devoted and eclectic following since 1999 – with numerous national and international tours and four record releases made available worldwide on Drag City Records. Dawn is a composer, singer and theatre artist whose work is a sea of gorgeous elemental nitty gritty; haunting melodies, breath, stomping, and natural theatricality led by the voice, rooted in the physical body. It is a crossroads where ancient ballad, art song, physical theatre and rock music meet. Her lyrics speak to people of all ages about things like rugged housekeeping, street kids, growing old, sleepwalking and exiled travelers returning home.
Dawn founded Faun Fables to explore human pathos and its non-human roots in musical and physical storytelling forms. Her current Faun Fables ensemble includes violinist Meredith Yaynos and multi-instrumentalist Kirana Peyton, with appearances by long time collaborator Nils Frykdahl of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.Presented with the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. www.pushfestival.ca / www.front.bc.ca
