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DOWNLOAD: Ali Marcus - "Wapato"

Washington DC-to-Seattle transplant Ali Marcus is playing a one-off show at Jalopy Theatre (315 Columbia Street) in Brooklyn on Feb. 17th. Ali's music is rooted in the Americana singer/songwriter/storyteller tradition and she is touring behind her sixth disc The Great Migration.

The Great Migration was released in 2009 and Girlysounds described the disc at the time of release as "[f]itting nice and snug in-between folk and country, these new songs focus on a myriad of topics. Standouts like the album’s opener, “Virginia Road,” uses a stretch of road and it’s surrounding trees as a metaphor for one’s lot in life and what one does with what’s been given to them. On the quiet, but bittersweet “Hey John,” Marcus sings to a fellow songwriter and laments their only encounter, but reminisces about their mutual distaste for Nashville and other similarities. But Marcus is perhaps at her best when heard on “Wapato,” a peppy sing-a-long packed with country hall swing."

Marcus has shared the stages with artists like Tom Paxton, Dar Williams and Catie Curtis so the show at Jalopy Theatre will provide a nice, intimate setting in which to see Ali perform.

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