Veronica Barron, Julia Friend, and Rebecca McGowan invite you into an intimate soundscape exploring domestic and feminine space through traditional music, puppetry, and dance for the release of their new EP. The evening will include an opening set by Rhode Island duo The Vox Hunters, visuals and audio recordings of the Sound Shadows project, and a Q&A discussion with the artists. THIS IS A ZOOM CONCERT that will be livestreamed to https://www.facebook.com/digitalheritageconsulting/live. For the Zoom participant link, join the mailing list at http://mailinglist.lynnoel.com or email info@lynnoel.com on the day of the event. SOUND SHADOWS: FROM THE ARTISTS "Two years ago, we three friends—a banjo player/singer, an Irish step dancer, and a puppeteer/dancer/folk singer, created a live show to explore the intersection of our disciplines. Sound Shadows is a 20-minute theatrical concert that uses shadow puppetry and dance to reveal the mechanics of our musicianship and invite our audience into our creative experience. Our mission is to use multiple art forms to direct audiences to hear and see things through fresh eyes/ears. Can we use visual imagery to make audiences hear nuances that they might otherwise miss? Can we combine the familiar and the novel in a way that changes peoples' perspectives? The thematic material of our show is domestic and feminine, set around a kitchen table, with shadow-theater portraits on the wall and songs about marriage, love, & escape. We aim to inspire audiences to see this world as nuanced and worthy of attention. When our second round of live shows were canceled due to COVID, we decided to remotely record a 7- track EP album version. The recording process has changed our toolkit. We use nuances like the squeak of dance shoes and the vocal texture revealed through an intimately placed mic to direct the listener’s attention. We include footsteps approaching the mic, the clatter of a teacup, to conjure the physical space in which the music was made. Our recording is an invitation into a space, not just an auditory experience. It is an auditory hug in a time of isolation." Sound Shadows, the album, is now available for preorder and releases in March 2021 at https://veronicabarron.bandcamp.com