Owen Grooms Presents: Carrie Morrison & Aoife Clancy & Community Potluck

February 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Carrie Morrison is a popular Brevard, NC-based singer/songwriter known for her heartfelt lyrics, warm, expressive vocals, and piano-driven songs blending folk, Celtic, and rock influences. Her music reflects adoration for her Appalachian home as well as love, loss, feminine rage, humor, and resilience. Carrie performs both as a solo artist and as a vocalist/keyboardist in regional rock favorite The Andrew Thelston Band, as well as in several duos. Carrie has been voted one of the top pianists in Mountain Xpress’s Best of WNC contest for three years running. Her most recent albums (2025) are “Balladeer,” produced by Chris Rosser, and “The Crosswalk” (EP), recorded at Abbey Road Studios London. Carrie teaches English at Brevard High School. www.carriemorrisonmusic.com

Aoife Clancy grew up in Co Tipperary Ireland and has been performing for over 35 years. Her father was Bobby Clancy of the group The Clancy Brothers, and had her performing with him at local festivals and folk clubs at an early age. Aoife moved to the States over 30 years ago and toured with the renowned Celtic group Cherish the Ladies out of NYC for several years. While touring with the group she recorded a live Grammy nominated CD with the Boston Pops titled “ The Celtic Album” Aoife’s genre of music is comprised of Celtic, Old Standards, Americana and blues. She accompanies herself on guitar and Irish drum (Bodhran)

Aoife now resides in Etowah NC where she runs her own catering/ music events business.

We will be hosting a potluck dinner this evening. Please bring a non-disposable place setting and a covered dish. If you don’t have food to bring for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We are a pack it in, pack it out public house and ask you take everything you bring in, out with you. Many thanks.