Émigré – December 13th
Join this special holiday show featuring obscure Christmas ballads, solstice songs marking the lengthening nights, and movement songs celebrating the courage of the human spirit.
Émigré performs a variety of music tracing the diaspora of the Irish and Scots across the ocean to North America. Their repertoire includes ballads and fiddle tunes from Great Britain and Ireland, songs from the French-speaking regions of Canada, and melodies familiar in Appalachia and the North Atlantic alike. The band’s name comes from the dispersal of people, ideas, and music that resulted from centuries of emigration from Ireland and Scotland, and from the unique music that emerged as these were combined with others from a world away. The sound of Émigré is characterized by rich vocal melodies in Scots Gaelic, French, and English, dynamic fiddle playing, and driving guitar accompaniment.
This event will be held at Dreaming Stone Arts & Ecology Center on October 4th, 2025 @ 7:00 pm. (Doors open at 6:00pm)
Wine and beer will be available for purchase.
WNCW is a media sponsor. This program receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Date
- Dec 13 2025
Time
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Instructor
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Saro Lynch-Thomason
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Website
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Saro Lynch-Thomason is an award-winning singer, song leader, folklorist, documentarian, and illustrator from Asheville, North Carolina. She has studied and taught traditional song and balladry from Appalachia, the American South, the British Isles and Ireland for over a decade. Saro believes that old songs can help us understand the beliefs and struggles that shape human history, and that in turn, these songs enable us to build a more compassionate and just future. She uses teaching, documentary, illustration and more to explore the amazing people and history behind songs ranging from Appalachian lullabies to American labor anthems, Southern work songs and Scottish ballads. Her projects include the Songs that Speak YouTube series, the CD and multimedia project Blair Mountain: A Musical Exploration of America’s Largest Labor Uprising, and several albums. Saro’s song “There Are More Waters Rising” has gained international attention, becoming an anthem in the movement to end global warming and garnering praise in the Huffington Post. Saro holds an M.A. in Appalachian Studies from East Tennessee State University and a Certificate in Documentary Studies from Duke University.
