Even in our darkest hour, we must come together to help those in need. And while September’s Hurricane Helene feels like it wreaked its unimaginable havoc ages ago, the communities affected by the historic storm are still dealing with the aftermath.
Tonight (November 20), the Blue Ridge Benefit Concert at Allston’s Brighton Music Hall aims to raise money for local organizations actively supporting Hurricane Helene relief efforts and disaster recovery in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina.
Presented by Crossroads Presents, the Berklee Popular Music Institute, the Berklee American Roots Program, and Americana artist and Berklee student Kyle Ray, the benefit features music from recently-added headliners Langhorne Slim and Kashus Culpepper, as well as Two Runner (pictured above), Ray, and New York City singer-songwriter Diana DeMuth.
Two Runner, the Northern California folk and bluegrass duo of songwriter Paige Anderson and fiddler Emilie Rose utilizes mediums of clawhammer banjo, vocal harmonies, oldtime fiddle, and flatpicking guitar. The pair just released a new video for “Late Dinner,” and it emerges as perhaps the most intriguing sonic element of tonight’s fundraiser. Check it out below.
BLUE RIDGE BENEFIT CONCERT: IN SUPPORT OF HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF :: Wednesday, November 20 at Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave. in Allston, MA :: 6 p.m., all ages, $30 to $200 :: Event info :: Advance tickets