America is a patchwork quilt... and stories are its stitching.
Christian D'Andrea
The stories and sound of a nation The Porch | Contact
THE PORCH
AND THE ART OF
LISTENING TO
AMERICA
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Whether affixed to the front of a country cabin or attached to an urban tenement, porches have witnessed — and fostered — the birth of a lot of great American music, and a lot of great American talents.
Tapping into that tradition, and preserving it, I'm celebrating The Porch in a filmed docu-series and also staged theater performances. At my first cycle of live shows in Richmond, VA, I brought roots musicians, bards, and storytellers to a transplanted Appalachian porch in a downtown theater, where we explored the music and lore that's been created and kept alive on American porches.
Join me on an odyssey to explore this mystical musical incubator — the American porch. It's where American music was born, and where it lives again.
From the live show
