Out in the Mountains

Ferron at the Flynn

My partner and I are usually guarded when
we touch in public. There is often a safe.
distance between us. Walking in to the
Flynn to see Ferron, our hands slid into
each others She pulled me through the
crowd, mostly women, mostly smiling, like
a reunion. Our bodies moved as if we were
at home, our familiarity with each other ac-
knowledged. We had a birds—eye view
from the balcony, looking down on a sea
of old friends, watching new ones being
made, laughter bouncing around them all.
And when the lights went dim, a strong
clapping brought Ferron and her ac-
companist Shelley Jennings onto the stage.

We were treated to a very long, emotional,
all-out performance. Woven through the
classics were a few new songs. All were
sung and played with the heart and soul
that one has grown to expect from this
woman. In between were anecdotes, sto-
ries, the wanderings of Ferron’s busy
mind. She is funny. And personal. And tru-
ly a poet singing our song.

As she encouraged the audience to sing
their parts, adding to her angelic sounds,
the whole place was lifted higher. “Sound
painting”, she said as she danced around in
the shower of purple—red light and our
voices. The additional guitar, played beau-
tifully by Shelley, led to a wondrous blend
of strengths and softness, as the two im-
provised their way through old favorites
and new uncharted domain. A new album
is scheduled to be released before this year
is over titled The Driver.

Ferron has a beat... as she had all of us
snapping along, encouraging the audi-
ence to be cool in a group... we were
swept, willingly along... yeah, she’s still
cool... and anyone who was there left
knowing they were too. Thanks Ferron,
for gracing Burlington one more time,
with your poetry in song and with the
warm handshake and friendly pen ex-
tended in the lobby afterwards! V

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