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Guest Artist and Instructor for 2009 is Marshall Chapman
PLEASE NOTE: RETREAT IS NOW FOUR NIGHTS!
Marshall Chapman was born and raised in Spartanburg , South Carolina. She has released ten critically acclaimed albums, and her songs have been recorded by a variety of artists including Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Wynonna, Joe Cocker, Irma Thomas, Jimmy Buffett, Jessi Colter, Dion, Tanya Tucker, Russ Taff, Olivia Newton-John, Sawyer Brown, Mindy McCready, Conway Twitty, Greg "Fingers" Taylor, Crystal Gayle, Ronnie Milsap, and The Uppity Blues Women. She has toured extensively on her own and opened shows for everybody from John Prine and Jimmy Buffett to Jerry Lee Lewis and The Ramones.
It's About Time... recorded live at the Tennessee State Prison for Women (Margaritaville/Island, 1995) drew rave reviews from Time, USA Today and The Village Voice . After its release, Marshall and her band (The Love Slaves) toured with Jimmy Buffett, playing for over a million people. The following year, they went in the studio and recorded Love Slave . According to Marshall , being a "love slave" is a way of life. "We're all slaves to something," she says, "....might as well be love!"
In 1998, Marshall began exploring new outlets for her creativity. One was theater. She and songwriting pal Matraca Berg contributed fourteen songs to Good Ol' Girls , a country musical based on the stories of Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle. The New York Times called it a "feminist literary country music review." Good Ol' Girls continues to play theaters throughout the Southeast and was broadcast on UNC-TV in 2009.
Marshall 's first book , Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller ( St. Martin 's Press), was published in September 2003. Simultaneously, a companion CD was released. Her second book is called THEY CAME TO NASHVILLE.
(Look for early 2010 release.)
It features stories and interviews with Kris Kristofferson, Mary Gauthier, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Bobby Bare, Miranda Lambert, Bobby Bradddock, Terri Clark, Eddie Angel (Los Straitjackets), Don Henry, John Hiatt, Ashley Cleveland, Gary Nicholson, and Willie Nelson.
SOLATIDO is a five-day retreat for aspiring and seasoned songwriters. Here's a chance to get away from real life and make time for your work in the company of other writers. At SOLATIDO you will also learn from some of the best singer/songwriters working in the region.
PARTICIPANTS, whether beginning or accomplished writers, will have a chance to learn from each other in a new format--in Tuesday morning peer workshops and then our usual whole group showcase of works-in-progress on Tuesday night. We will also be at Wildacres with the Duke University Writers Workshop. Solatido participants will have a chance to sit in on some Duke faculty presentations and the Duke group will also join us for the guest artist's concert and late night jam sessions.
THE GOAL OF THE RETREAT is to provide a relaxing environment where we can share our music in a noncompetitive atmosphere of professional support and encouragement.
In 2009 our guest singer/songwriter, Marshall Chapman, will present a workshop and then perform in the Wildacres auditorium on Wednesday evening, September 30.
TUITION includes room (single or double) and all meals. See registration page for details. |
