Performance
Date
Thursday,
June 2
Raised on
Canadian folk music, dead teenager ballads from the
50's and the Beatles on a 465-acre commune in rural
Virginia, the twenty-one-year-old Sproule began
touring nationally at the age of sixteen, sometimes
performing with the accompaniment of a rock band.
Although the rock-influenced sounds featured on Long
Sleeve Story, released in 2001 and produced by Dave
Matthews Band bassist Stefan
Lessard (who also appears on the record) brought
Sproule's name to the public eye, it is the music on
Upstate Songs that will establish her as a
considerable, mature songwriting talent. In
"Plea For A Good Night's Rest," the
album's opening track, Sproule measures a good night
sleep as a reward for a day well-spent and a life
well-lived. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar,
Sproule's angelic voice sings, "Sleep she comes
to steal the ones who/Fill their glass and leave the
rest/Whose teeth get brushed, who eat enough/And
know how to treat their friends."
For
more information on Devon, visit www.devonsproule.com.
