Folk Duo of  Cindy Mangsen and Steve Gillette

Concert: Saturday January 6th 2001 8pm

Since their marriage in April, 1989, Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen have been traveling, performing and recording together.  Their albums “Live in Concert”, recorded at the Ark in Ann Arbor, and  “The Light of the Day”, their sequel duet album, are available on CD and cassette.

Singer-songwriter Steve Gillette is considered to be among the finest. Since Ian and Sylvia first recorded “Darcy Farrow” in 1966, Steve’s songs have been recorded by dozens of major artists including Garth Brooks, John Denver, Waylon Jennings, Anne Murray, The Oak Ridge Boys, Tony Rice, Kenny Rogers, Linda Ronstadt, Spanky and Our Gang, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jennifer Warnes, Don Williams and Tammy Wynette.

Accompanying herself on guitar, banjo, English concertina, or mountain dulcimer, Cindy’s repertoire ranges from haunting Scottish ballads to songs by writers as diverse as Jack Hardy and Jean Ritchie. Cindy began performing professionally in 1976 and has traveled extensively since that time.

Steve Gillette sings easily and smoothly, in a mellow voice free of any affectation. He writes thoughtful, perceptive, unpretentious songs, which refrain from elevating every situation of life worthy of comment to some cosmic significance. He always keeps his subjects in perspective and by doing so refines the sensitivities of his listeners.  He plays the guitar with an impressive mastery of technique which manifests itself in a rhythmic precision rarely equaled.  All the components of fine music are here: a very pleasing voice, solid musicianship, and a keenly perceptive eye and ear.  Steve Gillette is one of the best songwriters in the folk idiom and an equally good performer.

Sing Out Magazine says of Cindy “This beautiful American folk soprano is as much a master of Anglo-Scottish tradition as many better-known singers from across the pond; gorgeous pure vocals”.