Regina Carter

Gig Alert: Regina Carter

Music Hub | Apr 2, 2014

ARTIST: Regina Carter

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Regina Carter, "Trampin'"

GIG: Wednesday night at Birdland ($40)

Like many great musicians, jazz violinist Regina Carter is something of an anthropologist: peeling back the layers of history that accrue around time-worn melodies. She sat with old Southern folk recordings at the Library of Congress to create the songs on her new album Southern Comfort. Here’s one called “Trampin’.” You can catch Regina Carter tonight through Saturday at Birdland. 

BONUS: Watch the behind-the-scenes making of Southern Comfort:

 

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