Adrienne Young Brings Simple Style and Moral Lyrics to WV

To Adrienne Young, it's everyday choices - not grand gestures - that add up to a virtuous life, and she's crafted her sophomore album around that concept.

Fusing past and present in her pop-inflected old time music, Young applies a worldly compassion, a poet's pen and a spirit of independence and self-reliance to her latest release Art of Virtue released June of'05 on her own Addiebelle Records (distributed by Virtual Label / Ryko).

Inspired by Ben Franklin's Thirteen Virtues (justice, frugality and humility, to name three) and stories from an older and perhaps wiser America, Young expands upon the themes of cultivation and stewardship so beautifully asserted on her acclaimed debut Plow to the End of the Row.

With Virtue, Young makes a statement both personal and universal, both idealistic and constructive.

Young produced Art of Virtue with able assistance from long-time collaborator Will Kimbrough and acoustic recording genius Gary Paczosa.

Young will be playing at the Purple Fiddle in Thomas, WV, at 8 p.m. tonight.