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10-1-2006 The Nashville Scene
ADRIENNE YOUNG & LITTLE SADIE Plenty of artists have made use of agrarian imagery in their songwriting (think Guy Clark’s “Homegrown Tomatoes” or Robert Earl Keen’s “Farm Fresh Onions”), but few have obsessed over the fruits of the earth as much as Adrienne Young. The Nashville singer-songwriter has a way of organically merging artistry and activism without either suffering. She plays sparkling old-time folk music, her clear soprano and clawhammer banjo playing augmented by Little Sadie, a solid four-piece backing band. Young is innovative in her plugs for local agriculture. Each copy of her 2004 debut, Plow to the End of the Row, came with a seed packet (a booklet of Ben Franklin’s thirteen virtues"ideological seeds"accompanied last year’s well-received follow-up, the Art of Virtue), and it’s not uncommon to see produce grown by local farmers displayed alongside her own wares in the merch booth. This show is no exception"Young is calling it “Good Food For Good People,” and starting off the evening with a cornucopia of locally grown fruits and vegetables. Exit/In "JEWLY HIGHT







