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Events & News At-a-Glance 3rd
Friday Events: Sunday
Celtic Sessions: Story:
The Introspective Music of Will Leigh
This is the day of the Bluemont Fair, so we will hopefully capture a lot of business from fairgoers as they walk from the parking lot to the fair and back. This year the proceeds will benefit the Round Hill Arts Center. In order for this to be a successful event, we will need a high level of participation. We
need: We do not plan to price individual items and will instead accept reasonable donations for items. Large-ticket
item: Please sort items into bags or boxes of similar items and label the bags/boxes with the appropriate category. All items that are not sold will be donated to another cause (very likely Blossom and Bloom in Leesburg, which benefits the Loudoun Association of Retarded Citizens (LARC) and Every Citizen has Opportunities (ECHO)). This is a great opportunity for some fall cleaning and organizing!
The Introspective Music of Will Leigh Seeing as young Will is solely employed by his own lone classical guitar and quavery yet beguiling voice, it would seem justifiable to cast him into the singer/songwriter bin, especially when considering his self professed influences are like minded such troubadours (Woody Guthrie, Elliott Smith, Daniel Johnston, and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco) but Will is reluctant to categorize himself and says, "I do not know how to classify what I play. That is something others do on their own". Will also mentions the Smiths and "although I sound nothing like them, who isn't influenced by the Beatles, they came before us all." Will's music has a strong impact on the listener. This can be attributed to the sources of his inspiration, which reveal the personal, introspective and relatable qualities of his lyrical musings for they are a true reflection of his life and experiences. Of this Will offers, "All my inspiration comes from the people I have met, the feelings I [have] felt, and the thoughts I have thought". Elaborating more on this Will brings up a good point, explaining why his music his so relatable; "but truly how different are the people I have met form the people you have met? Do humans not feel the same things century after century? [I think] we can all find ourselves in each others words". In one of Will's songs he states; "maybe some mysteries are better left untold"-a perhaps universally acknowledged philosophy that is a reflection of his personal experiences-manages to provoke meaningful questions and personal insight, and invites the mind to think and wander. It is thus, undeniable, that the beauty to Will's songcraft is his poignant subject matter, and irrevocable charm.
To email Will Leigh, click here.
Connor
Wood is a student at Loudoun Valley High School. Connor plays
guitar, writes songs, poetry, and makes paintings. Musical influences
include: Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, Joy Division, Nico,
Jim Morrison, Patti Smith, The Clash, Kate Bush, Neil Young, Nina
Simone, Teenage Jesus, and Diana Ross & the Supremes. Connor has
played at Market Street Coffee, the Broken Bean, as well as numerous
parties. Sunday
RHAC Celtic Session Next
Session: October 10
2nd Sunday of Each Month
1:00
PM - 4:00 PM
Great
coffee, sandwiches, meals and pastries are
Please
come and support the Round Hill Arts Center,
and this terrific opportunity for local music! To join the RHAC Session Google Group, click here |
When
talking to Will Leigh it is easy to see how his music came about-his
introspective output is a pure reflection of his music-and rightfully
so. This 15 year old boy of Hamilton Virginia approached music for
the same reasons the majority of artists approach their respective
craft; self expression. "Everyone has something they do or someplace
they go to sort their whirl pooling cauldron of emotions out. For
some it is simply sitting on a mountain, and letting their thoughts
work themselves out as they take in, and put out the beauty of the
nature around and in them. I do this through my songs." Will experimented
with different forms of expression before stumbling upon music;
"It just happened to be the way it worked out. They are all just
paths, perhaps going to the same place, the root of my being," he
says. Although Will's family had no musical background, it perhaps
this reason that made its pursuit all the more magical to him and
why he "chased after it with such luster".
Contributor,
Connor Wood