Modern-folk duo Friction Farm will return to Sundilla on Friday, January 24. Showtime at the AUUF (450 E. Thach Avenue in Auburn) is 7:30. Advance tickets are just $20 and can be found at Spicer’s Music, Ross House Coffee, and online at sundillamusic.com; admission at the door will be $25. Students can pay just $15 at the door. Free coffee, tea, water and snacks will be available, and the audience is always welcome to bring their own favorite food or beverage.
Friction Farm is a husband and wife team of traveling troubadours. Aidan Quinn and Christine Stay combine storytelling, social commentary and humor to create songs of everyday life, local heroes, and quirky observations. Their lyrically rich, harmony-driven songs earned them spots as Kerrville New Folk Finalists, Falcon Ridge Emerging Artists, and South Florida Folk Festival Songwriter winners. Friction Farm’s latest CD, “Evidence of Hope,” reached #10 on the Folk Radio Chart. Friction Farm feels at home on the road and on stage. Audiences lean into their stories, laugh at their humor, are inspired to do a little good in the world, and sing along once in a while.
He’s from Berkeley CA, she’s from Woodstock NY. When not touring Aidan does some woodworking and Christine bakes. They have a big garden and a small orchard at the sustainable home they designed and built in South Carolina. That they bother to garden though away from home half the year tells you all you really need to know about these two. Once upon a time they had the sort of careers their parents could brag about. Aidan has a degree in geology and managed to put people first in his corporate career. Christine was once a materials engineer but much prefers studying the molecular bonds of words and music.
Aidan and Christine read. A lot. Friction Farm released a CD of songs inspired by books and, although they don’t plan another, they continue to use books as a source of inspiration. In order to help promote a love of reading and promote literacy among children under age ten, Friction Farm has also written and recorded a collection of songs inspired by children’s books.
“infectiously hummable tunes” – New Times Magazine Miami FL
“intricate harmonies which are reminiscent of 1960s classics with a modern twist” – Sun Journal New Bern NC
Their well-written songs cover a wide gamut and their delivery is spot on. They should be much better known.” — Rich Warren, Host WFMT’s Folk Stage and Midnight Special
SERFA Official Showcase (Smoke Mirrors / Headed For a Fall / Wishes)