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Clare Burson

Sun., Dec. 5, 7 p.m., $10, with Dinosaur Feathers and Shannon Pelcher, Manhattan Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 215-739-5577, themanhattanroom.com.

by Patrick Rapa

Published: Dec 1, 2010

[ folk/singer-songwriter ]

Aswirl in intimate sensory images and passionate delivery, Clare Burson's Silver and Ash (Rounder) sounds like a deeply personal record. And it is, on one level, but much of its subjects and stories actually come from her Jewish grandmother's escape from Germany in 1938. You don't need to know that to enjoy this pretty, intimate song cycle, but it does give all the gravity some extra weight.

Sun., Dec. 5, 7 p.m., $10, with Dinosaur Feathers and Shannon Pelcher, Manhattan Room, 15 W. Girard Ave., 215-739-5577, themanhattanroom.com.

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