Siusan O'Rourke and Zig Zeitler coming to Wealthy Theatre | Arts & Culture

Smokin’ Sleddog Records will present “An Evening Of Irish Music With Siusan O’Rourke And Zig Zeitler” on Friday March 9, 2012 at 8pm in the Koning Room at The Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids Michigan.

Smokin’ Sleddog Records Artists Zig Zeitler and Siusan O’Rourke are Mid Michigan’s most versatile couple: performers, singers, songsmiths, multi-instrumentalists, cancer activists, purveyors of roots Americana and proprietors of the White Crow Conservatory, one of the state’s premier folk venues. But it’s the music of the Irish-American heartland by which Zig and Siusan are best known.

Siusan is the daughter of a first-generation Irish family from Brooklyn New York, one of countless American blossoms from a rich, ancient culture. Whether it’s one of her originals or a song from deep in the tradition, in Gaelic or English, Siusan O’Rourke’s dark alto voice is as enveloping as the Irish mist, and as warm as a peat fire. A seasoned and versatile musician, Zig Zeitler brings long experience playing every kind of American roots music to the duo’s repertoire, particularly his dextrous instrumental skills on guitar, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, and especially the Irish bouzouki. Together Zig and Siusan bring years of craft and performing savvy to the stage, 21st-century artists embodying the best that Irish seeds have produced from American soil.

Siusan and Zig have played at Irish festivals in New York, Massachusetts, Mississippi and Michigan and at venues throughout the United States and Ireland. NPR’s Bill Margeson described O’Rourke and Zeitler as “...one of the strongest Irish American duos out there! Great vocals, great instrumentals. We love this pair!”

The concert will take place at The Wealthy Theatre in The Koning  Micro-Cinema Room 1130 Wealthy SE Grand Rapids MI 49506 on Friday March 9, 2012 at 8pm. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door (member discounts are available) and are available at  The Wealthy Theatre box office (616) 459-4788 ext 131 from 2-7pm or online at www.grcmc.org/theatre.