The Shawl Performed by Doug Burr

CD Release, The Modern’s Auditorium, Door opens at 8 pm.

10:20–11:30 pm Doug Burr

9:20–10 pm Telegraph Canyon

8:30–9 pm Tim Locke of Calhoun

Tickets are $12 in advance and day of show.

Advance tickets available at http://spune.frontgatetickets.com/.

“I had been thinking about doing a project of Psalms arranged to music since about 2003,” Doug Burr writes. “Of course, that’s how most of the Psalms were intended to be presented when they were written—set to music.” A project that haunted the margins of Burr’s mind for nearly five years, The Shawl was recorded, with help from Promenade producer Britton Beisenherz, in the teeny Texas town of Tehuacana, which boasts a population of 307. Sensing the special nature of the sessions, which transpired in Texas Hall, a building dating to the 1860s and assembled by an English stonemason on the former campus of Trinity University, Burr enlisted the help of fellow artists Steven Collins, Josh Pearson of Lift to Experience, Emil Rapstine, Chelsea Callahan and Glen Farris. Burr explains that these words have the universal ability to speak across generations, nationalities, and classes with authenticity and ache. This is a beautiful record, with beautiful sounds, and beautiful artwork. The Shawl will be available at the show for $12.