Date/Time:
08/9/2015 | Sunday | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location:
University United Methodist Church
2409 Guadalupe St.
Austin,TX
78705
Categories
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Jennifer Knapp will be in Austin on Sunday, August 9, 2015, for a 7 pm concert at University United Methodist Church, a progressive LGBTQ-affirming community of faith adjacent to the University of Texas. Knapp, a former contemporary Christian music singer, shocked her fan base in 2010 when she returned to music as an out lesbian rock artist after a seven-year hiatus. Since then, she’s opened up about the details of her personal evolution from a closeted Christian musician to an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ concerns. She’s shared her story through a popular TEDx talk and a widely viewed interview on Larry King Live, and she’s been featured in a variety of publications including Out magazine.
“There are moments where I think I must be nuts for doing this, because I know putting my story out there will invite more backlash from the most conservative members of the Christian community,” Knapp said in a recent interview with the Advocate. “But when we stand up and tell our stories we encourage others to do the same, and that’s what’s needed to move the conversation between the church and the LGBT community forward. More of us need to tell our stories, because at the end of the day it’s our basic human experience that connects all of us.”
Knapp’s beautifully intimate new album “Set Me Free” puts her uncommon honesty front and center, solidifying her return to a music career set on her own terms. “Set Me Free,” released on Righteous Babe Records, is Knapp’s second mainstream folk rock release after she left her Grammy-nominated Contemporary Christian Music career behind. While her transition away from Christian music and public coming out as a lesbian have made her a lightning rod for controversy, “Set Me Free” is an album full not of anger but of love, with intimate arrangements providing the backdrop for stories of romance, friendship and faith.
“Set Me Free” focuses on how we interact with one another, how we affect others and how other people, places or life events affect us, shaping us into who we are and how we hope to be heard and understood. “Much of this record centers around intimate conversations between two people,” explains Knapp. “Some songs are between lovers, others friends and some who are going separate ways. Each song is a moment of some pivotal point of declaration or need for understanding from one person or one idea to another.”
Jennifer Knapp in Concert
Sun. Aug. 9, 2015 at 7 pm
University United Methodist Church, 2409 Guadalupe St., Austin, Texas 78759
Tickets are $10 via Brown Paper Tickets
