Folk justice: Rachel Baiman grew up in Chicago with a radical economist and a social worker for parents. Everything was about social justice and left-leaning politics, she says, and
folk music and bluegrass were an escape from the worries of current events. As an adult, she moved to Nashville and became a multi-instrumentalist, touring the world and playing fiddle for artists such as Kacey Musgraves. In 2017, she says she finally found her own voice on her acclaimed record, Shame. That voice, Baiman realized, isn’t one that tries to escape the values she grew up with, but one that brings folk music and politics together.
Friday 2/28. $12-15, 7pm. The Prism Coffeehouse at C’ville Coffee, 1301 Harris St. 978-4335.
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