The Cedar Presents
THE BAREFOOT MOVEMENT HOLIDAY SHOW!
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 / Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
All Ages
Seated
$20 Advance, $25 Day of Show
This is a seated show with general admission, first-come-first-served seating. The Cedar is happy to reserve seats for patrons who require special seating accommodations. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our Access page.
General Admission tickets are available online.
ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Barefoot Movement invites you to join them for their holiday celebration performance. You’ll hear acoustic renditions of everything from Chuck Berry’s “Run Run Rudolph” to Perry Como’s “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas” and emotional takes on the more tender songs of the season like “Oh Holy Night” and “Hark The Herald Angels Sing.” Surrounded by stories and holiday memories from the band, the music and cheer will fill you with an enduring feeling of love and hope that will warm your heart throughout the year!
THE BAREFOOT MOVEMENT
Since 2011, progressive acoustic band The Barefoot Movement has been recording and touring internationally, winning the 2014 IBMA momentum award, and releasing three studio albums as well as a live album, a holiday album, two EP’s, and a covers collection. They’ve been a tight knit group of four, with a loyal fan base in the bluegrass world. But when the pandemic brought their momentum to a halt, the four-piece ensemble began to fragment, with bandmates moving in different directions during the forced hiatus.
The Barefoot Movement co-founders and married couple Noah Wall and Tommy Norris found themselves facing a decision in regard to the band; to call it quits, or to bring it through a renaissance and find a new way forward. “Tommy and I started this band with a vision to be the ‘Fleetwood Mac’ of bluegrass”, explains Wall “in the sense that it would be a true four-piece band with multiple lead singers…I never talked publicly about Tommy and I being a couple, because I wanted to give every member we recruited their own identity within our band, and it wasn’t just about Tommy and I, that wasn’t important.”
But the change turned into a new beginning for Wall and Norris, who are taking the opportunity to step out as the band’s front people, and further explore the possibilities of what The Barefoot Movement could be. “It feels like the end of that Fleetwood Mac dream, but it has also challenged Tommy and me to get comfortable with sharing ourselves, and all of the different influences that we share both within and outside of Bluegrass. Historically, the songs we’ve recorded were primarily mine and Tommy’s, but co-arranged by whatever members we had at the time, so that had a big influence on which songs we chose to work up. But now that it’s back to just the two of us, I think we are finally ready to tell our story.”
Norris and Wall met in high school in Granville County, North Carolina, where Wall was involved in theater and also played the fiddle. Norris had a rock band, and asked Wall to sing with them. “I said no”, she laughs, “I was just too busy at the time!”. But when Norris later brought a guitar to English class and performed as part of a school project, Wall was immediately taken by his abilities. “I wrote him a seven-page letter begging him to play music with me”, she says. Thus, the original barefoot movement was born.
Years and many life experiences later, the couple has found themselves right back at their beginnings; exploring the music they can make together as a duo, and with a hired band behind them. The result is the triumphant “Let It Out”, an upcoming collection of original songs penned and performed by Wall and Norris, joined by many friends and guests, including former bandmates Katie Blomarz (bass), Alex Conerly (guitar), and current touring guitarist Ben Howington. Releasing a single at a time, in an effort to give each song a life of its own, the complete album will be available in 2024.
To learn more about The Barefoot Movement:
"I’ll be home for Christmas” by The Barefoot Movement- Video courtesy of The Barefoot Movement's Official Youtube Channel.