In the Spotlight: Lorenza Ponce

TIMES UNION

Let's just make this perfectly clear: Lorenza Ponce is a big deal. In a world of people resting on their laurels, you're really only as good as your last gig.

Ponce's last gig at press time was playing violin in Jon Bon Jovi and Friends for the Clinton Foundation; also on the bill (besides Bill) was this guitar player, Eric Clapton.

She's also toured with Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, Hall & Oates and John Tesh, and has appeared on countless recordings, but there comes a time when you need to express your own music, and Ponce has done just that, releasing the glorious "Soul Shifter."

Here Ponce finds herself comfortably out front and center, from a spirited cover of Big Joe Williams' "Baby Please Don't Go" to her own compelling compositions, the lush "Casual Girl," soul-drenched "Remedy," faith-reaffirming "Testify" and moving "I Won't Lose Faith," which will surely be featured in her shows.

Woodstock is known for it's world-class musicians, plus Ponce knows a few herself, so you never know who might turn up for her Bearsville Theatre show.

Be there.

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