About This Show

Rachelle Garniez’ latest recording, Gone to Glory, chronicles her interpretation of songs written or made famous by a variety of dearly beloved artists, all recently departed. The project began in 2016, a year which brought shocking and unexpected losses on many fronts. David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen had all died over the last twelve months, and there was, alongside that immeasurable cultural bereavement, a national political climate of unrest and seemingly irreconcilable division. At the original 2016 Farewell Party concert people were starved for the chance to mourn and celebrate, and the Farewell Party became an annual event. The resulting Gone to Glory collection is a covers album that’s also about recovering, an uplifting assertion that while death may wreck our world, we still survive to enjoy all that’s been bequeathed.

The concert will celebrate the official March/2020 release of Gone to Glory, and features a 10-piece band with a 3-piece horn section and 2 backup singers, and will include songs originally recorded by Prince, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, and Glen Campbell.