{"id":14495,"date":"2011-10-17T12:28:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T19:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/ruth-moody-to-perform-oct-29-in-kent-spotlight-series\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T01:30:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T08:30:35","slug":"ruth-moody-to-perform-oct-29-in-kent-spotlight-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/life\/ruth-moody-to-perform-oct-29-in-kent-spotlight-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Moody to perform Oct. 29 in Kent Spotlight Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Ruth Moody, a founding member of the internationally renowned, Billboard-charting trio The Wailin\u2019 Jennys, brings her solo project to Kent\u2019s Spotlight Series.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The <a title=\"ruth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthmoody.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Ruth Moody<\/a> Band performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Kentwood Performing Arts Center, 25800 164th Ave. S.E., in Covington.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>As a member of <a title=\"moody\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwlocalnews.com\/south_king\/ken\/entertainment\/89811317.html\" target=\"_self\">The Wailin&#8217; Jennys<\/a> and former lead singer of the Canadian roots band Scruj MacDuhk (the band that would later become The Duhks), Moody has performed in sold-out venues around the world, made numerous critically acclaimed albums, and has appeared more than a dozen times on the national radio show &#8220;A Prairie Home Companion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Although best known for her work with The Wailin\u2019 Jennys, Moody is an artist of exceptional depth and grace in her own right, according to a city of Kent Spotlight Series media release. Critics have lauded her ethereal vocals, impressive multi-instrumentalism and her talent as a songwriter. Writing with a maturity and wisdom that belies her age, her songs are timeless, universal, and exceptionally well-crafted, all sung with an intimacy and honesty that is unmistakably her own.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Tickets are $24 for adults, $22 for seniors (ages 55 and older) and $18 for youth (ages 25 and younger).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Tickets are available at <a title=\"arts\" href=\"http:\/\/kentwa.gov\/arts\/\" target=\"_self\">www.kentarts.com<\/a>, by calling 253-856-5051 or at the Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N. Hours for phone and in-person sales are 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. The box office is closed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Spotlight Series is presented by the Kent Arts Commission and Kent Parks, Recreation and Community Services.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Moody, a founding member of the internationally renowned, Billboard-charting trio The Wailin\u2019 Jennys, brings her solo project to Kent\u2019s Spotlight Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":14496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-14495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14495"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=14495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}