“Winterbloom a budding folk supergroup”
by Dan Gewertz
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This year’s Lilith Fair boasts some big names. But there’s major under-the-radar talent getting top billing, too.
Hundreds of female-fronted bands and solo women songwriters vied for a chance to perform at Lilith’s New England stop Friday at the Comcast Center. The winner of the prize gig was Winterbloom, a supergroup of four darlings from the local folk scene: Antje Duvekot, Anne Heaton, Meg Hutchinson and Natalia Zukerman. All four are performing songwriters with successful solo careers.
And to make their appearance even more special, Somerville-based folk singer Rose Polenzani, who played the last Lilith Fair in 1999, will perform as Winterbloom’s special guest.
Duvekot, Hutchinson, Heaton and Zukerman first played together in 2008 at a Campfire Festival at Club Passim in Cambridge. The audience response was so enthusiastic, the women came together as Winterbloom and recorded 2009’s “Winterbloom: Traditions Rearranged.” The focus was on winter and holiday songs, but not typical Christmas fare.
“We wanted to create our own traditions,” said Zukerman, daughter of famed violinist Pinchas Zukerman. “We wanted to be a throwback to a time when you got together in the dead of winter to warm yourself with song.”
Now Winterbloom will flower in midsummer atthe reborn Lilith Fair. Zukerman is thrilled to be opening a touring festival that played a historic role in the evolution of women’s music. She attended the initial Lilith Fair.
“Now there are so many more opportunities for women. Yet it’s not outdated,” she said. “We go to large events to feel a part of something bigger. Humans need contact and safe spaces. Those spaces should be celebrated and I’m hoping Lilith still will be.”
