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Orchard Sessions at The Farm
Written By: Marlene Osteen | Issue: April 2023
The stories and songs will pour out of Mike Kinnebrew at an April 20 Orchard Session at The Farm at Old Edwards. Book online at oldedwardshospitality.com/orchardsessions.
For three years, singer-songwriter Mike Kinnebrew has been thrilling audiences at the Orchard Sessions at The Farm at Old Edwards. Applauded by audiences for his expressive warmth and richness of voice, Kinnebrew takes the stage on Thursday, April 20, for a program of irresistible musical storytelling that makes clear why he’s an Orchard Sessions favorite. Kinnebrew makes music that is lucid, alive, and typically delivered with a sense of wonder that he gets to air his songs at all. Though he defines himself as a “songwriter who hates writing songs,” he persists in the hopes that, “when I sing about my life, my story, my secrets, my dreams, my fears — someone out there will hear their own story, and in that moment, we are both less alone.” The past year has brought new ventures – playing on the main stage at the Brookhaven Cherry Fest where he opened for rock icon Joan Jett, performing back-to-back sold-out shows at Atlanta’s Eddies Attic, and releasing three new singles. The releases, honest and biographical, are full of sketched out dramas from his life as a father, friend, and husband, and never fail to excite on a purely musical level. In What’s Left of Me, a song written during his first few months of sobriety, he takes inventory of his life and what left. Realizing that he’s no longer young, he reflects on issues of substance abuse and the decision to stop drinking. Although In My Heart was written for a friend who was widowed shortly after her wedding day, it’s a song for anyone grieving. The composition Can’t Let Christmas Go captures the feeling of loss that we all experience as the magic of Christmas slips away. This year, Kinnebrew continues to endear listeners with his country-folk renditions – on February 10 he fulfilled a longtime dream to headline Atlanta’s Buckhead Theatre, performing for a sold-out audience. And he’s begun writing a new album, to be recorded this summer and released in the fall. He tells me that he can’t wait to return to Highlands, “to play my songs in that magical setting. Of all the shows and stages, I’ve played nothing quite matches the sweetness and purity I feel when I get to share my songs at the Orchard Sessions.” Old Edwards Inn and Half-Mile Farm hotel guests and members: $25. General Admission: $40 (Online tickets are open to the public now). Cash bar and complimentary light bites will be served.
by Marlene Osteen
