GARDINER — David Wilcox will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at Johnson Hall in Gardiner. All seats are $28 and can be purchased at www.johnsonhall.org or by contacting Johnson Hall at 207-582-7144 from noon to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.

Considered a songwriter’s songwriter, his songs have been covered by artists such as K.D. Lang and many others. In addition to his writing prowess, his skills as a performer and storyteller are unmatched. He holds audiences rapt with nothing more than a single guitar, thoroughly written songs, a fearless ability to mine the depths of human emotions of joy, sorrow and everything in between, and all tempered by a quick and wry wit.

From songs such as “Guilty By Degree” and “Bail My Boat,” where the writer finds himself navigating the shoals of life, through “It’ll Work On You,” where he slyly uses a story about cars to describe the therapy of songwriting, to the haunting finale of “Single Candle,” the songs on blaze create a path that Wilcox invites you to follow. As Wilcox describes that last song, “Single Candle” is about Martin Luther King and the words that struck a match and lit a flame that is still bringing light to the world. “This song is my way of making peace with how little each one of us can do. No single match burns for very long, but it is enough.”

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