The Americana Project is pleased to host Austin singer-songwriter Patrice Pike and her guitarist, Hunter Hendrickson, for a very special night of music in the Pagosa Springs High School auditorium at 7pm on Wednesday, April 30.
Tickets are available only at the door the evening of the show. The doors will open at 6:30pm. Students from the Pagosa Springs High School Americana Project will open the show at 7pm. Pike and Hendrickson will start around 8pm and will be joined by the students for
the encore.
Ms. Pike’s music defies definition within one particular genre. It’s part rock, part R&B; part soul, jazz and Americana. And that’s not to mention all the world influences. For listeners of Pike’s music, they would describe it not as a genre, but as an experience.
Music is meant to inspire, to evoke emotion, to create a shared experience of the human condition. Her music and well-crafted lyrics create their own melodic solution to how we can navigate a world full of heartbreak with hope. Even when her songs address hard topics such as poverty, gun control and different forms of tragedy, Pike’s music is always about hope and finding the strength to continue.
Originally from Dallas, Pike moved to Austin in 1992 and was the front woman of the Austin jam band Little Sister aka Sister Seven. They released a number of well-received studio albums, including “This the Trip,” which gained Billboard Chart recognition for its track “Know What You Mean.”
After Sister Seven disbanded, Pike continued to play with Sister Seven’s lead guitarist, Wayne Sutton, and has released several studio and live albums. In 2017, Pike and Sutton founded a new musical project, aptly called Pike and Sutton, and released the album “Heart is a Compass” in April 2020. They were scheduled to tour internationally after playing the Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2019. After the implosion of the live music business due to the pandemic, Pike has re-grouped and is currently working with Hendrickson and John Bush, both formerly of Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, among other projects. They are developing a
new collection of music together with their band for release in 2025.
Please join us for an amazing evening of music and help support these fine young musicians and the Americana Project program.