LEWISBURG — According to a press release, Bucknell University’s Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome folk/Americana artist Charly Lowry at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 13.

There will be a pre-show artist talk with Lowry from 6:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m., facilitated by Eric Ian Farmer in the Weis Center atrium.

At 7:30 p.m. Eric Ian Farmer will open the engagement, followed by Lowry, both in the concert hall.

This engagement is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series.

Lowry, a musical powerhouse from North Carolina, is proud to be an Indigenous woman belonging to the Lumbee/Tuscarora Tribes. She is passionate about raising awareness around issues that plague underdeveloped and under-served communities.

Since her teenage years, Lowry has established a career as a professional singer-songwriter with unique passion and voice. In addition to performing solo for 10-plus years, she has been the frontwoman for the multi award-winning band, “Dark Water Rising”.

Most recently, Lowry and the members of her newest project “Charly & The Sunshine” were selected by the U.S. Department of State and American Music Abroad to participate in the 2021-2022 American Music Abroad Virtual Season.

Among her community, Native women are traditionally barred from the hand-drum and relegated to singing behind the men’s drum and/or dancing instead. Lowry defies that norm, following in the footsteps of her mentor, an artist and heir to the Tuscarora Indian Nation, Pura Fe; choosing to battle with her songs, hand drum, and guitar to deliver songs that not only tell the plight of her people but all humankind that face oppression. Robeson County, her home, is one of the most diverse counties in the U.S., and she celebrates that diversity in all aspects of her life. While she may be familiar to some from her success as a semi-finalist on American Idol, she has maintained close ties to her Native American roots and culture. It is important to her to express the struggle, sacrifice, and obstacles her people have overcome throughout history.

She serves as a voice for her ancestors, as well as the youth of today, and remains committed to music that honors roots but lives vibrantly in the here and now.

About Eric Ian Farmer

Born in State College, and raised in North Carolina, Eric Ian Farmer, a Black man with Blackfeet and Cherokee heritage, has returned to his birthplace sharing his songs about relationships, social awareness, and finding one’s path in life while keeping alive classics by artists like Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, and Bob Marley. He learned the practice of becoming one with a song from Bonnie Carter and David Williams, singers in the church of his childhood just across the North Carolina state line in Danville, Virginia. A bass in tenor’s clothing, Farmer also draws inspiration as a singer from popular artists like Bobby McFerrin, Stevie Wonder, and Jimmy Hayes (The Persuasions). And his guitar playing is inspired by the percussive stylings of rock legend Bo Diddley.

He has opened for the Soweto Gospel Choir, Bettye LaVette, Luciane Dom (Brazil), and Rusted Root; performed at Musikfest (Bethlehem PA); and served on the faculty at Folk College (Juniata College, Huntingdon PA).

Tickets can be reserved by calling 570-577-1000 or online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice.