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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Democrat Special Writer
The accolade of virtuoso is generally reserved for classical artists who perform under the conductor’s baton in symphonic concert halls.
But Cathy Fink, the folk and country music star who will appear Friday night at the Gay Street Theater in Washington, Va., deserves the honor every bit as much as highbrow performers. She might be a lowbrow banjo player who flails country and bluegrass tunes and down home ditties rather than uptown sonatas and concertos, but she’s no less the virtuoso.
Her fingers blur as she clawhammers, a single finger hitting the strings on the downstroke, no picks, no plucks. Her banjo rings with the rhythm country dancers need, the pulsating cadence begging for doggers’ flying feet.
Her rich, earthy voice is stronger and bigger than her compact 5-foot-4 frame should produce. On country swing and rockabilly numbers, it strikes just the right note of light liveliness; on songs of love and loss, its timbre changes, taking on greater depth and resonance. Never is there a trace of nasal twang.
Even her yodels are throaty.
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