Grammy-winning critics favorite singer-songwriter to play Musikfest Cafe

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A singer-songwriter who's a two-time Grammy Award winner and eight-time nominee will perform at Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center in Bethlehem.

She'll be joined by a Canadian singer-songwriter who in the early 2000s had a Top 40 album in the United States, and another that hit No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart.

The critically acclaimed Patty Griffin, who won Grammys for Best Folk Album in 2020 and Best Traditional Gospel Album in 2011, will perform at 8 p.m. July 16.

Griffin will be joined by Kathleen Edwards, whose 2008 album "Asking for Flowers" topped the Heatseekers chart and 2012 album "Voyager" hit the Top 40 overall.

Tickets to An Evening with Patty Griffin & Kathleen Edwards, at $44–$79, go on sale at noon Friday, April 17,at the ArtsQuest website or the box office at ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.

Griffin, in 30 years of recording, has never had a Top 30 album or a single charting song. But her critical success had her receive the 2007 Artist of the Year Award from the Americana Music Association.

And in 2023, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Honors & Awards.

In 2011, Griffin's album "Downtown Church" won the Grammy for Best Traditional Gospel Album, and her 2019 self-titled album won the Grammy for Best Folk Album.

She has received eight Grammy nominations, with the first in 2003 for Best Contemporary Folk Album for her third album, "1000 Kisses."

Her first Grammy win came for "Downtown Church."

This year, her latest album "Crown of Roses," was nominated for Best Folk Album.

In 2010, she was part of former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's Band of Joy, and performed on Plant's 2010 album of the same name.

Edwards has released six albums, the latest of which was last year's "Billionaire." Four of the discs have hit Billboard's Top 200 chart, with the highest charting being 2012's "Voyager" at No. 39.