Hey Lady publication is hosting the release of Issue 9 with a one night only pop-up exhibit and sale of the original Karen Dalton portraits included in the issue.

Karen Dalton (1937-1993) was a Cherokee folk blues singer, guitarist and banjo player. Spending her early life in Texas and Oklahoma, she became part of the Greenwich Village music scene in the 1960’s.

Exclusively performing songs written by others, she brought herself to them with her unique singing. You can hear her whole life in her voice, which holds its lived experience in its sweet and sad sound. She didn’t follow a conventional path of success in the music scene, but rather led an authentic, creative and mysterious life.

She recorded two albums in her lifetime, Its So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best (1969) and In My Own Time (1977). She died at age 55 of AIDS in Woodstock, New York. Since then her albums have been reissued and four other releases of her work have been made.

DJ Mira Mira will be playing records all night & there will be complimentary mezcal paloma cocktails provided by Chango Loco Mezcal.

This event is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin and Co-Lab Projects.