Friday, October 2 at 9:30 pm • Jackson Theatre – Not recommended for childrenMinton Sparks fuses an intoxicating gift for storytelling with wildly original poetry in performances that paint vivid images of being raised in and around the rural South. Her signature blend of spoken word and music has taken her from the venerable Old Town School of Folk Music to Lincoln Center and the Grand Ole Opry. Her performances are accompanied by acclaimed guitarist John Jackson, best known for his work with Bob Dylan.

“Imagine, if you will, Flannery O’Connor and the ghost of Hank Williams having an affair that results in the birth of an illegitimate child … I have seen Minton Sparks. And if she’s not the ghost child of the woman who wrote Wise Blood and the man who sang “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive,” then cotton doesn’t grow in a cotton field.” — Marshall Chapman, Garden & Gun Magazine