HONESDALE, PA — Vienna Carroll will perform at The Cooperage, 1030 Main St. on Saturday, September 5 at 7 p.m. Carroll will perform her latest project, Folk First: Black Roots Music, which features Carroll on vocals and Keith Johnston on guitar. Carroll is a singer, playwright, actor, historian, and herbalist. She received a BA in African American Studies and Political Science from Yale University.

“[I] learned music from the Black Ladies of [my] youth, including [my] fearsome great-grandmother, who played country and western guitar to Minnie Pearl on Saturday night radio and proper Pentecostal chords in church on Sunday,” said Carroll.

Folk First: Black Roots Music presents early African American work songs, prison songs, and spirituals. “This is the music that preceded jazz, blues and gospel.” says Carroll. She explores this rich and often misrepresented genre and its direct relationship to the music of contemporary artists such as the late rap icon Biggie Smalls and singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and fashion designer Pharrell Williams.

BYOB. Donations collected at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Visit www.thecoo perageproject.org or call 570/253-2020.