With a 20-year background studying polyphonic music around the world,Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon,Lynn Rowan, and Will Rowanshare a vibrant energy onstage with a blending of voices that can only come from decadesof friendship alongside dedicated practice. The ensemble shifts effortlessly between drastically different styles of music,drawing their audience along on a journey that spans continents and centuries, illuminating and expanding on theprofound power and variation of the human voice. The singers educate as they entertain, sharing stories about their songsand explaining the context and characteristics of the styles in which they sing.BBC Traveling Folkdescribes Windborne as“subverting expectations and redefining the genre [of vocal music]... justabsolutely phenomenal!”Audiences and critics lavish praise upon the singers not only for their technical mastery, but forthe passion, engagement, and connection with each other and the audience that imbues each performance with a rare power.But there’s another, crucial dimension to Windborne that guides and roots their artistry. They are adherents to folk music’slongtime alliance with social activism, labor and civil rights, and other movements that champion the oppressed, thepoor, and the disenfranchised. Their 2017 project,Song on the Times, is a collection of songs of social struggle from thepast 400 years, sung for the struggles of today. Bursting with lyrics that, while penned decades or centuries ago, still ringtrue in modern times, Windborne’s dynamic harmonies breathe new life into these songs. The group was unexpectedlypropelled into the limelight when a video of them singingSong of the Lower Classes, (originally from the 1840s inEngland) outside Trump Tower went viral in 2017, prompting their shift into touring full time. (tinyurl.com/SOTLC)Windborne spent the pandemic developing and recording their 4th album,Of Hard Times & Harmony. This latest projectcontinues to explore themes of social consciousness, singing in four languages and showcasing the depth of emotion theirvoices can evoke, as well as the moments of hilarity and wit that audiences will recognize from live performances. Thegroup is committed to bringing vocal traditions to a younger audience and over the past year has found surprisingly viralsuccess on TikTok for such unlikely genres as Corsican polyphony or early 20th century labor anthems.Having performed around the world asCultural Ambassadors with the US Department of State, and in 2,000 seattheaters with productions likeA Christmas Celtic Sojourn, the singers of Windborne remain grounded in their musicand passionate about their message and comfortable in venues of any size. Their vast repertoire enables the group to tailorthe theme and content of each show to perfectly suit their audience