COYLE — When she sings to you, Jean Mann hopes to take you somewhere: for a sun-splashed walk on the sand or up on a mountain trail.
Then again, she’d just as easily invite you to sit around a table with friends, sharing news of the heart.
A neo-folk songwriter who accompanies herself with acoustic and tenor guitar, ukulele and harmonica, Mann will bring her music to rural Jefferson County for another in the Concerts in the Woods series Saturday.
For this night at the snug Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, she’s also bringing multi-instrumentalist Michael Bauer, who will add some percussion, guitar and mandolin for an Americana-flavored set.
Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is by donation, all ages are welcome and, as ever, host Norm Johnson will lay out coffee and cookies at intermission.
Mann, who’s based in Seattle, has five CDs she’s released independently.
The artist participates in songwriter competitions across the Pacific Northwest and has her original songs on compilation CDs and movie soundtracks.
Touring locally and nationally since 2000, Mann did a Concert in the Woods last summer and then took off on a European tour in October.
Songs and videos, as well as more about Mann herself, await at www.jeanmann.net and www.jeanmann.bandcamp.com.
For directions to the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road, see www.CoyleConcerts.com, phone 360-765-3449 or email johnson5485@msn.com.
