No one captures real emotion like Olivia Quillio. That’s not surprising considering the Troy, NY based singer/songwriter has essentially been honing her craft since childhood. With a voice beyond her years, Quillio’s always had more in common with Billie Holiday and Joni Mitchell than the pop stars she’s grown up with. But her ability to split the difference - blending her influences in folk and jazz with pop accessibility; creates utterly enthralling moments of heartbreak and triumph. Her style is a breath of fresh air; approaching her personal defeats and victories in a way that’s not always pretty, that doesn’t always paint her in the best light but it is refreshingly honest. Old School Record Review calls her newest album, Get Down & Pray (2015), “beautiful and emotive”. www.oliviaquillio.com Hosted by the Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, and funded in part by the Friends of Crandall Public Library and the New York State Council on the Arts-Folk Arts Program, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.