Twenty years ago Zelda Grey was at Orlando Fringe in a long-form improv show called E Pluribus Unum; two years ago, she finally returned after traveling the world with A Particular Set of Skills, a scripted storytelling show. Now, for her second solo, she’s further demonstrating her expansive artistic range in Liquid Sunshine, a casual concert delving into her rich catalog of original folk-rock songs.
Describing herself as the type of woman who causes a ruckus with her very existence, Grey says she started writing songs as a way of giving herself permission to exorcise the chatter inside her head, and she continues putting herself in that scary space for the sake of expression. “Liquid sunshine” is the perfect phrase to describe Zelda’s whiskey-warmed singing voice, which can shift in a beat from a gentle breeze into a bellowing blizzard, as well as the sound of her dexterous acoustic finger-picking. But it also applies to her open-hearted personality, which she expresses through intimate between-songs patter and achingly introspective lyrics.
There’s been a recent resurgence of interest in American roots music, thanks largely to the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. If there’s any justice in the arts, Zelda Grey should be able to surf that wave to success at Orlando Fringe with her emotion-filled folk odes about making friends with difficult feelings.
Liquid Sunshine
Brown Venue, Lowndes Shakespeare Center
60 minutes; 18 & up
$10
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This article appears in May 7-13, 2025.