Female songwriters at new Driggs venue

(this piece was published by Planet JH Weekly)A breezy combination of rootsy songwriting, a delicately infectious voice, and feel good chord progressions, Arkansas-native Shannon Wurst will be making a stop in Driggs to join local singer-songwriter Mary Neil. Wurst’s worthy list of songwriting accolades proves not only the talent that she brings to the stage, but also her persistence in the singer-songwriter circuit. In 2008, she was a semi-finalist in Garrison Keillor’s Talented Twenties Contest as well as the winner of New Song Contest in Winfield, Kansas. She went on to be a Kerrville New Folk Finalist and received Arkansas Governor’s Fellowship Award in Folk Music Composition.Poetic songwriter Mary Neil, also affectionately known as Moonshine Mary, is the loving host of Grand Targhee’s popular White Lightning Invitational Open Mic in winter. Shannon Wurst with Mary Neil, 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Three Peaks Dinner Table in Driggs. Free.