CANNON BEACH – Blues singer Mary Flower will make a rare club appearance from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Cafe.

Flower is renowned for a uniquely personal vision of roots music that blends ragtime, acoustic blues, and folk – technically dazzling yet grounded in the down-to-earth simplicity of early 20th-century American music. With eight albums under her belt, Flower has earned rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for her unassuming vocals, but it’s her instrumental skill – a mastery of the difficult Piedmont blues guitar that takes most players a lifetime to hone – for which Flower is most celebrated. Her fingerpicking forms the basis of a heavily syncopated, ragtime-based style wherein the thumb plucks a strong rhythmic base as the fingers etch out the melody. She also excels at lap slide guitar, allowing her to infuse songs with a supremely delicate, plaintive sound that is hers alone while recalling the blues giants of the past. Flower performs and teaches internationally, and has released several instructional DVDs, including a few for highly regarded Homespun Tapes.

There is no cover charge but reservations are encouraged. The Wine Bar is limited to ages 21 and older.

The Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Cafe is located at 271 N. Hemlock St. and can be reached at (503) 436-1539 or visit www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com