The stage at Chandler Music Hall was one of singer/songwriter Myra Flynn's first performance venues.

She returns to that stage with guests Anais Mitchell and Colin McCaffrey in a CD-release celebration on Saturday September 26 at 7:30 p.m.

A free reception with the artists follows the performance.

Myra's recently released CD "Crooked Measures" has gotten strong reviews. It includes all original material and reflects a mature songwriter blending emotional lyrics with soulful vocals and homespun arrangements.

Her indie/folk/soul vocal stylings have been compared to the likes of Adele, Erykah Badu, Tracy Chapman, and Norah Jones. As a songwriter, she counts Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading and Carly Simon among her "throwback" influences.

Writing for the Times Argus, music reviewer Art Edelstein predicts, "Flynn will garner national attention like fellow Vermonters Phish and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have already done."

Live shows reveal Myra's engaging stage presence, and she maintains a busy performance schedule in Vermont, New York, Boston and beyond. A versatile musician, Myra offers up performances as an intimate solo act, a duo with frequent musical collaborator Paul Boffa as "Quiet Songs", or with one of two tight, but very distinct sounding bands - "Spark" and "The Myra Flynn Band." In each format, Myra delivers earnest original songs and obscure covers to her growing fan base.

Myra has shared a stage with artists Ivan Neville, Alexa Ray Joel, Anais Mitchell, Slick Rick, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. At age 16, she was recruited into the music world by a well-known R&B label, and at the time felt pressured to join the image/vocal stylings of such artists as Beyonce and Ashanti.

Family illness drew her back to Vermont where she finished her degree at Norwich University. She recalls that she was "making lemonade out of what were lemons at that time, and it's worked out really well." Myra admits that she didn't give Vermont a chance when she was younger, in those "angsty teenage years". In Vermont she's gotten the chance to flex her musical muscles and strengthen her song-writing skills. Myra confesses a love for Burlington, the people who have received her music so warmly, and the region's acceptance of diversity.

While some composers hear a melody or guitar line first, Myra's first attention is to lyrics. "I'm definitely a lyrics girl. I really need the lyrics to be solid." She draws upon life experience and characterizes herself as "a confessional person; it's no strange thing for me to wear my heart on my sleeve just in a conversation, so it's no different for me musically to reach down and share that with an audience."

Myra Flynn's performance is sponsored by Chandler, with generous support from Chittenden Bank, The Herald, and Gifford Medical Center, and media sponsorship from The Point. Chandler Music Hall is wheelchair accessible. Reserved tickets are $15. They may be ordered conveniently online at www.chandler-arts.org, or by calling the Chandler Box Office at 802-728-6464.