Following the devastating tornadoes that swept through Southeast Kentucky in May, one locally raised musician is stepping up to raise money for those in need.
Lexington-born, Nashville-based Christian country music singer Anne Wilson recently announced that she’d be hosting a benefit concert for tornado relief at the Corbin Arena on Aug. 11. All proceeds will benefit The Foundation For Appalachian Kentucky and The Sheppard Family Foundation, the latter of which is operated by London natives and former UK athletes Jeff, Stacey and Reed Sheppard.
The in-person and livestreamed concert will be Wilson’s first in Kentucky since last June when she headlined and recorded a live album inside the Lexington Opera House, but that’s not where her ties to the storm-ravaged area end. Wilson’s father is from nearby Barbourville, her late brother Jacob — who died in a car crash in 2017 — was born in London and her family owns a farm on the outskirts of Corbin. Although her family and friends were not directly impacted, Wilson says the disaster still hit close to home and left her reeling for those who were hurting…