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| Jesse Winchester - Sep 10 @ 7:30 |
David Wilcox's Open Hand was recorded in 7 days from start to finish in
December 2008 on 2 inch 16 track analog tape. No computer tricks were used,
all of the songs on this release were recorded live, just 4 human beings playing
music together. Very minimal overdubs were used, so most all of what you
hear is exactly as it was played together by David and the other musicians live.
Dan Phelps produced and played guitar and keyboard, Jon Evans: bass guitar
and upright bass, James McAlister: drums and percussion.
Open Hand is David's 16th release. Since he performs solo acoustic almost
exclusively, he is able avoid the common 8 or 10 week tour, preferring instead
to strike a balance between traveling for shows and being at home in Asheville
NC with his family. It's more than just a good balance for his life, he
compares the two worlds of touring and creativity at home as being akin to the
in breath and the out breath - inspiration and expression.
December 2008 on 2 inch 16 track analog tape. No computer tricks were used,
all of the songs on this release were recorded live, just 4 human beings playing
music together. Very minimal overdubs were used, so most all of what you
hear is exactly as it was played together by David and the other musicians live.
Dan Phelps produced and played guitar and keyboard, Jon Evans: bass guitar
and upright bass, James McAlister: drums and percussion.
Open Hand is David's 16th release. Since he performs solo acoustic almost
exclusively, he is able avoid the common 8 or 10 week tour, preferring instead
to strike a balance between traveling for shows and being at home in Asheville
NC with his family. It's more than just a good balance for his life, he
compares the two worlds of touring and creativity at home as being akin to the
in breath and the out breath - inspiration and expression.
- "Fueled by brilliantly articulate guitar, an honestly pretty
baritone, and deft lyrics, he combines the best of both pop and
modern folk aesthetics." ~ Boston Globe - "A charismatic performance by a star still waiting to be
discovered by a much larger audience" ~The New York Times
| Eliza Gilkyson - Sep 19 @ 7:30 |
Eliza Gilkyson is a politically minded, poetically gifted singer-songwriter,
who has become one of the most respected musicians in roots, folk and
Americana circles. The Grammy-nominated artist has appeared on NPR,
Austin City Limits and Mountain Stage and has toured with Richard
Thompson, Patty Griffin and Mary Chapin Carpenter. In February 2003,
she was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame. The induction
placed Eliza alongside an exclusive list of Austin Music Hall of Fame
greats, including Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, Billy
Joe Shaver, Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and others.
Eliza is the daughter of legendary songwriter, Terry Gilkyson. As a
teenager, she recorded demos for her father, whose songs have been
covered by artists as diverse as Dean Martin, Johnny Cash ("Memories
Are Made Of This"), and The White Stripes ("Look Me Over Closely") and
whose credits include such standards as "Green Fields", "Marianne" and
"The Bare Necessities" (from the Disney film Jungle Book)
who has become one of the most respected musicians in roots, folk and
Americana circles. The Grammy-nominated artist has appeared on NPR,
Austin City Limits and Mountain Stage and has toured with Richard
Thompson, Patty Griffin and Mary Chapin Carpenter. In February 2003,
she was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame. The induction
placed Eliza alongside an exclusive list of Austin Music Hall of Fame
greats, including Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, Billy
Joe Shaver, Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and others.
Eliza is the daughter of legendary songwriter, Terry Gilkyson. As a
teenager, she recorded demos for her father, whose songs have been
covered by artists as diverse as Dean Martin, Johnny Cash ("Memories
Are Made Of This"), and The White Stripes ("Look Me Over Closely") and
whose credits include such standards as "Green Fields", "Marianne" and
"The Bare Necessities" (from the Disney film Jungle Book)
| Christine Lavin - Sep 24 @ 7:30 |
- "Lavin knows how to keep her audience guessing, thinking
and laughing at the same time." ~ The Washington Post - "Lavin is as captivating an artist in solo performance as there
is." ~ BILLBOARD - "She makes our ordinary lives extraordinary and
extraordinarily funny." ~ Boston Globe - "An enchanting stage performer." ~ Cosmopolitan Magazine
- "She's one of the Top 100 Most Influential Artists of the Last
15 Years" ~ Performing Songwriters Magazine
Christine Lavin's smart and funny songs nail our lives and foibles on the head. From difficult men to today's fads and headlines, she
takes it all on with irony and wit. While Lavin knows the downturns of human nature, and her songs can move to a lyrical and
poignant realism, it is clear audiences come to her concerts wanting to laugh. She never disappoints! Now she is pulling out all the
stops as she celebrates 25 years of songwriting and performance in a concert reprising many of her early hits and introducing her latest.
My 25th Anniversary Concert is vintage Lavin, combining signature songs with hilarious stories of the people, events, near disasters
and minor miracles that have defined her life and music.
takes it all on with irony and wit. While Lavin knows the downturns of human nature, and her songs can move to a lyrical and
poignant realism, it is clear audiences come to her concerts wanting to laugh. She never disappoints! Now she is pulling out all the
stops as she celebrates 25 years of songwriting and performance in a concert reprising many of her early hits and introducing her latest.
My 25th Anniversary Concert is vintage Lavin, combining signature songs with hilarious stories of the people, events, near disasters
and minor miracles that have defined her life and music.
| ~ From pre-show knitting circle to the final baton twirl, it's a concert with a full service entertainer! ~ |
| My 25th Anniversary Concert: What was I (EVER!) Thinking? |
| Slaid Cleaves - Sep 27 @ 7:30 |
The interplay between Allison Russell, Awna Teixeira, Benny Sidelinger, and Mikey
"Lightning" August is truly something to behold. They are distinct voices with incredible
harmonies; multiple instrumentalists who bring the perfect sound to each song and
songwriters who pen poetic tunes you’ll find yourself humming. Po’Girl showcases a
wide array of instruments-from gutbucket bass, accordion, clarinet, banjo, dobro, guitar,
to electric bass, glockenspiel, piano, harmonica, bicycle bells, drums-- and they all
frequently trade off instruments with each song. Their fluid and joyous musicality is one
of the group's most endearing and irresistible features.
Impossible to put this band in a tidy little box—they’re equally at home in Douala,
Cameroon playing the Massao World Music Festival, as they are at the International
Jazz Festival in Montreal, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Woodford Music Festival in
Australia or just playing for fun for the people in Vondel Park, Amsterdam.
"Lightning" August is truly something to behold. They are distinct voices with incredible
harmonies; multiple instrumentalists who bring the perfect sound to each song and
songwriters who pen poetic tunes you’ll find yourself humming. Po’Girl showcases a
wide array of instruments-from gutbucket bass, accordion, clarinet, banjo, dobro, guitar,
to electric bass, glockenspiel, piano, harmonica, bicycle bells, drums-- and they all
frequently trade off instruments with each song. Their fluid and joyous musicality is one
of the group's most endearing and irresistible features.
Impossible to put this band in a tidy little box—they’re equally at home in Douala,
Cameroon playing the Massao World Music Festival, as they are at the International
Jazz Festival in Montreal, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Woodford Music Festival in
Australia or just playing for fun for the people in Vondel Park, Amsterdam.
Suffice to say Po'Girl makes 21st Century roots music, urban roots – never derivative, not faithfully aping a beloved tradition. Russell, Teixeira,
Sidelinger, and August don't re-hash the old forms, they reshape and reinvigorate them for new ears. Like genuine gypsies, they wander and play
- out on the international road bringing their unique brand of pan North Americana to a widespread audience 250 to 300 days of the year…
Always restless, more often than not bone-tired, they write their flashes of sadness, their loss, their good love, their faint dreams of home into
songs that matter deeply to them. Like any good art, they are little acts of self-rescue. So you should listen. You aren't much different from
them, and who couldn't use a little rescuing these days?
Po'Girl released their 4th studio album Deer in the Night to critical acclaim in May 2009- they followed that up with Po'Girl Live in July 2009 - a
live album recorded at various shows over the last year - which captures some of the energy and excitement of a real time Po'Girl concert.
The band spent 3 weeks in January 2010 recording their new album Follow Your Bliss in Chicago, Illinois with the fantastic Zach Goheen at the
helm. Follow Your Bliss will be released in April/May 2010 in Europe and on June 8th, 2010 in North America. It will be available for digital
download worldwide as of May 2010.
Sidelinger, and August don't re-hash the old forms, they reshape and reinvigorate them for new ears. Like genuine gypsies, they wander and play
- out on the international road bringing their unique brand of pan North Americana to a widespread audience 250 to 300 days of the year…
Always restless, more often than not bone-tired, they write their flashes of sadness, their loss, their good love, their faint dreams of home into
songs that matter deeply to them. Like any good art, they are little acts of self-rescue. So you should listen. You aren't much different from
them, and who couldn't use a little rescuing these days?
Po'Girl released their 4th studio album Deer in the Night to critical acclaim in May 2009- they followed that up with Po'Girl Live in July 2009 - a
live album recorded at various shows over the last year - which captures some of the energy and excitement of a real time Po'Girl concert.
The band spent 3 weeks in January 2010 recording their new album Follow Your Bliss in Chicago, Illinois with the fantastic Zach Goheen at the
helm. Follow Your Bliss will be released in April/May 2010 in Europe and on June 8th, 2010 in North America. It will be available for digital
download worldwide as of May 2010.
| Po' Girl - Sep 29 @ 7:30 |
Reserved Seating - Rows 8+: $25
Dinner Package - Rows 1 - 7: $50 (click HERE for details)
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| Janis Ian - Postponed - New Date Nov 4 |
Who are the great songwriters in America today? Not the most popular....Not the richest....Simply
the greats?
Ask any student of the form, and Janis Ian will be counted among them. The writer of “Jesse”, a
song recorded by so many others that few remember Ian wrote it; “Stars”, possibly the best song
ever written about the life of a performer, recorded by artists as diverse as Mel Torme and Cher;
and the seminal “At Seventeen”, a song that brought her five Grammy nominations (the most any
solo female artist had ever garnered) in 1975, and which is now reaching its third generation of
listeners.
Ian is a formidable talent, a force of nature. Ella Fitzgerald called her “The best young singer in
America”. Chet Atkins said “Singer? You ought to hear that girl play guitar; she gives me a run
for my money!” Reviewers have called her live performances “overwhelming to the spirit and soul”,
and “drenched with such passion, the audience feels they’ve been swept up in a hurricane.” Not to
mention her short stories, her songs for film and television… and oh, yes. She also runs a
foundation, named for her mother, that works with various universities and colleges to supply
scholarships for returning students; they’ve raised over $300,000 to date!
The glowing reviews come as no surprise to Ian’s loyal fan base, who give her website a stunning
quarter million hits per year – even though she hasn’t had a top twenty record in three decades.
the greats?
Ask any student of the form, and Janis Ian will be counted among them. The writer of “Jesse”, a
song recorded by so many others that few remember Ian wrote it; “Stars”, possibly the best song
ever written about the life of a performer, recorded by artists as diverse as Mel Torme and Cher;
and the seminal “At Seventeen”, a song that brought her five Grammy nominations (the most any
solo female artist had ever garnered) in 1975, and which is now reaching its third generation of
listeners.
Ian is a formidable talent, a force of nature. Ella Fitzgerald called her “The best young singer in
America”. Chet Atkins said “Singer? You ought to hear that girl play guitar; she gives me a run
for my money!” Reviewers have called her live performances “overwhelming to the spirit and soul”,
and “drenched with such passion, the audience feels they’ve been swept up in a hurricane.” Not to
mention her short stories, her songs for film and television… and oh, yes. She also runs a
foundation, named for her mother, that works with various universities and colleges to supply
scholarships for returning students; they’ve raised over $300,000 to date!
The glowing reviews come as no surprise to Ian’s loyal fan base, who give her website a stunning
quarter million hits per year – even though she hasn’t had a top twenty record in three decades.
- "Cleaves tells gorgeously compact stories in a
voice packed with Texas trail dust." ~
Entertainment Weekly - ". . . one of the finest singer-songwriters in
Texas." ~ Neil Strauss, The New York Times - Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk winner (1992)
VIDEO: Click HERE to watch
Slaid Cleaves is known as a "songwriter's songwriter," which is usually a polite way of saying
"he can't sing." But there's no need for decorum with the Maine-born, Texas-based troubadour:
For all of his command of song craft, Cleaves would still be working as a pharmaceutical guinea
pig were it not for his warm, gently burred tenor. He phrases like a grifter trying to croon his
low-down past away -- and writes like he knows he never will. When his new folkie peers see
angels over every other barista's shoulder, Cleaves sees through sentiment. "I've been chasing
grace but grace ain't so easily found," he sings on "One Good Year," just one of many subtle,
momentary stays against the dark side of his heart. That heart doesn't bleed easily -- but when
it does, it bleeds true.
"he can't sing." But there's no need for decorum with the Maine-born, Texas-based troubadour:
For all of his command of song craft, Cleaves would still be working as a pharmaceutical guinea
pig were it not for his warm, gently burred tenor. He phrases like a grifter trying to croon his
low-down past away -- and writes like he knows he never will. When his new folkie peers see
angels over every other barista's shoulder, Cleaves sees through sentiment. "I've been chasing
grace but grace ain't so easily found," he sings on "One Good Year," just one of many subtle,
momentary stays against the dark side of his heart. That heart doesn't bleed easily -- but when
it does, it bleeds true.
| David Wilcox - Sep 11 @ 7:30 |
Reserved Seating - Rows 8+: $22
Dinner Package - Rows 1 - 7: $47 (click HERE for details)
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You could stock a crowd-pleasing jukebox with the songs Jesse
Winchester has written and recorded in the last four decades – and with
the better-known versions of his songs that have become hits and album
staples for artists ranging from Joan Baez to Elvis Costello to Jimmy
Buffett. Winchester’s skill in capturing vivid small town vignettes,
heartfelt love and love-lost situations, and goodtime celebrations has
yielded a litany of I-know-that-songs: “Yankee Lady”, “Biloxi”, “Brand
New Tennessee Waltz”, “Talk Memphis”, “Rhumba Girl”, “Payday”, “I’m
Gonna Miss You, Girl”, “Let’s Make a Baby King” and many more. His
2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of
Composters, Artists and Publishers (ASCAP) is one gauge of the music
world’s esteem.
Winchester has written and recorded in the last four decades – and with
the better-known versions of his songs that have become hits and album
staples for artists ranging from Joan Baez to Elvis Costello to Jimmy
Buffett. Winchester’s skill in capturing vivid small town vignettes,
heartfelt love and love-lost situations, and goodtime celebrations has
yielded a litany of I-know-that-songs: “Yankee Lady”, “Biloxi”, “Brand
New Tennessee Waltz”, “Talk Memphis”, “Rhumba Girl”, “Payday”, “I’m
Gonna Miss You, Girl”, “Let’s Make a Baby King” and many more. His
2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of
Composters, Artists and Publishers (ASCAP) is one gauge of the music
world’s esteem.
Reserved Seating - Rows 6+: $22
Dinner Package - Rows 1 - 5: $47 (click HERE for details)
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Dinner Package - Rows 1 - 5: $45 (click HERE for details)
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| Led Kaapana - Sep 30 @ 7:30 |
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Led Kaapana's mastery of stringed instruments, particularly slack key guitar, and his extraordinary
baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voices, have made him a musical legend. He has been thrilling
audiences for more than 40 years. With easy-going style and kolohe (rascal) charm, he has built a
loyal corps of Led Heads from Brussels to his birthplace on the Big Island of Hawaii. Recognition by
his peers earned Led Grammy nominations in 2006, 2007 and 2009.
As teenagers, Led and his twin brother Ned and cousin Dennis Pavao formed the Hui Ohana, one of
the hottest groups of the 70s and 80s and now legendary among Hawaiian musicians. The 70s saw the
blossoming of the Hawaiian Renaissance, and Hui Ohana was a key part of that return to traditional
Hawaiian culture and music. Young Hawaii Sings Old Hawaii, the title of their first recording, was also
their statement of purpose.
Led later formed another trio, I Kona, releasing 6 albums with that group, including Na Hoku
Hanohano Award winner, Jus' Press. He has also released a number of solo albums, including two Na
Hoku Hanohano Instrumental Album of the Year winners, Lima Wela and Black Sand. Ki Ho`alu,
Hawaiian Slack Key, Grandmaster Slack Key and Force of Nature (with Mike Kaawa) received
Grammy nominations.
baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voices, have made him a musical legend. He has been thrilling
audiences for more than 40 years. With easy-going style and kolohe (rascal) charm, he has built a
loyal corps of Led Heads from Brussels to his birthplace on the Big Island of Hawaii. Recognition by
his peers earned Led Grammy nominations in 2006, 2007 and 2009.
As teenagers, Led and his twin brother Ned and cousin Dennis Pavao formed the Hui Ohana, one of
the hottest groups of the 70s and 80s and now legendary among Hawaiian musicians. The 70s saw the
blossoming of the Hawaiian Renaissance, and Hui Ohana was a key part of that return to traditional
Hawaiian culture and music. Young Hawaii Sings Old Hawaii, the title of their first recording, was also
their statement of purpose.
Led later formed another trio, I Kona, releasing 6 albums with that group, including Na Hoku
Hanohano Award winner, Jus' Press. He has also released a number of solo albums, including two Na
Hoku Hanohano Instrumental Album of the Year winners, Lima Wela and Black Sand. Ki Ho`alu,
Hawaiian Slack Key, Grandmaster Slack Key and Force of Nature (with Mike Kaawa) received
Grammy nominations.
While recording for Dancing Cat Records, Led produced a number of solo projects, duets, and a project with Allison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, and
other bluegrass legends called Waltz of the Wind. He has worked with Dolly Parton, Chet Atkins, and many other Nashville notables. Back at
home, he has shared his talents on recordings with most of Hawaii's top talents, including Aunty Genoa Keawe, Barney Isaacs, The Ho`opi`i
Brother, Melveen Leed, the Pahinui Brothers, Amy Hanaiali`i, and countless others.
Led tours the US extensively and has also appeared in Belgium, Germany, Canada, Japan, and Tahiti.
other bluegrass legends called Waltz of the Wind. He has worked with Dolly Parton, Chet Atkins, and many other Nashville notables. Back at
home, he has shared his talents on recordings with most of Hawaii's top talents, including Aunty Genoa Keawe, Barney Isaacs, The Ho`opi`i
Brother, Melveen Leed, the Pahinui Brothers, Amy Hanaiali`i, and countless others.
Led tours the US extensively and has also appeared in Belgium, Germany, Canada, Japan, and Tahiti.
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