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SUMMARY:Nubia Yasin: SHEENA
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Nubia Yasin: SHEENA in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, April 1\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nShow Description: \nSHEENA\, a show curated and performed by Nubia Yasin\, begs the question “What would make the pain of transformation desirable?” With a blend of original poetry and music\, Yasin tells the story of her own transition from girlhood to womanhood against a backdrop of deep rooted shame. By walking through her own shame\, she aims to allow the audience a chance to shine a light into their darkest corners\, and say to what lives there “I see you. I don’t hate you.” \nArtist Bio: \nNubia Yasin is a Memphis-born writer\, multidisciplinary artist\, and performer. She uses her experiences as a first generation Somali-American living in the South to tell stories about Black femmehood\, with an acute focus on themes related to shame. Her writing has been featured in projects for Netflix\, Apple Music\, and more. She’s performed in galleries and museums across the United states. \nHer first full collection of poetry\, The Blood and Body\, was published in August 2022 with HomieHousePress.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/nubia-yasin-sheena/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tarta Relena
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSunday\, April 2\, 2023\nDoors 7PM | Show 7:30PM\nTickets: $25 | $20 in advance \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nTarta Relena was born in 2016 as a project of two singers to explore a cappella the sonorities of different styles of vocal music. Far from wanting to create a stamp of the traditional and to define the Mediterranean\, Tarta Relena wants to make its own a repertoire that goes from music of oral tradition to songs of author that in one way or another are related to the geographical area of the Mediterranean. \nTarta Relena sings from the perspective that what we call folklore is a living and moving repertoire. Therefore\, this reality is mouldable and can be reinterpreted with the instruments and sonorities that we now have within our reach. A key tool is the electronics with which they re-signify the melodies without leaving aside their origins. The study and knowledge of the path and the contexts that have given rise to these musics opens the doors of experimentation towards new meanings. In Tarta Relena’s work there is also a desire to play at blurring the concept of authorship\, bringing together anonymous traditional melodies and newly created songs under the same umbrella\, treating them in the same way and placing oral transmission\, the central element of tradition\, at the centre. \nOne of the strong points of the project is the complexity in simplicity and the maximum expression with the minimum of elements. The repertoire work brings together the resources of different vocal techniques (flamenco\, lyrical\, traditional\, jazz…)\, allowing a vast exploration of the possibilities of the voice. \nIn January 2019 Tarta Relena released her first album entitled Ora Pro Nobis (The Indian Runners\, 2019)\, winner of the Enderrock Critics’ Prize for the best folk album of 2019\, which consists of eight a cappella songs with a subtle presence of electronics. In April 2020\, during their confinement\, they released their second work\, Intercede Pro Nobis (The Indian Runners\, 2020)\, recognised by Rockdelux as the best national EP of 2020\, which emphasises the importance of the dialogue between voice and electronics. \nFiat Lux is the first full-length album and is an exploration of the concept of cyclicality through memory\, nostalgia and the evocation of feelings. The love poems written by Sappho of Lesbos or traditional Sephardic songs deal with the same emotional problems we face as individuals in 2021. Whether in archaic Greece\, in medieval times or in the midst of a global pandemic\, the self goes through the same processes of joy and pain\, closes them and begins again\, unable to avoid the course of things. Each poetic “I” illuminates itself in the midst of all the others to say what it has to say. \nThrough the stories of powerful and time-transcendent characters\, such as the Vingen Mary\, Hildegard of Bingen or the Paixtu tribe of women in Afghanistan\, the timelessness and transcendence of these voices and their discourses are explored\, revisited and sung from today’s perspective. \nTarta Relena are: \nMarta Torrella\, voice and electronics. \nHelena Ros\, voice and electronics.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/tarta-relena/
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SUMMARY:Ami Dang
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Ami Dang in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, April 6\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 advance | $25 day of the show \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nAmrita “Ami” Kaur Dang is a South Asian-American vocalist\, sitarist\, composer and producer from Baltimore. Her sound blends elements of North Indian classical\, noise/ambient electronics\, beat-driven psych and experimental dance pop. The work references her hybrid identity as a first-generation South Asian-American\, Sikh upbringing\, musical education\, as well as the chaos and spirituality of the landscapes of both Baltimore and urban India. \nPicking up her first sitar when she was twelve years old\, Dang has studied North Indian classical music (voice and sitar) in both New Delhi and Maryland\, and she also holds a degree in music technology & composition from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Following in the footsteps of artists like Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass\, she seeks to advance the sound of contemporary experimental\, pop\, and electronic music with the sounds of South Asia — through vocals and sitar\, ragas\, and sampling. And vice versa\, she aims to bring a broader sound palette to the legacy of South Asian music. These goals are a lifelong mission. To that end\, she has collaborated with Animal Collective\, William Cashion (of Future Islands)\, James Acaster\, Thor Harris — to name a few. She has provided tour support for Beach House\, black midi\, Grimes\, Lower Dens\, Florist and more.
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SUMMARY:Roberta Lea presented by Folk All Y’all and Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, April 8\, 2023\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 (purchase tickets here) \nWith a voice like cinnamon and a pen like butter\, Roberta Lea is a rising artist\, ready to give the world a taste of what she’s made of. Fellow artists have called her Hampton Roads’ best kept secret. It’s as though she’s a family recipe\, kept hidden until now. \nFellow musicians have described her sound as “country-neo-pop”. As a millennial\, it’s often quite difficult to pin her down to one particular genre. Her influences range from 80s RnB legends like Roberta Flack\, Anita Baker and Sade\, to pop 90s girl-power players like Alanis Morissette\, Sheryl Crow\, Shania Twain and everything in between. \nWe had the pleasure of getting to know Roberta when she joined The Black Opry Revue in 2020 and we’re thrilled to welcome her back to celebrate her first full-length album\, Too Much of a Woman. \n  \nMinimum ticket price is $20 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to our artists (you can see where any fees go in the check-out breakdown). Yep\, all of it. Folk All Y’all is volunteer-run and subscriber-supported. Shows are presented in partnership with Crosstown Arts at The Green Room in Crosstown Concourse. \nAbout The Green Room: Operated by Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room is committed to providing the best possible environment for the two most important components of a musical performance: the artists’ work and the audience’s listening experience. \nAbout Folk All Y’all: Intimate\, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters\, proudly presented in Memphis\, Folk All Y’all is a public\, nonprofit listening room series supported by our pledges from our community.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/roberta-lea-presented-by-folk-all-yall-and-crosstown-arts/
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SUMMARY:Willi Carlisle with Rachel Maxann
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Willi Carlisle with Rachel Maxann in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSunday\, April 9\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n“Willi Carlisle speaks his truth.” – NPR Music \n“Willi Carlisle is just the kind of artist that Americana music needs.” – Paste Magazine \nWILLI CARLISLE is a poet and a folk singer for the people\, but his extraordinary gift for turning a phrase isn’t about high falutin’ pontificatin’; it’s about looking out for one another and connecting through our shared human condition. Born and raised on the Midwestern plains\, Carlisle is a product of the punk-to-folk music pipeline that’s long fueled frustrated young men looking to resist. \nAfter falling for the rich ballads and tunes of the Ozarks\, where he now lives\, he began examining the full spectrum of American musical history. This insatiable stylistic diversity is obvious in his wildly raucous live performances\, where songs range from sardonic trucker-ballads like “Vanlife” to the heartbreaking queer waltz “Life on the Fence\,” to an existential talkin’ blues about a panic attack in Walmart’s aisle five. \nWith guitar\, fiddle\, button-box\, banjo\, harmonicas\, rhythm-bones\, and Willi’s booming baritone\, this is bonafide populist folk music in the tradition of cowboys\, frontier fiddlers\, and tall-tale tellers. Carlisle recognizes that the only thing holding us back from greatness is each other. With a quick wit and big sing-alongs\, these folksongs bring us a step closer to breaking down our divides. \n“Willi Carlisle is an absolute force of nature. From the moment he walks on stage you can’t take your eyes off of him and the minute he opens his mouth you can’t help but hang on every word. Even if the songs weren’t there\, the showmanship alone would be worth the price of admission\, but the scary part is the songs are just as good as the stories.” — BJ Barham
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/willi-carlisle/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Modern Masters Jazz Series: Greg Tardy
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Modern Masters: Greg Tardy with the Ted Ludwig Trio in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, April 11\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\n$25 | $20 in advance ($10 student tickets at the door) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nSaxophonist\, multi-reedist\, and composer Gregory Tardy is one of the most versatile jazz musicians of his generation\, equally comfortable in a variety of musical and improvisational situations. Born into a musical family\, he began his musical career studying classical clarinet. In his early 20s\, while preparing for a symphony career he discovered jazz saxophone and hasn’t looked back. \nIn 1992\, he started playing with the legendary drummer\, Elvin Jones\, and he recorded his first CD\, Crazy Love. As a sought after sideman he has played with many prominent jazz artists including: Andrew Hill\, Tom Harrell\, Dave Douglas\, Wynton Marsalis\, Jay McShann\, Nicholas Payton\, Roy Hargrove\, Steve Coleman\, Betty Carter\, Don Byron\, Bill Frisell\, Rashied Ali\, Ellis Marsalis\, Brian Lynch\, John Patitucci\, and many more. He has also performed and/or recorded along with many other notable saxophonists\, such as Joe Lovano\, Mark Turner\, Chris Potter\, Dewey Redman\, Ravi Coltrane\, and others. In more recent years\, Tardy has gone full circle\, by focusing on his clarinets more\, using them on recordings by Tom Harrell\, Ohad Talmor/Steve Swallow\, Stefan Harris\, Chris Potter and Andrew Hill. \nHis performance schedule has taken him all over the world\, playing at all of the major jazz festivals and on some of the biggest stages in jazz. As a sideman\, he has been featured on several Downbeat Albums of the Year and also several Grammy nominated recordings; including a Grammy winning CD with Brian Lynch in 2006. He also has recorded fourteen CDs under his own name featuring his unique compositions\, blending his love of traditional jazz with a more modern seeking style. His latest project\, If Time Could Stand Still\, was released in the fall of 2020 on WJ3 Records.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/greg-tardy-with-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Xiu Xiu with The Pop Ritual
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Xiu Xiu with The Pop Ritual in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nWednesday\, April 12\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $25 General Admission \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nXiu Xiu’s most recent work is a record of halves. \nAngela Seo sings on half of the record. Jamie Stewart sings on half of the record. \nHalf of the songs are experimental industrial. Half of the songs are experimental modern classical. Half of it is real. Half of it is imaginary. \nThe real songs attempt to turn the worst life has offered to five people the band is connected with into some kind of desperate shape that does something\, anything\, other than grind and brutalize their hearts and memory within these stunningly horrendous experiences. \nThe imaginary songs are an expansion and abstract exploration of the early rock and roll “Teen Tragedy” genre as jumping off point to decontaminate the band’s own overwhelming emotions in knowing and living with what has happened to these five people. \nWhat none of this record does and despite the oft repeated assertion\, what Xiu Xiu has never done\, is attempt to superficially shock the listener. Instead\, Xiu Xiu has spent twenty years grappling with how to process\, to be empathetic towards\, to disobey and to reorganize horror; there is no other word for it other than horror. \nThe motivation for writing Ignore Grief to be about a child who was sold into prostitution by his mother\, a junior high student who was kidnapped and murdered\, incessantly choosing alcohol and cocaine over one’s family\, becoming lost in the bleakest\, darkest aspects of cultish spirituality and committing suicide as means to escape and protest a life of violent sex work is because the members of Xiu Xiu themselves are deeply shocked. \nOld friend and new member David Kendrick (Sparks\, Devo\, Gleaming Spires) joins Angela Seo and Jamie Stewart through whatever this may be and whatever it may mean and why ever it may have occurred. The point of aesthetic examination is to see if there is any way to come out the other side or if there is even any reason. In either case there may not be but to simply turn away would be yet a further act of destruction. \n“I had now lost all confidence in myself\, doubted all men immeasurably\, and abandoned all hopes for the things of this world\, all joy\, all sympathy\, eternally. This was the truly decisive incident of my life. I had been split through the forehead between the eyebrows\, a wound that was to throb with pain whenever I came into contact with a human being.” – Osamu Dazai
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/xiu-xiu/
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artists Open Studio Night
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, April 14\, 2023\nTime: 6-9 pm\nAdmission: Free \nCrosstown Arts is proud to invite the Memphis community to visit the artist studios. Artists in residence will have their studios open on Friday\, April 14\, from 6 to 9 p.m. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \nSu-Yee Lin writes stories and poetry that grapple with issues of identity\, memory\, environment\, and mythology. Her work often lies on the border between the real and the strange\, and she is interested in the intersections between the surreal and the natural world. She was a Fulbright Fellow to China and has had work published in the Pushcart Prize anthology\, Tor.com\, Electric Literature\, Bennington Review\, Day One\, Nashville Review\, The Offing\, and other literary journals\, and short stories translated into Italian and Chinese. \nKeith S. Wilson is an Affrilachian Poet and a Cave Canem fellow. He is a recipient of an NEA Fellowship\, an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant\, and an Illinois Arts Council Agency Award\, and has received both a Kenyon Review Fellowship and a Stegner Fellowship. His book\, Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love (Copper Canyon)\, was recognized by the New York Times as a best new book of poetry. \nEdo Rosenblith (B. 1988 Tel Aviv\, Israel) received a BFA in painting in 2011 at the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in Visual Art at Washington University-St. Louis in 2017. Edo is a compulsive draftsman who works in a variety of mediums: murals\, painting\, drawing\, printmaking\, and book arts. \nKelsey Harrison’s sculptural work has been shown in institutions nationally including The Jewish Museum\, Abrons Art Center\, and The Knockdown Center in New York\, SOMArts in San Francisco\, The Sullivan Galleries in Chicago\, The College of William and Mary in Virginia\, and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and the Utah Museum of Fine Art in Salt Lake City. Harrison received her BFA in Sculpture from Purchase College\, State University of New York and her MFA in Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Memphis. \nApollo Mighty is a Memphis-born R&B/Soul artist. He uses his music to express his many selves\, embracing the extremes of his own personal ugliness and beauty — while also reflecting the world around him. He has worked extensively in the music scenes in Memphis and Chicago and his 2020 EP project Behavior amassed over 600k streams across platforms. \nJennifer Sargent makes intricate drawings and handwoven tapestries. As an artist weaver she considers herself both a contemporary practitioner and a part of a longer continuum that is thousands of years old. This idea is both a comfort and a challenge. One of two elements is always present in Sargent’s work\, either story telling or the natural world (whether wild or domesticated). Sargent creates an abstracted sense of these ideas or experiences through the layering of pattern and color.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artists-open-studio-night-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Adam Larson Trio
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Adam Larson Trio in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, April 20\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at door | $10 student tickets available at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nOn the heels of two record releases in 2022 — With Love\, From Chicago and With Love\, From Kansas City — saxophonist Adam Larson brings his New York trio for the final installment of his ambitious trio trilogy project totThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts on Thursday\, April 20. \nLarson will be joined by Matt Clohesy on electric bass and Jimmy Macbride on drums. Together\, they will be celebrating the release of With Love\, From New York. The music for the evening will be familiar to fans of Larson — high octane and energetic — and will offer something for jazz and jazz-adjacent fans alike. Join the trio for the last hoorah of a nearly two-year project; you won’t want to miss it!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/adam-larson-trio/
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SUMMARY:NOHMADS
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents NOHMADS in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, April 21\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $12 in advance | $15 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nArt rockers from Chicago\, NOHMADS weave layers of noir\, sludge\, and pop to create their unique sound\, combining songs\, spoken word\, and visual elements to tell stories. The band’s debut LP\, Chartreuse\, contains seven original tracks. Soaring guitars\, dynamic percussion\, and haunting vocal harmonies escort the listener on a ride through everyday silenced small town dramas\, into murky backwoods of past lives\, and along hopeful deserted dream landscapes. \nNOHMADS is currently writing and recording new music for their sophomore release. Their latest single\, “Cough/Cool” is streaming on Spotify and iTunes\, with accompanying music video on NohmadsTV. Mixed media music video debuting February 2023. \nPhil Hardman – percussion \nEva Victoria – vocals\, keys\, synths \nKen Becker III – guitar\, vocals \nUsha Rajbhandari – bass\, vocals
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/nohmads/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:The University of Memphis Jazz Singers
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, April 25\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $10 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThe University of Memphis Jazz Singers is comprised of 10 to 15 male and female vocal students. This group performs a wide range of music from traditional arrangements of jazz standards to more contemporary fusion jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-university-of-memphis-jazz-singers/
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SUMMARY:Doug MacLeod
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Doug MacLeod in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, April 27\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n“Like all great blues men\, MacLeod lives his music\, and the songs are not just on the tips of his fingers and tongue\, they are one with his being.” – Blues Music Magazine \n“One of the great blues artists… Period !” – Jorma Kaukonen. \n“Doug MacLeod is one of the last and most iconic songwriters in blues that the contemporary scene can still offer.” – Macalle Blues – Italy. \nMacLeod is known for his superb songwriting\, guitar wizardry\, warm soulful vocals\, wit\, and unforgettable live performances. At the heart of a Doug MacLeod performance is his knack for storytelling\, bringing characters from the faceless to the legendary-to strikingly real life. \nDoug is a multiple Blues Music Award winner\, including the 2020 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year and the 2018 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album Of The Year ‘Break The Chain’. He was recently nominated for the 2023 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year. \nIn March of 2022 he co-authored with Debra Schiff the blues murder mystery book MURDER AT THE CROSSROADS. In 2022 A SOUL TO CLAIM produced by Jim Gaines was released. It was named a Downbeat Magazine ‘Album Of The Year’ for 2022. In March 2023 RAW BLUES 1 EP was released on Sledgehammer Blues/ Valley Entertainment. \nDoug is an international touring artist who writes and sings original songs that are based on his own life and experiences. He learned from the old masters and carries forward a valuable tradition. \nAs a youth\, Doug overcame abuse and a crippling stutter by turning to music. After picking up a guitar\, and singing — he found his voice. \nMacLeod’s playing landed him sideman gigs with George ‘Harmonica’ Smith\, Big Joe Turner\, Pee Wee Crayton\, Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson\, Lowell Fulson\, and Big Mama Thornton. Over 30 years\, 22 studio albums\, several live records\, compilations\, a blues guitar instructional DVD\, and a live performance DVD\, MacLeod has consistently earned raves. \nHis songs have been covered by many artists including Albert King\, Albert Collins\, Joe Louis Walker and Eva Cassidy. MacLeod’s songs have been featured in many TV movies and the hit show In the Heat of the Night. August Wilson requested his soulful slide guitar playing in the Los Angeles opening of “Gem of the Ocean”. \nFrom 1999 to 2004 Doug hosted Nothin’ But The Blues\, a very popular weekend blues show on Los Angeles’ KLON-KKJZ. He has also been the voice for The Blues Showcase on Continental Airlines. For ten years he penned “Doug’s Back Porch\,” a regular feature column in Blues Revue Magazine in which he shared his humorous and insightful stories with thousands of readers. He is one of the four featured artists in the movie “Resonate: A Guitar Story”\, the feature documentary on the making of National Guitars. Like the old masters who taught him\, MacLeod’s music expresses life and times through an intangible\, elusive quality that may simply be a keen sense of what matters most. Doug’s music\, stories\, and philosophy provide a healing that has helped others overcome the hardships of their lives. \nDoug says the most important lessons he learned as a young musician came from Ernest Banks a one-eyed country bluesman from Toano\, VA. \n“Never play a note you don’t believe” and “Never write or sing about what you don’t know about.” \nAs Blues Hall Of Fame artist Pee Wee Crayton’s widow Esther once told Doug\, “You have a message and you’ll send that message mainly to the people who don’t go to church.” Amen.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/doug-macleod-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gareth Pearson (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Gareth Pearson in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, April 29\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \n“Gareth is fast becoming one of the world’s most renowned instrumental guitarists.” – Adam Walton (BBC Radio Wales) \n“I really respect Gareth’s abilities. He’s a great young man and a great ambassador for the acoustic guitar.” – Tommy Emmanuel  \nGareth Pearson is referred to as “The Welsh Tornado” which is particularly appropriate\, seeing as this special talent combines fingerstyle pyrotechnics\, with explosive lead runs making Pearson one of the most exciting acoustic musicians gigging today. \nGareth has a distinctive style that can be heard through his creative and innovative arrangements which cover a wide spectrum of genres\, including country/folk/classical/pop/rock/jazz/swing and bluegrass music\, along with his own beautiful and often intricate original compositions. \nDrawing his playing style initially from influences such as Chet Atkins\, Merle Travis\, Jerry Reed and Tommy Emmanuel\, he has developed a style that is both inspiring and entertaining. \nWithin a year of taking up the guitar\, Gareth was opening for Tommy Emmanuel on his 2005 UK tour. It was in Cardiff where Tommy invited Gareth to play at the CAAS convention (Chet Atkins Appreciation Society) in Nashville\, Tennessee. \nLater that year\, Gareth was performing and touring alongside Ray Davies (The Kinks)\, John Renbourne\, and Southside Johnny and the Ashbury Jukes. During the Southside Johnny tour\, Gareth was invited by Southside to be flown over to the USA to open for his annual New Years Eve concert at the Count Basie Theatre in New Jersey. \nThe following year Gareth was invited by Tommy Emmanuel to be the support act for his UK tour\, following extensive UK supports to Jan Akkerman\, Andy McKee and appearing at numerous Folk Festivals and Guitar workshops including the Montreal Jazz Festival. \nWith appearances throughout Europe and a growing reputation\, Gareth was invited to perform at the 2008 Canadian Guitar Festival where he came to the attention of Candyrat Records. This lay the seed for Gareth to be the first UK guitarist to be signed by the label. On its release\, Gareth’s debut album “Urban Echoes Vol 1” was selected by Acoustic Guitar editors and frequent contributors as one of the “Essential Acoustic Albums of 2010”. \nWith appearances at the 2009 Montreal Guitar Festival\, USA and worldwide tours and guitar workshops\, Gareth’s reputation as a performer and teacher is constantly growing.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/gareth-pearson/
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