Tag: The Green Room

Join us for an intimate evening with Memphis-based vocalist Susan Marshall at The Green Room.

Tickets: $10
Doors 7pm | Performance 7:30pm

One of the region’s finest vocalists, international recording artist Susan Marshall began her career Off-Broadway as a leading soprano in the Rep-Company Light Opera of Manhattan. Shortly after moving back to Memphis in 1990, she began fronting rock-soul band The Mother Station and was signed to a record deal with EastWest / Atlantic Records. In 1994 they released their debut album “Brand New Bag” which peeked at #34 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock charts.

Since then, Susan’s released three critically praised solo albums — “Susan Marshall Is Honey Mouth,” “Firefly,” and “Little Red.” She has performed with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Jazz Orchestra, and is also known for her solo and duo performances in residency at Itta Bena.

Susan has toured all over the world as part of the Afghan Whigs as well as with Cat Power & The Memphis Rhythm Band, which included appearances on Austin City Limits, The Late Show w/David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and the BBC’s “Later … with Jools Holland.”

Susan is also known for her studio and/or stage work with a wide range of superstars; Lucinda Williams, Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Lenny Kravitz, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ann Peebles, North Mississippi Allstars, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Solomon Burke, Jim Lauderdale, Steve Earle, and Kirk Whalum to name a few. In the studio she has worked alongside legendary producers Tom Dowd, Chips Moman, Willie Mitchell, Jim Dickinson, Joe Hardy, John Hampton, and husband Jeff Powell. Her studio work has garnered multiple gold and platinum record awards, as well as the distinction of having sung background vocals on five GRAMMY nominated records.

Jazz bassist, composer, and educator Bob Bowman performs at The Green Room with Michael Shults, Pat Coil, and Danny Gottlieb.

Featuring Bob Bowan (bass), Michael Shults (saxophone), Pat Coil (piano), and Danny Gottlieb (drums).

Tickets: $10
Doors 7pm | Performance 7:30pm

About Bob Bowman:
Bob Bowman, a native Kansan, learned to play the piano and clarinet before beginning to play bass at age 12. He won a scholarship to the Stan Kenton Jazz Clinic as a high school freshman, followed by study at North Texas State University.

In 1976, he joined the famous Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, touring and recording several albums, including the Grammy award-winning “Live in Munich.” Bob continued his performing and recording career by joining the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabakin Big Band in Los Angeles in 1979. He recorded numerous albums as a member of this band, many of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. Bob also had long musical relationships with pianists, composers and arrangers Dan Haerle and Frank Mantooth.

Bob has toured and recorded with many artists including the legendary Carmen McRae, Pat Coil, Freddie Hubbard, Bud Shank, Karrin Allyson, Steve Houghton, Steve Allee, Bill Mays, Clay Jenkins, Danny Embrey, Todd Strait, Bob Sheppard, Matt Otto, Rod Fleeman, John Stowell, Jerry Hahn, Bobby Watson and others. Also he has had a very important musical relationship with Kansas City musicians like Tommy Ruskin, Paul Smith, Mike Ning, Claude “Fiddler” Williams, Jay McShann, Stan Kessler, and many more. Bob moved to Kansas City in 1988 where he has been a major part of the vibrant jazz scene there. He was a faculty member of the University of Missouri as well as Ottawa University and leads legendary Kansas City group INTERSTRING and various version of Bowdog.

Join NYC-based pianist Eunbi Kim for a special performance of solo contemporary works including works for piano and pre-recorded electronics. The program highlights works by living composers and is inspired by themes of family, childhood, and immigration.

General Admission $10 | $5 with Student ID
Doors 2:30pm | Performance at 3pm

Music by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Fred Hersch, William Bolcom, and Claude Debussy*

*program subject to change

About Eunbi Kim:
Pianist Eunbi Kim is creating new ways of experiencing concert music as a performer, speaker, and arts advocate. Her adventurous recitals, cast in venues across the United States, are characterized by their vividly personal themes ranging from mental illness to familial memories, and have received international recognition in television and in print. Most known as the creator of music-theater work Murakami Music, she has also recorded an album of Fred Hersch’s rare concert music, premiered work by Emmy-nominated composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), and gave a TEDx talk in 2017. She is based in New York City.

Join us for a performance by The Lost Wages in The Green Room, with opening acts Jessie Cole and Sister Justice.

Tickets: $14
Doors 7pm | Performance 7:30pm

Memphis natives, The Lost Wages, return again to The Green Room on Friday September 27. The show will be opened by fellow Memphian singer/songwriter Jesse Cole, as well as traditional country sister-duo (Leah and Lacy Blevins), Sister Justice.

The Lost Wages is a sibling-led Americana band from Millington, TN. Lead singers/songwriters, Houston and Cyrena Wages, fuse honky-tonk edge with anthemic melodies reminiscent of the ’70s Laurel Canyon scene and soulful ballads that nod at the nature that makes Memphis, Memphis. Now based in East Nashville, the two children of a small-town judge elicit an unapologetic thumbprint and a “fresh take on a nostalgic sound.”

Previous credits include opening for hero Emmylou Harris, being voted “Top 3 Best Local Bands” by the Nashville Scene, being named “Country Rock Revivalists” by Pandora Radio, and landing a track in a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte.

In late 2018, The Lost Wages released their debut EP, “Rose Motel.” The band’s breakout video for single, “Drunk and Forget,” is in rotation now on CMT. Houston and Cyrena are currently completing solo projects, alongside a new TLW project, all slated to release in 2020.

Join us in The Green Room for a performance by The Tulsa Music Revue feat. John Fullbright, Paul Benjaman, Jacob Tovar, and special guests.

The night starts with a set by Jacob Tovar, then one by Paul Benjaman, followed by John Fullbright. The evening wraps with the three joining the backing band for an Oklahoma Jam!

Tickets: $10
Doors at 7pm | Performance at 7:30pm

About the artists:
JOHN FULLBRIGHT: Critically acclaimed and Grammy-nominated, John Fullbright is a musical triple threat – songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and singer of the highest order. His Oklahoma roots are apparent in his music, but his sound is his own. Catch a live show and be mesmerized by the artistry of this talented individual.

PAUL BENJAMAN: Groove-based tunes with more than a nod to the elusive Tulsa Sound and other forms of American music. Signature guitar licks from band leader Paul Benjaman and steel work from Hard Working Americans member, Jesse Aycock, apply a vintage hue that is both nostalgic and fresh.

JACOB TOVAR: A man from a different time, a different era. With a gentleman’s handshake, a booming voice, a contagious smile, and a quick wit, this Tulsa, OK performer effortlessly connects with all walks of life through his sincere songs of roots, folk, Americana, and old school country.

Special Guest Jesse Aycock: Jesse Aycock wrote his first song at age twelve and wrote a song that ended up on his dad’s debut CD when he was fourteen. Jesse’s songs capture an innocence and honesty that is hard to find, He writes everything from story songs and love songs to songs about every day life and the human condition. In Jesse’s music you hear the influence of early rock and folk, psychedelic country, and soul all mixed together to create his sound.