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SUMMARY:Tony Dickerson & The Essential Band at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents singer-songwriter Tony Dickerson & The Essential Band with musical guests in The Green Room. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $15 advance | $20 day of show \nPassionate music teacher\, inventive songwriter\, and “a being himself on stage kind of entertainer” are just a few phrases that describe one of inspirational music’s premiere musicians. Influenced by crossover inspirational artists such as Andrae Crouch\, The Edwin Hawkins Singers\, and Thomas Whitfield\, as well as soul\, funk and R&B artists Sly and the Family Stone\, Curtis Mayfield\, and Earth Wind & Fire\, Tony B. Dickerson knows how to fuse traditional and contemporary flavors to form his own signature sound and distinct musical style. \nAs an accomplished songwriter\, Tony released his first single in 2008\, titled “I Need Him.” Since then\, he’s written\, recorded\, and released many songs for himself and for other artists. To date\, his compositions have become known throughout the United States and other parts of the world\, even garnering placement on the Billboard charts. He has become a sought-out name for songwriting\, as well as for forming groups\, choirs\, and bands\, instructing them musically\, vocally\, and artistically\, while emphasizing structure and technique. He is the visionary founder\, CEO\, and band leader of Tony Dickerson & The Essential Band. \nEstablished in 2004\, Tony Dickerson & The Essential Band are a group of creatives determined to make a positive impact on lives by performing songs of love\, hope\, inspiration\, and strength. The band has performed for various occasions and in many diverse settings\, along with being featured in performances and recordings with other notable singers and bands. Tony Dickerson & The Essential Band operates in two different capacities: As professional recording artists\, performing and recording original songs\, primarily written by Tony Dickerson (TonyToons) and as a service network\, providing what’s needed musically for performances\, recordings\, marriage proposals\, parties\, banquets\, weddings\, receptions\, and various other occasions\, and events.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/tony-dickerson-the-essential-band-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Blato Zlato at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents New Orleans-based Balkan band Blato Zlato in The Green Room. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $15 \nBlato Zlato is a New Orleans-based Balkan band that puts a contemporary Louisiana twist on traditional folk music from Eastern Europe. The band performs dark\, improvisational arrangements with particular focus on Bulgarian folk songs\, three-part vocal harmonies\, and driving\, odd-metered rhythms. Hailed as a band with “galactic ambitions” by The New Orleans Advocate\, Blato Zlato features musicians from Europe and the United States with a collective goal to produce meaningful cultural and musical bridges between the two continents. In 2019\, Blato Zlato released their anticipated sophomore album\, In The Wake\, following their acclaimed 2017 releases of their debut album Swamp Gold and the limited-edition EP Voyage. They have toured both within the U.S. on the East and West Coasts as well as in Europe. This is their first time performing in Memphis.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/blato-zlato-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel + Dinosauria at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Atlanta-based Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel in The Green Room. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $10 advance | $15 day of show \nOpening performance by Dinosauria \nDinosauria is the brainchild of Malcolm Wright\, a Memphis area native who has been recording and performing music since he was 16 years old. Inspired by post-rock and shoegaze artists\, Malcolm uses Dinosauria to craft complex soundscapes using a guitar\, effects pedals\, a loop machine\, and some improvisation in Malcolm’s unique fashion. \nDUET FOR THEREMIN AND LAP STEEL \nBased in Atlanta\, Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel has been recording and performing since 2006 and consists of Scott Burland on theremin and Frank Schultz on lap steel guitar. \nTheir music is improvised and has been described as “experimental by nature\, but easy on the ears.” \nTheir latest offering “ ‘Oumuamua” is inspired by asteroids and comets and is available now at http://dftals.bandcamp.com. Their website is http://duetonline.net \n“The name of this Atlanta duo implies a proper classical recital\, a rigid formality. But Scott Burland (theremin) and Frank Schultz (lap steel) don’t do scripted\, improvising not-so-much distinct sounds as evolving eddies of sound\, vapors of tones that develop and transform gracefully. Hypnotic pulses and dreamy drones weave together to form a kaleidoscope of sounds and moods\, ambient clouds\, and swooning collages that are as much about texture as they are timbre\, like a long-lost soundtrack to a deep-sea documentary.” – P. Wall\, Columbia Free Times \n“It occurred to me\, listening to their work\, that it represented a “Guide to Good Drone Music”: \n– It changes; \n– It isn’t pushy\, but it pulls you along; \n– It isn’t showy\, but it shows you things; \n– It surprises; \n– The edges meet but don’t crowd the middle; \n– It creates mental and temporal space for the listener. \nAtlanta is really lucky to have this duo\, and that they continue\, \nyear-after-year\, to plumb their craft.” – Jon Ciliberto \n“Undulating soundscapes rise and fall\, reaching slowly swelling crescendos of sensory overload\, drifting in a balance of beauty and tension. Their shared instincts create an invisible structure that transcend more traditional drone music to achieve its own rhythm and tonal logic.” – Chad Radford \n“Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel dream up clouds\, aurora\, sunspots\, storm fronts. They make weather overhead. Listening to compositions like these – music these musicians made up\, in studio\, somewhere far away – I am struck by what a gift they have. Not just that they can make weather\, summoning it from nothing\, but that they can bottle it – like springwater or earth. Sending spring or summer up from Georgia\, to where we shiver in the cold.’ – Sean Michaels\, Said the Gramophone
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/duet-for-theremin-and-lap-steel-dinosauria-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wyly Bigger
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents singer-songwriter Wyly Bigger in The Green Room. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $10 \nGrowing up just across the Mississippi River from Memphis\, it didn’t take long for Wyly Bigger to find a love of music. At age four\, he began teaching himself melodies on the piano by ear. He started taking lessons the same year and began developing his skills and sound. His first gig came at the age of nine when he started playing frequently at his local hometown diner in Arkansas. From there\, he expanded his reach across the river to Memphis and down Highway 61 to Mississippi. At seventeen\, he began writing his own music. Raised on the sounds of Memphis legends like Jerry Lee Lewis\, B.B. King\, and Elvis Presley\, Wyly mixed those influences with the blues from nearby Mississippi and the country music in Arkansas to develop his own musical style. Since then\, he has been writing more and more each year and recently was selected as a finalist for the Memphis Songwriters’ Association’s 2021 Songwriter of the Year. \nWyly released his debut self-titled EP in February of 2021 to a warm reception\, getting radio airplay from as far away as California and landing Wyly a spot on Ditty TV’s “12 Artists You Need to Know.” Consisting of five original songs\, Wyly Bigger’s EP can be found on all streaming platforms. \nNow 24 years old\, Wyly has taken his music to venues across the South from Memphis to New Orleans to Nashville. From dive bars and blues joints to festivals and halftime shows\, he has brought his music to countless stages and has no intentions of stopping now. \nWyly will be joined by Jesse Black\, Kyle McClanahan\, Drake Freeman\, and Terrell Gilmore for this performance. \nFor more information on Wyly’s music\, live shows\, or to purchase a CD\, visit wylybigger.com.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wyly-bigger/
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SUMMARY:Organ Failure at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents soul-jazz group Organ Failure in The Green Room. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $10 \nOrgan Failure is a greasy soul-jazz group out of Memphis\, TN. Their sound is deeply rooted in the tradition of the Hammond Organ trios from the mid 50s-60s. This instrumental- and groove-heavy band consists of in-demand Memphis players Patrick Fusco on the organ\, Logan Hanna on guitar\, and Danny Banks on Drums.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/organ-failure-at-crosstown-arts/
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SUMMARY:Jordan Occasionally + Blvck Hippie at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents disco-soul artist Jordan Occasionally and “sad boy indie rock” band Blvck Hippie in The Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \n\n\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 day of show \nRecently named a Rising Black Artist on Songfluencer’s Tidal Editorial Playlist\, Jordan Occasionally (they/them)\, or Jordan Dodson\, is a disco-soul artist and activist from Memphis\, TN. In February 2021\, they were awarded the “Student Communicator of the Year Award\,” the first in University of Memphis’ history\, for protests organized in honor of Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade. Jordan Occasionally has received critical acclaim for their debut album\, “Indigo\,” from blogs and fans all over the world. \nBlvck Hippie is a “sad boy indie rock” band from Memphis\, TN “tryna show Black kids they can be weird too.” \nBlvck Hippie’s music is a brutally honest and heart-wrenching look into the mind and heart of Josh Shaw. Hitting the stage with raw energy and authenticity\, the band will bring you along for an emotionally electrifying live performance that’ll remind you exactly why you’ve missed shows so much. Before the show\, be sure to check out Blvck Hippie’s “Bunkbed\,” called “despondent\, emotive\, and delightfully DIY” by Under The Radar\, and Technicolor called “expansive and immediate” by AFROPUNK. \nBlvck Hippie is recommended if “you’re a fan of The Strokes but like your songs a little more moody” (From The Strait). Shaw credits Kanye West and Kid Cudi for inspiring him as a Black artist\, pushing him to always create something different. Blvck Hippie’s VHS-inspired rock pairs with Shaw’s dark\, brooding lyrics\, drawing on themes of escapism\, loneliness\, and grief to create the “sad boy indie rock” songs of your dreams. \nBlvck Hippie includes Joshua Shaw\, Casey Rittinger\, Celest Farmer\, and Lynne Welden.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/jordan-occasionally-blvck-hippie-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Chantae Cann at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents jazz and soul artist Chantae Cann in The Green Room. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $15 advance | $20 day of show \nIf we’re being honest\, no one’s ever really just heard Chantae Cann. In truth\, you experience her. \nShe opens her mouth\, and 10\,000 hours of studied mononymous legends filter through that voice — the Stevie\, the Chaka\, the Erykah\, Jill\, India\, and Brandy. \nIt’s the church in her work. The courageous blend of an authentic soul choosing to exist in the midst of an often inauthentic industry. Yet somehow she chooses to find strength in her vulnerability. \nChantae Cann\, the artist\, is both jazz and soul. Rooted in gospel\, reflective of world rhythm and hip-hop. \nHer debut release\, Journey to Golden\, landed at #1 on the iTunes Jazz Charts and #7 on the Jazz Billboard Charts in March of 2016\, and was a much-welcomed introduction to the songstress. By the time of her follow-up release\, Sol Empowered\, we were well into the story. Earning #8 on the Jazz Billboard Charts\, this album resonates with so many because they genuinely connect to the story. And Chantae\, if nothing else\, knows how to make a connection — whether it’s with the parents who divulge the fact that their kids listen to and sing along to her songs or those who express that Chantae’s artistry has gotten them through some pretty tough times. Chantae makes music that serves as a safe haven for those seeking respite and reformation\, all the while undergirded with a simple\, but profound truth: love heals. \nWhen she’s not working\, Chantae can be found binge-watching episodes of Sister\, Sister or freestylin’ these bars since she is an incredible emcee in her head … for now. But even if she’s not in your Top5 Dead or Alive GOAT convo for rappers\, Chantae is one of the best-kept secrets in music. She’s collaborated with PJ Morton\, Masego\, Tarriona “Tank” Ball\, Snarky Puppy\, Foreign Exchange\, and Jonathan McReynolds. Chantae has electrified stages with Cory Henry\, Robert Glasper\, and Marcus Miller. She’s opened up for India.Arie\, Tweet\, Avery Sunshine\, and Lalah Hathaway. With her sights set on Barack and Michelle’s Spotify playlists and new music on the way in 2021\, it’s only a matter of time.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/chantae-cann-at-crosstown-arts/
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SUMMARY:Church Brothers
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents singer-songwriter duo Church Brothers in The Green Room. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $10 \nBen and Jacob Church have been making music in Memphis for nearly 20 years\, but they’ve only recently embarked on a collaborative project called\, cleverly\, Church Brothers. With voices that blend seamlessly like only siblings can and songs that range from pop to rock to country to soul and beyond\, there’s something for everyone at a Church Brothers show. They recently recorded their debut EP\, featuring their first co-write\, “Only Life\,” to be released this fall. They’ll be joined by Jon Harrison\, Daniel McKee\, Zach Nixon\, and Bill Mard.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/church-brothers/
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:Ensemble X at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents string quartet Ensemble X\, featuring Jerald Walker (violin/composer)\,  Renicea Michelle Bell (violin/vocalist)\, Mario Williams (viola/violin)\, and Joseph Miller (cello)\, in The Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm (sharp) \nTickets: $10 \nFormed in June 2021\, Ensemble X is an ensemble that blurs the lines of genre\, performing works ranging from classical music to Billboard Top 40. As ambassadors of music\, Ensemble X believes there is only one type of music\, and that is “good music.” \nJerald Walker (violin/composer) is a recent graduate of the University of Memphis with a B.M. in Music Theory and Composition. He has composed three classical symphonies and arranged for gospel\, hip-hop\, and pop music. \nRenicea Michelle Bell (violin/vocalist) is a graduate of the University Of Memphis with a B.M. in Music Business. She began singing at very young age and loves all types of music. She is equally at home on the violin and just recently performed at a Juneteenth festival. She is currently in graduate school pursuing a masters degree in Education. \nMario Williams (viola/violin) is a graduate of the University of Memphis with a B.M. in Music Performance. He has performed with several professional ensembles in the Mid-South area\, including the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Mario has a fiddling background that blends into his classical music background. He has a love of chamber music and music education. \nJoseph Miller (cello) is a graduate from the University of Memphis with a B.M. in Cello Performance. He has been playing since the age of 10. He has performed with several other professional ensembles in the Mid-South area. \nAll the members of Ensemble X are graduates of Shelby County Schools and their music programs.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/ensemble-x-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bennett Wood Quintet at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Bennett Wood Quintet with special guest Michael Shults. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $10 \nBennett Wood is a freelance musician\, composer\, and clinician. He has performed alongside internationally acclaimed musicians including John Clayton\, Maria Schneider\, Sean Jones\, Terrell Stafford\, Kenny Werner\, Allison Miller\, Nat Adderley Jr.\, Andre Hayward\, Bruce Saunders\, Greg Osby\, Doug Lawrence\, Butch Miles\, Ralph Bowen\, Reggie Thomas\, Red Young\, Conrad Herwig\, Serafin Aguilar\, and Lukas Graham. As a bandleader\, he leads groups at nationally acclaimed jazz venues including Jazz St. Louis and the Elephant Room. \nHe previously held academic appointments at Texas State University\, Texas Lutheran University\, and Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Most recently\, he served as an Associate Professor of Music at Mineral Area College and the Director of the MAC Carol Moore Memorial Jazz Festival. \nWood earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. He holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/bennett-wood-quintet-at-crosstown-arts/
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SUMMARY:Kelvin Walters Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Kelvin Walters Quintet in The Green Room.\n\n\n\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $10 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKelvin Walters is a native Memphian and saxophonist. He has been performing locally since high school and currently teaches at the Stax Music Academy. Kelvin will be joined by staples of the Memphis jazz scene\, including Johnny Yancey\, Steve Lee\, Tyler Cain\, and Nygel Yancey.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/kelvin-walters-quintet/
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:Those Pretty Wrongs
DESCRIPTION:Those Pretty Wrongs\, featuring Jody Stephens and Luther Russell\, will perform in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $15 \nAfter their self-titled 2016 debut\, Jody Stephens did not assume that he and Luther Russell had a second Those Pretty Wrongs album in them. But that turned out to not be the case. The Memphis-Los Angeles duo released Zed For Zulu in the fall of 2019. After a few shows (including one at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts)\, they toured the U.K. with The Delines. The duo were gearing up for a West Coast U.S. tour with The Jayhawks and an Australia tour when Covid scampered those plans. Now they’re excited to finally resume with another show at The Green Room and the Jayhawks shows at the end of October. Jody and Luther are also working on their third album as well as readying a reissue of their first two LPs. Those Pretty Wrongs will be accompanied by a string section led by Jonathan Kirkscey.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/those-pretty-wrongs/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Rachel Maxann
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Rachel Maxann in The Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets: $10\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nRachel Maxann is a diverse vocalist who has taken on many genres. In the last decade she has moved from Cincinnati to New Orleans to Los Angeles and around the world performing on critically acclaimed cruise ships. Each space has allowed her to grow in a new way while experimenting with different styles every location. \nFrom an early age\, Rachel began dedicating herself to music and entertainment. She started with piano and voice lessons and then later took various music classes in college. Now she mostly focuses her stage presence on singing\, engaging the crowd with her original lyrics\, and performing cover songs. \nRachel is always trying out new forms of entertainment and learning new skills to enhance her performance. Her voice has been compared to that of Tina Turner and Janis Joplin\, but her style is completely original\, and she delivers a unique performance every time. You can follow Rachel at www.rachelmaxamn.com or on social media under Rachel Maxann Music.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/rachel-maxann-in-the-green-room-at-crosstown-arts/
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SUMMARY:Mempho presents Arlo McKinley
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \nGifted singer-songwriter Arlo McKinley will release his debut solo record at age 40 on John Prine’s Oh Boy records — after he almost gave up on music altogether. His story is one of hope and sincerity\, and he is living proof that great songs will reach the right ears eventually\, even if it takes time. \nMcKinley’s Oh Boy Records solo debut\, Die Midwestern\, is deeply rooted in street soul\, country\, punk\, and gospel and draws on personal stories\, set against the backdrop of his hometown of Cincinnati\, Ohio. It was crafted down river\, in Memphis’ legendary Sam Phillips Recording Service\, produced by GRAMMY Award-winning Matt Ross-Spang\, with an all-star Memphis band of Ken Coomer\, David Smith\, Will Sexton\, Rick Steff\, Jessie Munson\, and Reba Russell. There\, McKinley recorded ten remarkable songs\, some dating back fifteen years \, all penned with weight\, honesty\, and gritty hope that comes from living in the rustbelt city where his songs were born. \nMatt Ross-Spang stated\, “I am in awe of Arlo’s songs and his dedication and embodiment of each one when he performs them. His willingness to bare it all on this record was more electric than the equipment used to capture it.” \nArlo McKinley is the last artist John Prine and his son Jody Whelan signed together to their label Oh Boy records. \nJody Whelan shared\, “John was reserved in his praise for songwriters. I played him a couple of Arlo’s songs\, and he heard “Bag Of Pills” and said\, “That’s a good song\,” which for him\, was very high praise. He loved Arlo’s voice\, this big guy with a sweet\, soulful\, gospel voice. He loved the dichotomy of the hard life lived\, presented through such beautiful songs\, and John was very excited about the promise of the album’s release.” \nMcKinley stated\, “The feeling of knowing that a hero of mine took time out of his day to come see me perform is such an accomplishment in itself that if it all ended the next day\, and I found out music just wasn’t in the cards for me\, I would’ve still considered everything I have done as a success.” \nOn Die Midwestern\, McKinley’s songs bleed truth and emotion from a heart scarred by wild nights and redeemed by soulful Sunday morning confessions. His lyrics are laid bare\, stark and arresting in their honesty\, and often penned from real-life experience. “Bag Of Pills” is an autobiographical and frank account of the drug issues which affect his hometown. \n“I wrote it after I sold some pills so I could take a girl out. Those were rough times and also right around the time I started seeing real drug addiction very close to me. After watching so many friends die from drug abuse\, it turned into me praying that it doesn’t get any worse while knowing that it will\, resulting in my writing of the lyrics\, ‘Life\, I don’t want it if it’s so easy to die.’” \n“Gone For Good” sees McKinley share his lessons from broken relationships. \n“I wrote ‘Gone For Good’ after a serious\, long relationship of mine ended. It’s about me realizing how short I fell on even trying to make it work.” Title track “Die Midwestern” reflects on McKinley’s love/hate relationship with Ohio\, “I love it because it’s everything that I am\, but I hate it because I’ve seen it take my loved ones lives. I’ve seen it make hopeful people hopeless.” McKinley reflects on his brutal honesty in his songs\, “Songwriting has to be real. I’m 100% putting myself out there. I’m not writing fiction. To me\, it is just about honesty. ” \nBy age 8\, McKinley was singing at his family’s church\, Bethlehem United Baptist\, where he first saw the light of music. Early musical loves outside church were his Kentucky native father’s bluegrass and timeless country records of Hank Williams\, Sr.\, as well as\, Bob Dylan\, John Prine\, Otis Redding\, and George Jones. Then his two older brothers’ punk and metal collection drove him to throw himself raw onto the Cincinnati punk scene. \n“I grew up in the punk scene with my brothers\, and dad has all of that stuff that came out of King Records like Hank Williams\, and I was just surrounded by it\,” McKinley says. “I still take parts of it\, and I feel I write songs in a punk rock way.” \nWith concert covers ranging from Johnny Paycheck and The Misfits to Rihanna and Post Malone\, McKinley shows a diverse range of musical interest\, which he attributes to the musical melting pot of the Cincinnati scene. \n“You go back to the history of Cincinnati music\, and you can see and feel that the river back then connected everything\, and it all flowed into one spot and brought all kinds of music here\,” says McKinley\, adding\, “That’s why I think this town has never been known for one kind of music because so many things came through here.” \nHe pursued a solo career in 2014 with his own band The Lonesome Sound and achieved some success\, including a nomination for Album of the Year\, Songwriter of the Year\, and Best Americana Act from the Cincinnati Music Awards\, but his career stalled and he almost gave up altogether. \n“I don’t know why the world works the way it does\, but I’m beyond grateful to be in this situation.” McKinley stated\, adding\, “ I’m a little wiser in my ways and a 20-something me would’ve found a way to destroy the one dream that has stuck with me my entire life — being a working musician.” \nHe also almost missed his big break\, which came when he was offered an opening slot for Tyler Childers and his now-manager was trying to reach him on the phone to offer him an opening slot. Arlo initially dodged the persistent unknown caller. Eventually\, they connected after a friend hit him up on social media and he took the call. \n“My buddy was like\, ‘Arlo\, Tyler’s team is trying to get hold of you.’ I don’t know where I would be if I didn’t take that call. Still delivering tuxedos\, which was my side job before I was a full-time musician.” \nSince\, McKinley has been making a name for himself around the country\, humbly sharing stages with kindred musical spirits John Moreland\, Jason Isbell\, Justin Townes Earle\, and contemporary rising singer/songwriters Ian Noe and Colter Wall\, eventually attracting the attention of Oh Boy\, who signed him in March 2020. \nMcKinley reflects on the significance of the timing of his release\, stating\, “I only met John briefly\, and I would’ve loved to have sat with John and talked music\, which I’m sure would’ve happened\, but I treasure the moment we had together when he came to see me play a show. His passing was a major knockdown blow for the entire team. I’m sure John had a vision for Oh Boy Records\, and I’m proud and honored to be able to contribute to the labels continued legacy.” \nMcKinley’s Die Midwestern remains an album of hope\, and he knows first-hand how his music can connect with his growing audience. \n“I had a guy who was dealing with brain cancer walk up to me and say that he was done with it\, but something in my songs resonated with him and made him get out and start living even though he knows what is ahead of him. Nothing is more important than that. That’s why I write songs like I do. I’m just another lost\, hurting person in this place. I just like to sing about it.”
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LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series: Brooks Robertson
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series\, a monthly concert series showcasing internationally acclaimed guitarists in partnership with the Little Rock-based Argenta Acoustic Music Series. November’s performance features guitarist Brooks Robertson in an intimate\, solo performance. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nBrooks Robertson just doesn’t need much more than two thumbs\, eight fingers\, and six strings on a wooden box to carry his listeners away. \nHailed by prominent exponents of his instrument like Nokie Edwards\, Thom Bresh\, John Jorgenson\, and Mason Williams\, the young fingerstyle guitarist embodies the creative vision of a postmodern world: It’s the music that counts. Brooks utilizes his superb technical abilities to play bass\, rhythm\, and melody simultaneously and surpass the borders of conventional genres. He merges hauntingly beautiful compositions\, country rhythms\, and jazzy harmonies with funky licks into his very own art form – sometimes delivered with a punch\, sometimes with a smile. \nBrooks was born in Eugene\, Oregon\, in 1989. Seeing Buster B. Jones perform at a festival near his hometown became a life-changing experience for the kid from the sticks. At just eleven years old\, he was immediately inclined to pick up the guitar. Soon\, the world-renowned fingerstyle virtuoso and instructor dedicated his spare time to introducing his new fans into the secrets of the fretboard\, and after six months of lessons the natural talent performed his first show with his mentor. \nWhen Buster B. Jones took him under his wings\, Brooks began playing high-profile gigs such as the Nokie Edwards Festival\, the NAMM Show in Anaheim\, the Montreal Jazz Festival\, or the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield among others. By the time he was a teenager he had become the youngest endorsee of Godin Guitars and traveled to several states and foreign countries to perform. Brooks went on to play on Garrison Keillor’s National Public Radio classic “A Prairie Home Companion” in 2004\, where he won first place in a talent competition for 12 to 20 year old participants. \nIn recent years\, while still appearing regularly at prestigious events like the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society (CAAS) Convention in Nashville\, Brooks focused on perfecting his craft\, soaking up new tunes\, styles\, and techniques\, as well as blending them into his own groovy and soulful original music. He entered the “Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition\,” which drew participants from more than 40 countries all over the world. Brooks was invited to perform in the finals at the Broad Stage in Los Angeles in March 2010. A star-studded jury\, including Steve Lukather and Lee Ritenour\, eventually chose him as winner of the country category and second place winner overall. \nAlthough he is deeply rooted in the powerful tradition of the genre\, founded by the likes of Merle Travis\, Jerry Reed\, Thom Bresh\, and Buster B. Jones\, Brooks also draws inspiration from the elegant mastery of the legendary Chet Atkins and other phenomenal players. His own compositions and arrangements have even been compared to fingerstyle jazz champions Lenny Breau and Earl Klugh. Now\, as energy and maturity come together\, this young man is ready to step out of his mentor’s shadows and electrify the world with the sheer acoustic beauty his fingers create\, when touching a set of strings. \n“The future of American fingerstyle guitar” – Buster B. Jones \n“I’ve always loved playing with Brooks. He’s a joy to be around!” – Tommy Emmanuel CGP \n“I was completely knocked out with the acoustic guitar virtuosity of Brooks Robertson! Brooks has a very original touch and sound\, plus monster chops. He’s always making great music with his guitar. I’m sure Brooks will be sharing his music with the entire world and have an incredible career.” – Lee Ritenour \n“Brooks Robertson plays like the house is on fire.” – Thom Bresh \n“All guitar players are like Frankensteins. Their music is made out of bits and pieces of other players. In Brooks’ case\, he’s a son of a Frankenchops\, the well-known monster picker Buster B. Jones. Buster and Brooks are both so scary … the legend continues.” – Mason Williams \n“Brooks Robertson has one of the very best techniques in fingerstyle guitar. You can hear the influences of Buster B. Jones\, Jerry Reed\, and all the great fingerpickers past … and he’s writing some fabulous new material. An amazing guitar player who’s showing the rest of us how it’s done! Nobody whops Brooks Robertson!” – Richard Smith
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-cutaway-acoustic-guitar-series-brooks-robertson/
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Modern Masters Jazz Series feat. Victor Atkins
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Modern Masters Jazz Series\, a monthly series featuring jazz soloists from around the country. \nFor November’s performance\, New Orleans-based pianist Victor Atkins will be featured in an unforgettable performance with the series house band\, The Ted Ludwig Trio. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nVictor “Red” Atkins is known for being a “powerful and unconventional” piano player. Victor is a native of Selma\, Alabama\, and currently lives in New Orleans\, Louisiana. Atkins had an early start with jazz as his father loved Charlie Parker. At home\, he learned how to appreciate music and develop an ear for more complex music. \nHe began his professional career on Delfeayo Marsalis’ “Pontius Pilate’s Decision” record. After recording he moved on to be a professional pianist alongside many notable musicians such as Elvin Jones\, Mark Whitfield\, Nnenna Freelon\, Joshua Redman\, Wynton Marsalis\, and Leroy Jones. Subsequently\, he returned to school to finish his Masters at the Manhattan School of Music. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998. Atkins is well-known for his work with Grammy-winning\, New Orleans-based Los Hombres Calientes as well as his re-working of Duke Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder\,” a tribute to William Shakespeare. \nNot only is Victor Atkins a professional musician but also a tenured professor at the University of New Orleans\, where he teaches theory\, composition\, jazz keyboard\, and applied piano. He also works with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra on compositions\, and has played with them numerous times. Victor Atkins credits Donald Brown as his mentor. His studies with him had the largest impact\, and it is when he developed a sincere appreciation for jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-feat-victor-atkins/
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series: Don Ross
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series\, a monthly concert series showcasing internationally acclaimed guitarists in partnership with the Little Rock-based Argenta Acoustic Music Series. October’s performance features Canadian guitarist Don Ross in an intimate\, solo performance. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nIn 1988\, Don became the first Canadian to win the U.S. National Fingerpick Guitar Championship. He won again in 1996\, still the only two-time winner of the competition. He signed a recording deal with Toronto-based Duke Street Records and released three CDs for them between 1989 and 1993. He then recorded three CDs for Sony/Columbia between 1994 and 1997\, and then three more for Milwaukee-based Narada Records between 1999 and 2003. \nWith the collapse of the conventional recording industry in the early 21st century\, Don entered into a new venture with Milwaukee-based CandyRat Records and its founder\, Rob Poland. The move to a completely internet-based model of releasing recordings resulted in the first ever CandyRat CD\, 2005’s Music for Vacuuming. Don has released numerous CDs and DVDs for the new label\, including his new album\, A Million Brazilian Civilians\, on CD and see-through orange vinyl. \nDon has toured regularly since 1989\, across Canada\, the USA\, a dozen European countries\, Japan\, Taiwan\, China\, Australia\, Russia\, and India. He has played with symphony orchestras in Canada and Germany and collaborated live and on recording with U.S. guitarist Andy McKee\, Canadian singer/guitarist Brooke Miller\, Canadian guitarist Calum Graham\, and Toronto bassist Jordan O’Connor. He also composes scores for television\, radio\, and film\, and does production and recording engineering for a variety of other musicians. In addition to acoustic guitar\, Don also plays electric guitar\, slide dobro and lapsteel guitar\, harp guitar\, voice\, piano\, keyboards\, bass guitar\, and drums. He has just started learning to play the Kelstone\, a 9-string guitar developed by Belgian musician/inventor Jan Van Kelst. At this point\, Don admits that learning a new instrument from scratch at this point in his career is “humbling. I’m a rank amateur Kelstone player\, and I still completely suck at it!” \nDon Ross grew up in Montreal\, has lived at various times in Ontario\, Nova Scotia\, the USA\, China\, and Quebec\, and now resides in Halifax.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-cutaway-acoustic-guitar-series-don-ross/
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Modern Masters Jazz Series feat. Howard Alden
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents the Modern Masters Jazz Series\, a monthly series featuring jazz soloists from around the country. \nFor October’s performance\, jazz guitarist Howard Alden will be featured in an unforgettable performance with the series house band\, The Ted Ludwig Trio. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \n“He may be the best of his generation\,” writes Owen Cordle in JazzTimes. George Kanzler of the Newark Star Ledger proclaims that he is “the most impressive and creative member of a new generation of jazz guitarists.” And Chip Deffaa of the New York Post observed that he is “…one of the very finest young guitarists working today.” \nIt seems that the only thing regarding Howard Alden on which the critics have debate is whether the remarkable jazz guitarist is one of the best or simply the best. \nBorn in Newport Beach\, California\, in 1958\, Howard began playing at age ten\, inspired by recordings of Armstrong\, Basie\, and Goodman\, as well as those by guitarists Barney Kessel\, Charlie Christian\, Django Reinhardt\, and George Van Eps. Soon\, he was working professionally around Los Angeles\, playing in groups ranging from traditional to mainstream to modern jazz. In 1979\, Alden went east for a summer in Atlantic City with Red Norvo\, and continued to perform with him frequently for several years. \nUpon moving to New York City in 1982\, Alden’s skills\, both as soloist and accompanist\, were quickly recognized and sought-out for appearances and recordings with such artists as Joe Bushkin\, Ruby Braff\, Joe Williams\, Warren Vache\, and Woody Herman. \nHe has continued to win accolades from critics and musicians alike\, adding Benny Carter\, Flip Phillips\, Mel Powell\, Bud Freeman\, Kenny Davern\, Clark Terry\, Dizzy Gillespie\, and George Van Eps\, as well as notable contemporaries such as Scott Hamilton and Ken Peplowski to his list of impressive credits. \nHoward Alden has been a Concord Jazz recording artist since the late ’80s\, where his prolific recorded output as leader\, co-leader\, and versatile sideman has captured an artist of consistently astonishing virtuosity and originality. \nHoward Alden was voted “Best Emerging Talent-Guitar” in the first annual JazzTimes critics’ poll\, 1990\, and “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” in the 1996\, 1992\, 1993\, and 1995 Downbeat critics’ poll. In February of 2009\, Howard was recognized as a “Modern Maestro\,” one of DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE’S 75 Great Guitarists of all time. “An original virtuoso.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-feat-howard-alden/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series: Pearl Django
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series\, a monthly concert series showcasing internationally acclaimed guitarists in partnership with the Little Rock-based Argenta Acoustic Music Series. September’s performance features Pearl Django in an intimate performance. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nWith a performance history spanning more than two decades\, Pearl Django endures as one of the most highly regarded Hot Club style groups working today. Although the band’s roots are firmly in the music made famous by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli\, its extensive repertoire includes traditional jazz classics and original compositions. Pearl Django has performed at festivals\, dances\, and nightspots throughout the U.S. and abroad. They have played at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine and have been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” The band’s signature style is marked by pristine and dexterous string work\, colors of Bal Musette\, the steady pulse of rhythm guitar\, and an unmistakable swing that delights audiences of all musical sensibilities. Throughout the years\, Pearl Django has cultivated a devoted and enthusiastic following and they continue to play to packed houses wherever they perform. \n“Pearl Django play(s) gypsy jazz … and they do it with such verve\, skill\, and pleasure that they’re pretty much irresistible to jazz and non-jazz listeners alike.” — Seattle Weekly \n“Pearl Django: The gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt done to perfection!” — Paul de Barros\, The Seattle Times \nMembers: Tim Lerch & Jim Char\, Guitar; Michael Gray\, Violin; David Lange\, Accordion; Rick Leppanen\, Bass \nThe group’s inception was as a trio in Tacoma\, Washington in 1994. The focus of Pearl Django was\, and is\, to incorporate the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with American swing music. They quickly expanded to a quintet\, adding a violinist and a third guitarist. In 1999\, along with the release of their third and fourth CDs\, the group incorporated their own record label\, Modern Hot Records. At about the same time\, MHR signed a national distribution agreement with City Hall Records in San Rafael\, California. The October 2000 release of Avalon put the group on the national map with seven weeks of Gavin top-forty airplay and current sales of over 17\,000 copies. In May 2001\, Pearl Django was featured on All Things Considered. In June 2002\, Pearl Django performed at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine\, just outside of Paris\, France. As of 2007 Pearl Django is working as both a quartet and a quintet (with accordionist\, David Lange). All of the members are contributing original compositions to the band’s expansive repertoire. They have released 13 CDs to date. \n“If Paris is the city of love\, then Pearl Django’s music is the flirtatious accompaniment.”\n— 6Moons.com\, review of Under Paris Skies.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-cutaway-acoustic-guitar-series-pearl-django/
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:POSTPONED Modern Masters Jazz Series feat. James Singleton
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Modern Masters Jazz Series\, a monthly series featuring jazz soloists from around the country. \nFor September’s performance\, New Orleans-based bassist\, composer\, and producer James Singleton will be featured in an unforgettable performance with the series house band\, The Ted Ludwig Trio. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nJames Singleton is an acoustic bassist\, composer\, and producer. He is a member of the New Orleans-based jazz group Astral Project with Johnny Vidacovich\, Tony Dagradi\, and Steve Masakowski. He has been described as one of the best and most sought-after bassists in New Orleans. \nHe has performed with John Scofield\, Stanton Moore\, and John Medeski\, as well as John Abercrombie\, Art Baron\, Ellis Marsalis\, Earl Turbinton\, Eddie Harris\, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown\, Lionel Hampton\, Arnett Cobb\, and Banu Gibson\, among others. He has recorded with Chet Baker\, Alvin “Red” Tyler\, James Booker\, Johnny “Tan Canary” Adams\, Charlie Rich\, and Zachary Richard\, among others. \nHe produced Astral Project’s Elvado which won OffBeat magazine’s 1998 Best Modern Jazz Album of the Year award. Although Elvado has been described as “straight-ahead bop-influenced jazz with a Crescent City ambiance\,” Astral Project’s live performances are also known for improvisation\, which Singleton has described as “composing in the groove.” \nHe has led projects such as “3 Now 4\,” “The James Singleton Orchestra\,” and “The James Singleton Trio.” Some of Singleton’s recent projects include playing as a member of the New Orleans saxophonist Robert Wagner Trio and the New Orleans keyboardist Robert Walter Trio. In early 2007\, he toured nationally with Skerik and Mike Dillon. \nIn 2008\, various projects included an experimental jazz string quartet composed of two former Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra members Dave Rebeck and Matt Rhody\, as well as cellist Helen Gillet. Singleton moved to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina but continued to perform frequently in New Orleans. In December 2008\, Singleton returned to New Orleans.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-feat-james-singleton/
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series: Shane Hennessy
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series\, a monthly concert series showcasing internationally acclaimed guitarists in partnership with the Little Rock-based Argenta Acoustic Music Series. August’s performance features Irish virtuoso guitarist Shane Hennessy in an intimate\, solo performance. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nIrish virtuoso guitarist Shane Hennessy has established himself as one of the leading guitarists on the world stage\, known widely for his fingerstyle\, flatpicking\, and percussive guitar-playing approaches. With a unique style of solo guitar playing that encompasses the range of a whole band – covering drums\, bass\, rhythm\, and lead lines – Shane builds a complete sonic world entirely on his own. \nBilled as “one of the most exciting live performers of his generation\, with an ability to move between styles and genres with ease” by Irish Music Magazine\, audiences can never be too sure what will come next during the exciting mix of jazz\, blues\, country\, soul\, traditional Irish music\, and world music he offers. With the addition of some smooth vocals\, genre-hopping improvisations\, and well-arranged covers\, it makes sense why music legend super-producer Nile Rodgers (CHIC) thinks that “his style is killer\, it’s really cool stuff\,” and why guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel says that Shane “is one of the most engaging musicians in the world today.” \nOver the course of a performance\, Hennessy brings the audience from elated highs to the depths of reflection\, delivering stories\, anecdotes\, and off-the-cuff remarks with the same passion he holds for the music he performs. He says that it is hard to describe in words what he does on stage without experiencing it in person\, but it becomes clear upon witnessing his performance why his tour schedule is so hectic. In 2019 alone\, he will visit much of mainland Europe\, Russia\, China\, and the United States\, the pinnacle of this world tour being a solo set at the prestigious MerleFest in North Carolina\, widely recognized as the mecca of Americana and Roots music in the USA. \nA musician from a young age\, he credits his background in Irish traditional music as the base on which he has built his genre-defying musical explorations. Initially a concertina player under the tuition of the renowned Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh\, Hennessy first turned to the guitar when he was inspired by the music of James Taylor. Becoming more interested in songwriting and in music in general\, it was when he discovered the styles of Tommy Emmanuel and Chet Atkins that his interest in solo performance blossomed. From that point on\, he has toured the world\, with thousands of shows under his belt\, and a proven track record as a performer\, songwriter\, arranger\, accompanist\, and session musician. \nA highlight of his career to date has been a sold-out a solo show in The National Concert Hall in Dublin\, Ireland\, for the release of his latest CD ‘Marrakech’. Another milestone in 2018 was when Shane worked with Bill Whelan\, Grammy-award winning composer of Riverdance\, on a piece of music commissioned for guitar\, piano\, and string quartet. He has also given numerous lectures and guitar workshops all over the world for guitarists and musicians eager to learn more about his unique musical approach. \nStill\, given his successes to date\, he is always eager to keep pushing the boundaries of what he can do on one guitar. To quote RTÉ Radio host Marty Whelan: “There was part of me that didn’t really believe that he could do what he does on one guitar until he came into the studio\, sat down in front of me\, and played. I thought there had to be loops\, or extra tracks\, or recording tricks\, and there was none of that – my jaw dropped! What a talent!”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-cutaway-acoustic-guitar-series-shane-hennessy/
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:POSTPONED Modern Masters Jazz Series feat. Geoff Clapp
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Modern Masters Jazz Series\, a monthly series featuring jazz soloists from around the country. \nAugust’s concert will feature award-winning drummer Geoff Clapp in a spectacular performance with the series house band\, The Ted Ludwig Trio. \nTickets: $20\nDoors 7pm | Performance at 7:30pm \nAbout Geoff Clapp:\nWhile Geoff Clapp was a high school student at the North Carolina School of the Arts (studying classical percussion and playing in the school’s jazz band)\, he had the opportunity to meet and hear New Orleanians\, including trumpeter Wynton Marsalis\, pianist Ellis Marsalis\, and drummer Herlin Riley (All-Star 1991). “I never knew drums could be played like that\,” exclaims Clapp of Riley’s style and talents. “That really sparked my true interest in jazz.” \nThese events ultimately resulted in Clapp attending the University of New Orleans in the fall of 1989. He was among the first talented group of musicians\, which included drummer Brian Blade (All-Star 1993)\, trumpeter Jeremy Davenport (All-Star 2000)\, and bassist Chris Thomas (All-Star 1999) in the new jazz studies program headed by Ellis Marsalis. “We were just a bunch of hoodlums trying to play jazz\,” says Clapp with a chuckle. \nAbout the series:\nThe Modern Masters Jazz Series is guest-curated by renowned two-decade New Orleans jazz guitarist Ted Ludwig\, who has received an ASCAP award\, the Louis Armstrong award\, and the Overture to the Cultural Season award and is a member of The Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame. Each month in 2020\, Crosstown Arts welcomes jazz artists from New Orleans\, NYC\, LA\, and beyond\, who will perform with the Ted Ludwig Trio. Highlights include Roseanna Vitro\, who has sung with Christian McBride\, Elvin Jones\, and Lionel Hampton; Ed Cherry\, of Dizzy Gillespie’s band; GRAMMY-winner Victor Atkins; and Dee Dee Bridgewater saxophonist Ed Peterson.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-feat-geoff-clapp/
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:POSTPONED The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series: Pierre Bensusan
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series\, a monthly concert series showcasing internationally acclaimed guitarists in partnership with the Little Rock-based Argenta Acoustic Music Series. July’s performance features guitarist Pierre Bensusan in an intimate\, solo performance. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \n“The way the guitar would want to sound if it played itself.” \n“Bensusan is very much his own animal. It’s like listening to a butterfly\, to dappled sunshine coming through quaking aspens. His music flits and darts around like fish in a pool. And his compositions manage to encompass both the calmness of the pool and the flashing of the fish. It’s an entrancing\, almost hypnotic thing to watch and hear\, as he seems eager to share his journey\, his light. I was struck by how the aim of each song was to be beautiful. Not witty\, not avant-garde\, not new\, necessarily\, but beautiful. A great craftsman plying his trade. A shepherd with his flock. As I left\, I felt all of a sudden that I’d been to temple after all. My own sort of temple\, and by the end of the service I felt purified\, cleansed\, and ready for the new year.” — Nyack News and Views (USA\, Dan Cohen\, Oct 4\, 2015) \nWinner of the Independent Music Award\, in the Live Performance Album category for his latest triple live album “Encore” (2014)\, “Rose d’Or” of the Montreux Festival for his first album\, “Près de Paris” (Switzerland\, 1976)\, “Best World Music Guitar Player ” by the readers of Guitar Player Magazine (USA\, 2008)\, Pierre Bensusan is recognized as one of the premier musicians of our time. \nIf “World Music” is music that pays tribute to the spirit of a collection of human beings through distinct rhythms\, traditional instruments\, and harmonic colors\, French-Algerian guitarist\, singer\, and composer Pierre Bensusan can be recognized as one of the most eloquent and world musicians today. \nBorn in Oran\, French-Algeria in 1957\, when France was decolonizing its Empire\, Pierre Bensusan’s family moved to Paris when he was four. He began formal studies on piano at the age of 7\, and\, at 11\, taught himself guitar. Influenced in those early days by the folk revival blooming in Britain\, France\, and North America\, Bensusan began first to explore his own diverse musical heritage and then moved to the horizons beyond. \nAt 17\, he signed his first recording contract\, and one year later\, his first album “Pres de Paris” won the Grand Prix du Disque upon his debut at the Montreux Festival in Switzerland. \nDescribed by the L.A. Times as “one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans in the world music scene today\,” Pierre’s name became synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius\, long before the terms New Age\, New Acoustic Music\, or World Music were invented. He has the ability to make a single guitar sound like an entire band as he brings the audience on a mesmerizing musical journey. And yet\, Bensusan is more than what any musician or music lover expects from a guitarist. He is a composer as well as a bilingual and a brave improvisational vocalist\, melding whistles and resonant low notes with something like his own scat technique. \nThere is a sense of something both playful and serious in his work\, an unparalleled sense of freedom in his compositions and his improvisations. His “manner” of playing defies classification – crossing world\, classical\, jazz\, traditional\, folk and more. None can be isolated as simply “Brazilian”\, “Arabic” or “French”; rather\, they represent our world in its current state\, a world sharing itself\, fusing cultures together in ways we have never experienced. A great ambassador of peace. Not to be missed!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-cutaway-acoustic-guitar-series-pierre-bensusan/
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:POSTPONED Modern Masters Jazz Series feat. Ed Cherry
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Modern Masters Jazz Series\, a monthly series featuring jazz soloists from around the country. \nJuly’s concert will feature the extraordinary talents of jazz guitarist Ed Cherry in a captivating performance with the series house band\, The Ted Ludwig Trio. \nTickets: $20\nDoors 7pm | Performance at 7:30pm \nAbout Ed Cherry:\nBorn in New Haven\, Connecticut\, Ed Cherry moved to New York in 1978 to play guitar with Dizzy Gillespie from 1978 to 1992\, performing in Gillespie’s quartet\, big band\, and with The United Nation Orchestra which recorded the Grammy Award-winning Live at Royal Festival Hall (Enja). Gillespie died in 1993\, and Cherry released his first recording as a leader\, ‘First Take’ (Groovin’ High). That same year\, Ed recorded with Paquito D’Riveras’ small group\, which recorded “Havana Cafe” (Chesky Records). Ed also worked with composer/saxophonist Henry Threadgill for two years and recorded three CDs with Henry’s ‘Very Very Circus’ group. \nAbout the series:\nThe Modern Masters Jazz Series is guest-curated by renowned two-decade New Orleans jazz guitarist Ted Ludwig\, who has received an ASCAP award\, the Louis Armstrong award\, and the Overture to the Cultural Season award and is a member of The Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame. Each month in 2020\, Crosstown Arts welcomes jazz artists from New Orleans\, NYC\, LA\, and beyond\, who will perform with The Ted Ludwig Trio. Highlights include Roseanna Vitro\, who has sung with Christian McBride\, Elvin Jones\, and Lionel Hampton; Ed Cherry\, of Dizzy Gillespie’s band; GRAMMY-winner Victor Atkins; and Dee Dee Bridgewater saxophonist Ed Peterson.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-feat-ed-cherry/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series: Pat Kirtley
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series\, a monthly concert series showcasing internationally acclaimed guitarists in partnership with the Little Rock-based Argenta Acoustic Music Series. June’s performance features guitarist Pat Kirtley in an intimate\, solo performance. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nCombining Kentucky tradition with contemporary style\, Pat Kirtley is a solo guitarist with a wide repertoire known for its honesty\, humor\, and depth. He has penned a virtual library of fresh lyrical compositions enjoyed by audiences of all ages and backgrounds. \nPat’s performing skills won him the title of U.S. National Fingerstyle Champion\, and in 2006\, he was inducted into the National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame. His music has taken him around the world from quaint concert halls to large events\, such as headlining Japan’s National Fingerstyle Festival. As a featured performer\, Pat has toured across the USA and internationally in Asia\, France\, Germany\, Portugal\, Italy\, Netherlands and Austria. His warm\, personal stage presence garners smiles and praise wherever he goes. \nPat has produced numerous instructional videos and books. He co-produced and appears in the respected “World of Celtic Guitar” DVD series from Vestapol Videos\, which spawned accompanying books from Mel Bay and CDs from Rounder Records. Pat’s newest project is a two-volume instructional DVD on the vintage tunes of Chet Atkins. \nPat has produced five albums that are perennial staples of the acoustic guitar world. Among other projects\, he appears on Narada Records’ landmark CD “Guitar Fingerstyle\,” which has sold over a quarter million copies. \n“He is among the new trailblazers — the bold ones who will take the guitar into the next century.” —John Schroeter\, “Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine” \n“Kirtley is one of those all-too-rare musicians able to transcend his influences to create a distinctive\, natural sound all his own.” — David McCarty\, “Walnut Valley Record Reviews”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-cutaway-acoustic-guitar-series-pat-kirtley/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Modern Masters Jazz Series feat. Roseanna Vitro
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents the Modern Masters Jazz Series\, a monthly series featuring jazz soloists from around the country. \nFor June’s performance\, acclaimed jazz vocalist Roseanna Vitro will be featured in an unforgettable performance with the series house band\, The Ted Ludwig Trio. \nTickets: $20\nDoors 7 pm | Performance at 7:30 pm \nAbout Roseanna Vitro:\n“[Roseanna has] a propensity for eclecticism\, drawing on a wide range of songs and sources from well beyond the jazz tradition.” — Will Friedwald\, City View\, New York \n”Tell Me the Truth is additional evidence that Roseanna Vitro is in the top tier of contemporary jazz vocalists.” — Joe Bebco\, The Syncopated Times \nVitro was born in Hot Springs\, Arkansas. She is the product of two distinct cultural strains: Her father\, who ran the Flamingo nightclub\, divided his music affinities between the pluck of Frank Sinatra and the homeland finery of Italian opera. Her mother sang country and gospel songs by way of the church. \nIn 1978\, Roseanna Vitro moved to New York City with guitarist Scott Hardy and began to study with Gabor Carelli\, a professor from the Manhattan School of Music\, and began to perform with Kenny Werner and Fred Hersch. She sang with Lionel Hampton and toured with him. She appeared at The Blue Note\, Iridium\, Birdland\, and Dizzy’s Jazz Club at Lincoln Center. She appeared with Steve Allen at The Town Hall at The Apollo Theater and recorded an album of Allen’s songs. In 2005\, she performed and recorded with the Kenny Werner Trio at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. She has worked with Kenny Barron\, Christian McBride\, Elvin Jones\, Gary Bartz\, Kevin Mahogany\, and David “Fathead” Newman\, all of whom have appeared on her recordings. She was a guest on Marian McPartland’s radio program\, Piano Jazz. Her album\, The Music of Randy Newman\, received 4 1/2 stars in Down Beat magazine and a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2012. \nAbout the series:\nThe Modern Masters Jazz Series is guest-curated by renowned two-decade New Orleans jazz guitarist Ted Ludwig\, who has received an ASCAP award\, the Louis Armstrong award\, and the Overture to the Cultural Season award\, and is a member of The Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame. Each month in 2020\, Crosstown Arts welcomes jazz artists from New Orleans\, NYC\, LA\, and beyond\, who will perform with The Ted Ludwig Trio. Highlights include Roseanna Vitro\, who has sung with Christian McBride\, Elvin Jones\, and Lionel Hampton; Ed Cherry\, of Dizzy Gillespie’s band; GRAMMY-winner Victor Atkins; and Dee Dee Bridgewater saxophonist Ed Peterson.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-feat-roseanna-vitro/
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Nutria in The Green Room
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nJoin us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a contemporary jazz performance by Nutria from New Orleans. \nTickets: $10\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nNamed after the infamous South Louisiana swamp rat\, Nutria performs original contemporary jazz music with an emphasis on collective improvisation. Their compositional and improvisational practice at once pushes at the boundaries of instrumental music in the 21st century and situates the music within the lineage of New Orleans jazz and groove traditions. \nThis concert at Crosstown Arts is a part of their 2020 album release tour\, celebrating their new album\, “Meeting In Progress\,” released in February 2020 on ears&eyes Records. \n“Showing a clear strategic intelligence and inventiveness and a substantial depth of artistic resourcefulness\,” according to No Depression magazine\, Nutria has toured throughout the United States playing art centers\, jazz clubs\, and dive bars. In 2017\, they performed on the Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington\, DC. In 2016\, they were commissioned by the New Orleans-based Marigny Opera Ballet to compose “Wary Heat\,” a new ballet that was premiered in February 2017 and reprised in January 2018. In 2019\, Nutria began a weekly residency at one of New Orleans’ top venues for creative music\, Bacchanal Fine Wine. \nNutria was formed in New Orleans in 2014 as a composition workshop for its members\, who were active in different corners of the local music scene. Their sound reflects a diversity of influences yet with a deep commitment to the jazz idiom. \nThe members of Nutria have performed with a wide array of leading talents in New Orleans and around the world\, including Leyla McCalla\, James Singleton\, Johnny Vidocovich\, Ed Petersen\, Mahmoud Chouki\, Sarah Quintana\, the Revelers and local favorites Los Po-boy-citos. Nutria has performed at venues such as the Kennedy Center (Washington\, DC)\, the New Orleans Museum of Art\, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (NOLA)\, the New Orleans Jazz Museum\, Twins Jazz Club (DC)\, Chris’ Jazz Cafe (Philadelphia)\, the Jazz Gallery (Milwaukee)\, the Chatterbox Jazz Club (Indianapolis)\, and the California Clipper (Chicago).
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-presents-nutria-from-new-orleans/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series: Sam Pacetti
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents The Cutaway Acoustic Guitar Series\, a monthly concert series showcasing internationally acclaimed guitarists in partnership with the Little Rock-based Argenta Acoustic Music Series. May’s performance features guitarist Sam Pacetti in an intimate\, solo performance. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nSam Pacetti is one who brings it all together. A fingerstyle guitar wizard. A deft songwriter\, capable of haunting depth and wry humor in the space of one song. An impassioned and ecstatic vocalist\, as well as a mesmerizing live performer\, seamlessly melding head-spinning guitar pyrotechnics and raw emotion into one breathtaking package. Pacetti represents a culmination of the best of the American and British traditions. His 1997 Waterbug debut\, Solitary Travel\, garnered critical raves. “This guy is very good\, indeed\,” deadpanned the highly respected (and highly critical) UK magazine Folk Roots. And Dirty Linen\, the influential US roots publication\, opined\, “Although the woods are full of young guitar virtuosos\, few have developed the style\, technique\, and artistic wisdom of Sam Pacetti. \nSolitary travel heralds the arrival of one of the most talented instrumentalists and composers to appear in acoustic music in a month of Sundays.” Sam Pacetti grew up in North Florida\, hardly known as a hotbed of either the folk tradition or musical innovation. At age 13\, he found the music of both Chet Atkins and Merle Travis\, profound influences on his early musical development. Then fate intervened shortly afterward in the person of Gamble Rogers\, the legendary picker and raconteur from St Augustine who took the young Pacetti under his wing. It was a time of astonishing musical and emotional growth. Pacetti and Rogers met and played weekly for a year\, until tragically Rogers died while trying to save a drowning tourist caught in an undertow at Flagler Beach\, Florida. \nThough brief in their time together\, Rogers was able to instill in Pacetti the importance of the folk process\, the passing of music and oral tradition from teacher to student. Pacetti still counts Rogers as his most influential mentor. Tradition and innovation neatly balance in Sam Pacetti’s music\, the whole infused by a relentless intelligence intent on musical and philosophical synthesis. Martin Simpson\, Richard Thompson\, Joni Mitchell and Merle Travis are touchstones to Pacetti\, and while there are strong elements of the American primitive school of guitar wizardry throughout his work\, there is a powerful raw emotionality evident as well – an earthy sensuality more reminiscent of a Greg Brown or a red-dirt blues master than of a musical academian. Word has started to spread about Sam Pacetti. And as with anything truly innovative\, it starts at the grassroots. You won’t see Pacetti written up in People or Us. You won’t hear his music on Top-40 radio. \nNo\, word is spreading about Sam Pacetti the way true innovation always does – through the grassroots\, through non-commercial radio and “specialty show” play\, from tapes and CDs passed from friend to friend\, At folk festivals and listening rooms\, and in the tradition stemming from the days of rent-raising parties in the Mississippi Delta (and now carried on by music aficionados unable to find music that interest them within the mainstream). \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-cutaway-acoustic-guitar-series-sam-pacetti/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Modern Masters Jazz Series feat. Peter Bernstein
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts presents the Modern Masters Jazz Series\, a monthly series featuring jazz soloists from around the country performing with the series house band\, The Ted Ludwig Trio. May’s featured musician will be award-winning guitarist Peter Bernstein. \nTickets: $20\nDoors at 7pm | Performance 7:30pm \nThe jazz guitarist\, among the most sought after in the New York area\, has a feather-light touch\, an encyclopedic knowledge of chords and the ability to play standards like he’s inventing them on the spot. — The Los Angeles Daily News \nMr. Bernstein is a fluidly improvising guitarist in the post-bop tradition\, with control over harmony and a beautiful sound. — The New York Times \nPeter Bernstein produces a warm\, ringing\, muscular tone which echoes that of such giants as Wes Montgomery\, Jim Hall\, and Kenny Burrell. — Jazziz \nJazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in numerous recordings and performances with musicians from all generations. As a leader\, Peter has released nine albums and a DVD. As a sideman\, Peter has appeared in groups led by Sonny Rollins\, Bobby Hutcherson\, George Coleman\, Lou Donaldson\, Dr. Lonnie Smith\, Fathead Newman\, Joshua Redman\, Brad Mehldau\, Diana Krall\, Lee Konitz\, Jimmy Cobb\, and many more. Current projects include his album\, Monk\, with Doug Weiss and Bill Stewart\, a recently released solo record\, Solo Guitar – Live at Smalls\, and the highly acclaimed organ trio with organist Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart. \nThe Modern Masters Jazz Series is guest-curated by renowned two-decade New Orleans jazz guitarist Ted Ludwig\, who has received an ASCAP award\, the Louis Armstrong award\, and the Overture to the Cultural Season award and is a member of The Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame. Each month in 2020\, Crosstown Arts welcomes jazz artists from New Orleans\, NYC\, LA\, and beyond\, who will perform with the Ted Ludwig Trio. Highlights include Roseanna Vitro\, who has sung with Christian McBride\, Elvin Jones\, and Lionel Hampton; Ed Cherry\, of Dizzy Gillespie’s band; GRAMMY-winner Victor Atkins; and Dee Dee Bridgewater saxophonist Ed Peterson.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-feat-peter-bernstein/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Willie Farmer with Tim Easton in The Green Room
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice. \nJoin us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by Mississippi bluesman Willie Farmer\, with an opening set by Tim Easton. \nTickets: $15\nDoors at 7pm | Performance at 7:30pm \nWillie Farmer is living proof that Mississippi continues to produce deep blues. The 63-year-old guitarist is neither a soul modernist nor revivalist\, but simply a small-town auto mechanic who’s never shaken his love for old school legends like Muddy\, Wolf\, and Lightnin’. \nA lifelong resident of tiny Duck Hill\, located in the hills east of the Delta\, Farmer grew up on the family farm. He first took up the acoustic guitar in his early teens\, and through picking cotton\, soon saved up enough money to buy an electric instrument. \nHe played for audiences at home and at school events and learned about blues and R&B\, mostly through listening to a powerful station out of Nashville. “John R of WLAC\, that’s how I listened to Lightnin’ Hopkins\, Howlin’ Wolf. That’s how I got my first album by Lightnin’ [The Fire Records LP Mojo Hand]. I got the address off the radio\, and they sent it.” \n“I learned Lightin’ pretty good. I can play all the up-to-date stuff now — B.B.\, Little Milton — but I like the old stuff; that’s the real blues. The blues they’re singing today\, that ain’t blues to me; it just doesn’t have the feel.” \nWillie’s father Alex\, a harmonica player who helped young Willie tune his guitar\, had played as a young man with his brothers\, including Walter\, who was recognized as one of the best guitarists to come out of the area. \nIn the early ‘50s\, Walter played together with Leo “Bud” Welch\, who grew up in the region. Sadly\, Walter was killed in Chicago in 1964 — “a woman liked Walter\, and a man got jealous and killed him” — and Willie never heard him play. \nIn his early ‘20s\, Farmer joined a loos- knit band that played at juke joints across the area — in Duck Hill\, Grenada\, Kilmichael\, and down in the Delta in Greenwood and Charleston. He eventually tired\, though\, of the rough-and-tumble clubs where “people liked to fight like crazy. ” \nFor about fifteen years\, Farmer worked regularly with local semi-professional gospel groups\, including the Rising Sun Singers\, who appeared on TV and over the radio in Greenwood\, the Angelettes\, and\, for nine years\, the Grenada-based Silvertone Gospel Singers. In 2003\, he helped found the annual Grassroots Blues Festival\, staged in a meadow outside Duck Hill. Through the event\, he befriended down-home blues players from across the state\, including Willie King and Welch. \n“The Man From the Hill” marks the first time that he’s spent serious time in the studio. Recorded over multiple sessions at Producer Bruce Watson’s Memphis based Delta-Sonic Sound Studio. Farmer enjoyed working in a North Mississippi Hill Country vein with Jimbo Mathus and session drummer George Sluppick. He even dipped back into gospel\, singing harmony together with Memphis’ Barnes Brothers on [the Sensational Nightingales’] “At the Meeting.” \nFor the past 30 years\, Farmer has run his own auto repair shop and hopes that the release of this record and associated touring will allow him to retire. \n“I’m trying to get out of that shop. I’m tried of messing with those cars. It’s been a long time.” \nTo celebrate 30 years of traveling with and writing songs on his black Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar named ”Paco\,” Nashville-based songwriter Tim Easton recorded an entire album direct-to-lacquer at The Earnest Tube Studio in Bristol\, Virginia. This performance-based method of capturing songs leaves no room for manipulation or overdubbing\, therefore conjuring the roots of American Music. Each track was recorded via portable lathe\, which cuts a mono signal directly to a lacquer acetate disc\, much the way The Carter Family or Jimmie Rodgers would have made their first records in Bristol over 90 years ago. \nIn as much time as it takes to listen\, Easton recorded nine original songs and one cover using a single 1940s RCA 74B ribbon microphone\, alternating between the rapid fire flat-picking and steady\, Travis-style thumb-picking technique that he has been streamlining all these years\, coupled with his Country Blues style rack harmonica playing. The occasional foot stomp can be heard as well\, vibrating through the floors. Easton sings songs from the personal experiences and observations of man who has spent a few decades on the road. His folk music is not always the gentle kind. His authenticity is pervasive. This is what the tradition of the troubadour sounds like. \nThis LP serves as a love letter of sorts to Easton’s trusty Gibson acoustic guitar\, which he purchased in 1987 for $100\, plus two cheap electric guitars on trade. Leaving Ohio and exploring Europe on and off for seven years\, Easton traveled extensively by train\, bus\, and thumb\, learning to write songs along the way. Soon after a Deadhead in Paris named his guitar “Paco\,” Easton made his first recordings just a short walk away from the Charles Bridge in Prague\, where he had been busking in the Summer after Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution. \nAfter returning Stateside and signing with EMI Music Publishing\, he released several critically acclaimed albums with both New West Records and Thirty Tigers. His last album\, 2016’s American Fork (Last Change Records) reached #11 on the Americana Music Association Radio Charts. Easton continues to travel the world and perform while also delving into film score work done at his home studio in Nashville. He has scored two feature documentaries\, “The Power Of Two” (2012)\, and “The Bullish Farmer” (2017) and also placed original songs in film and television. The American South has left it’s emotional and sonic mark on many a traveler\, and it shows in Easton’s range of performances on this unique LP.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/willie-farmer-with-tim-easton-in-the-green-room/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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