[NEohioPAL] Kent State Folk Festival continues
The Kent Stage
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Wed Nov 14 07:30:19 PST 2007
The Kent State Folk Festival
continues at
The Kent Stage
Nov. 14:
Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Joey Allcorn and Don Helms
Nov. 15:
People of Earth, Blue Sky Mission Club and Waterband
Nov. 16:
Dale Galgozy and Folk 49: 5-7 PM
Silent Lion: 8-9 PM
Steppin' In It: 9-12 Mid
and don't miss
Dr. John, David Bromberg & the Angel Band
Nov 17 @ KSU Ballroom
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Wayne the Train" Hancock and Joey Allcorn with special guest Don Helms from Hank's original band
Wednesday, November 14 -- 8:00 PM
Wayne Hancock has been called "The King of Juke Joint swing," a "Roots Renaissance Man," a "Country Singer's Country Singer" and "Hank Williams meets Gershwin." But the phrase most frequently echoed throughout his career is "Wayne Hancock is the real deal." Joe Ely said it, Hank Williams III said it, Bobby Koefer from the Texas Playboys said it, as have countless music fans and writers when referring to Hancock's authentic and original blend of honky tonk, western swing, blues and big band that he calls "juke joint swing!"
Authenticity and sincerity have been the cornerstones of Hancock's writing and music since the start of his career. His refusal to compromise his vision and sell out his music has earned him a fiercely loyal underground following.
In case some of you have not heard the name Joey Allcorn, don't wait another minute to become acquainted with this up-and-coming, extremely talented artist. At 26 years of age, Allcorn has already been recording and playing real country music for eight years. Yes, real country music. If you are looking for the sounds you'll find on today's country radio, don't bother showing up for an Allcorn show. In fact, stay far, far away. This is because he delivers the real thing. His sound reflects country's golden age when steel guitar and fiddle were still the signature sound of the genre, and when the lyrics actually moved its listeners. Allcorn does not sing soccer-mom fluff&ldots; he does those old school cheatin-heart-honky-tonk-blues for fans that long for the real deal. So, even though he dons the cowboy hat and suit garb that Opry stars sported in the 1950s, Allcorn channels his wide variety of musical influences to ensure that his take on the Drifting Cowboys is
up-to-date and original.He has shared the stage with many legendary musicians, including members of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, Ernest Tubbs' Texas Troubadours, and Waylon Jennings' Waymore Blues Band.
Advance discount tickets: $15.00
Day of Show: $20.00
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Blue Sky Mission Club, Waterband, and
People of Earth
Thursday, November 15 -- 8:00 PM
This night is all about that simplest of musical impulses: playing music that just makes people love to dance. Blue Sky Mission Club combines soul, country, zydeco and rock traditions with pointed social commentary and jumping-zydeco-pop beats. Their three-part vocal harmonies, combined with powerful lap steel guitar, roaring accordion and old-time fiddle, provide music that shakes, bumps and makes you want to two step all night long.
Waterband was founded by David McDougald, inspired by a higher calling and deep desire to send sincere positive vibrations into the universe through both expressive musical improvisation and thoughtful musical and lyrical composition. Waterband's form is ever changing, yet ever flowing... Waterband's sonic depth and changing forms allow them to perform as a dynamic acoustic ensemble or as a full-blown electric aural assault!
Theyre joined by People of Earth, a western Pennsylvania-based quartet that combines creative instrumentation and genre-transcending arrangements and melodies with elements of funk, jazz, disco, bluegrass and improvisation. Their original lyrics are thought-provoking, if you can stop dancing that long.
Tickets: $15.00
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Folk Alley Around Town night
!!!!!JUST ADDED Silent Lion at 8PM!!!!!
Dale Glagozy
& Woodsy's School of Folk Students (Folk 49)
Friday, November 16 -- 5 to 7PM in the lobby
FREE -- FREE -- FREE
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STEPPIN' IN IT
Friday, November 16 -- 9:00 PM
Celebrating American roots music, Steppin' In It is an acoustic quartet with hearts based in tradition and minds ever moving in creative directions. The combination of multi-instrumentalists Andy and Joe Wilson, upright bassist Dominic Suchyta and singer-songwriter Joshua Davis is a rootsy roller coaster ride of original and traditional music. Playing everything from blues to bluegrass, calypso to cajun, woeful waltzes to western swing. Steppin' In It has become one of Michigan's most sought after live acts. This excellent roots oriented Michigan quartet has become a staple of folk societies and festivals, and their acoustic renditions of bluegrass, old-timey country, blues, cajun dance tunes and Texas swing are chock full of poignant work on dobro, harmonica, guitar and fiddle. Their energy level never lacks.
Tickets: $15.00
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NOVEMBER 17th
The Kent Stage is CLOSED! We're going to the Kent State Ballroom to see
Dr. John, David Bromberg and the Angel Band
Kent State Ballroom at 7:30 PM
Reserved tickets are $35, Gold Circle tickets are $50
Tickets for this concert are on sale at all Ticketmaster outlets, the KSU MAC Center Ticket Office, www.ticketmaster.com or 330-672-2244.
It hasnt always been easy to be Dr. John, but it hasnt been dull either. The latest storm to sweep through his life, however, was the one we all know about. His album, Mercernary, was recorded at New Orleans Piety Street Studio in the spring of 2005, just a few months before Katrina, and in November 2005, he released Sippiana Hericane. Proceeds benefit the New Orleans Musicians Clinic, the Jazz Foundation of America and the Voice of the Wetlands.
Joining Dr. John is David Bromberg and the Angel Band, an ensemble that combines Brombergs eclectic musical mastery in blues, country, jazz, folk and classical with a stunning new vocal trio.
Bromberg, a singular performer, writer and arranger, has earned critical and popular acclaim since his advent in the 1960s Greenwich Village coffeehouse scene. His stage presence has only grown more powerful in those years; as The New York Times said, He has such control of his audience that he can, at one moment, hold it in his hand with a tender, touching yet funny anecdotal song, and then set it romping and stomping with a raucous bit of raunch. He is electrifying.
Bromberg now makes his home in Wilmington, Delaware, and The Angel Band emerged from his efforts to return live music to a café in that citys struggling downtown. The trio includes Brombergs wife, Nancy Josephson, and Jen Schonwald and Kathleen Weber round out the seraphim. Together they have recorded their first CD, Beautiful Noise. Come and hear it on the last night of another memorable Kent State Folk Festival.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
London Wainwright III, Nov 29
Over The Rhine, Nov 30
Woodchoppers Ball, Dec. 1
Annie: Dec 7, 8, 9
Christmas Carol: Dec 14 & 15
NYE party with The Numbers Band, Twist-Offs and The Bizzaros: Dec 31
Richard Thompsons 1000 Years of Music: Feb 4
Up From The River: Feb 8 & 9
The Blind Boys of Alabama: Feb 13
David Cousins Mar. 15
Richie Havens Mar. 30
The Kent Stage is located at 175 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio. There is FREE parking behind the theater and on all city streets. Advance tickets are available at Woodsy's Music and Spin-More Records in Kent, at www.kentstage.org or at 330-677-5005. Tickets will also be available at the door. Doors open one hour before concert. If you have any questions please email us at info at kentstage.org or call 330-677-5005. For more information: www.kentstage.org.
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