[NEohioPAL] Blind Boys of Alabama & Greg Brown plus new ticketing system

[The Kent Stage]

Don't forget night #2 of 
  Up From The River Feb 9 @ 8PM
   
  Update 
  Feb 9, 2008
   
  The Kent Stage announces new ticketing system
   
  This week @ The Kent Stage
  FOUR-TIME GRAMMY WINNERS 
  BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
   
  Pieta's dad & co-founder of Red House Records
  GREG BROWN
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  NEW TICKETING SYSTEM.  
  The Kent Stage is pleased to announce the implementation of a new ticketing system.  You can now purchase your tickets directly from The Kent Stage site at substantially reduced fees as well as the option to choose where you sit with reserved seated events.  Visit us at www.kentstage.org and click on the "Buy tickets" button.  You can now also utilize a 24/7 phone center at 1-800-595-4849. Tickets are also on-sale at Spin-More Records and Woodsy's Music in Kent as well as at the door.  Traditionally, the doors and box office open one hour prior to the showtime.
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    THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA 
  Wednesday, February 13 -- 7:30 PM
   
  The Blind Boys of Alabama have spread the spirit and energy of pure soul gospel music for over 60 years, ever since the first version of the group formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939. Today, founding members Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Carter are joined by more recent arrivals Bishop Billy Bowers, Joey Williams, Ricky McKinnie, Bobby Butler, and Tracy Pierce on a mission to expand the audience for traditional soul-gospel singing while incorporating contemporary songs and innovative arrangements into their hallowed style.
  After performing together for over six decades, The Blind Boys of Alabama have enjoyed one of the more striking comebacks in recent memory. Their last several albums have earned these hipster septuagenarians the best reviews and record sales of their career, four Grammy Awards in a four year span, and a completely new, contemporary audience.
  Official Blind Boys of Alabama Website
  Advance discount tickets: $30.00
Day of Show: $35.00

   
   
   
  GREG BROWN 
    Saturday, February 16 -- 8:00 PM
   
  Greg Brown's mother played electric guitar, his grandfather played banjo, and his father was a Holy Roller preacher in the Hacklebarney section of Iowa, where the Gospel and music are a way of life. Brown's first professional singing job came at age 18 in New York City, running hootenannies (folksinger get-togethers) at the legendary Gerdes Folk City. After a year, Brown moved west to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a ghostwriter for Buck Ram, founder of the Platters. Tired of the fast-paced life, Brown traveled with a band for a few years, and even quit playing for a while before he moved back to Iowa and began writing songs and playing in mid-western clubs and coffeehouses.
  Brown's songwriting has been lauded by many, and his songs have been performed by Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Michael Johnson, Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. He has also recorded more than a dozen albums, including his 1986 release, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, when he put aside his own songwriting to set poems of William Blake to music. One Big Town, recorded in 1989, earned Brown three and a half stars in Rolling Stone, chart-topping status in AAA and The Gavin Report's Americana rankings and Brown's first Indie Award from NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors). The Poet Game, his 1994 CD, received another Indie award from NAIRD. His critically acclaimed 1996 release, Further In, was a finalist for the same award. Rolling Stone's four-star review of Further In called Brown "a wickedly sharp observer of the human condition." 1997's Slant 6 Mind (Red House Records) earned Brown his second Grammy nomination. His latest CD, One
 Night (Red House), is a re-release of a 1983 live performance originally on Minneapolis' Coffeehouse Extemporé Records. 
  Official Greg Brown Website
  Advance discount tickets: $20.00
Day of Show: $25.00
   
    OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS @ The Kent Stage
  Brent Webb – The Mentalist: Feb 21
  Ekoostik Hookah: Feb 22
  Papadosio: Feb 23
  The Avett Brothers: Mar 1
  The Boys Of The Lough: Mar 6
  David Cousins of The Strawbs: Mar. 15
  Bil Benden & Ross Duncliffe: Mar 22
  Rob McNurlin: Mar. 29
  Richie Havens: Mar. 30
  The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile of Nickel Creek: Apr 2
  Spencer Davis Group w/t Joey Molland of Badfinger: Apr 12
  Batdorf & Rodney: Apr. 18
  Asleep At The Wheel PLUS Commander Cody: Apr 25
  Chad & Jeremy: Apr. 27
  Carl Gardner’s Coasters, The Reflections & The Chiffon's: May 10
   
  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, or at www.kentstage.org.   Tickets will also be available at the door.  Doors open one hour before concert.  If you have any questions please email us at information at kentstage.org or call 330-677-5005.
   
   

     



       
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