[NEohioPAL] More Magic @ 42nd Kent State Folk Festival

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From: The Kent Stage <wrfaa at yahoo.com>
Subject: More Magic @ 42nd Kent State Folk Festival
To: tom at kentstage.org
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 3:21 PM
















 





November 8, 2008
330-677-5005
www.kentstage.org
wrfaa at yahoo.com 
 
  

    42nd Kent State Folk Festival
Unsolicited comment from day two 

featuring Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet   
Still to come!



The Felice Brothers & Justin Townes Earle 11/8
Korean National University of the Arts Ensemble 11/11
Martin Sexton & Ryan Montebleau 11/13
Dale Galgozy, Alex Bevan & Ryan Humbert 11/14
Nanci Griffith 11/15 (SOLD-OUT!)  

 ALL @ THE KENT STAGE! 

Buy Tickets Now 

Just Added! 
Movies on Main Street presents
ALICE'S RESTAURANT  
Sunday Nov 9 @ 3PM 
$5.00 public/$3.00 seniors & students
 
 Upcoming Concerts @ The Kent Stage
 Melanie 11/20

Red Cross Benefit 11/21
(The Numbers Band, Twistoffs, Hillbilly Idol)
GTB Music Festival 11/22
(11 Kent bands)
Carrie Rodriguez & KaiserCartel 12/4
Glen Phillips & Jonatha Brooke 12/5
The Diamonds "Christmas Concert" 12/6
Woodchopper's Ball 12/13
Tim O'Brien 1/16
  Kathleen Edwards 1/30
 Claire Lynch 2/28

Leo Kottke 4/2
John Gorka & Susan Werner 4/17 
PLUS ???
 






Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet
Friday Nov. 7, 2008 
 
I was told by Ricky that this was there last gig as a quartet for a long time.  If you missed it, FolkAlley.com did record the concert.  Again, the Kent State Folk Festival delivered a magical evening in Kent, Ohio.
 
The following was posted on Peter's yahoo group.
 
"Saw Peter and Tony at the Kent Stage last night"

Saturday, November 8, 2008 10:20 AM


From: "josephpeter2000" <joe.e.peter at gmail.com>
To: PeterRowan at yahoogroups.com

 I think it was the best I have ever seen them. The Kent Stage is 
really great.  I used to see them at The ARK in Ann Arbor, MI but 
recently moved.  I think I like the Kent Stage more then The Ark.  In 
fact, a long time ago at the old Ark, Tony came up to me and just 
started talking.

Anyway, they were great.  They had Ricky Simpkins on mandolin and this 
great bass they never introduced. They did some wonderful harmonies, 
the three of them.

When I arrived early, I saw Tony walk in and go up on stage carrying 
his guitar.

I thought everyone would enjoy a Peter and Tony sighting.


(FYI, That was none other than Mike Bub (formerly of the Del McCoury Band) on bass.)  

 
Opening Night Last night, the 42nd Kent State Folk Festival kicked off at The Kent Stage.  Darrell Scott started off this very special night with selections from his recent CD, Modern Hymns and his numerous works over the years.  Darrell's set ended with a standing ovation.  After a short break, Richard Shindell walked out on stage to a rousing welcome and started on a journey through his musical offerings.  The evening ended with Scott coming back to join Shindell for two encores including Peter Rowan's Midnight Moonlight, leaving the crowd cheering for more!  This was a magical night.  Both artists commented to the enthusiastic audience that they had wanted to perform together for years and Shindell thanked the Festival for making this night a reality.  If you missed this concert, it will be on Folkalley.com in the future.  The special moments which seem to have at the Kent State Folk Festival will continue tonight as two of the icons
 of bluegrass come together when the Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet hit the stage at 8PM.  Doors open at 7 and tickets for good seats are available at the door. 
 All tickets for the 42nd Kent State Folk Festival are now on sale. Festival events run from Nov. 6 through 15 and all concerts will take place at the Kent Stage in downtown Kent. The free workshops will be again held in the Kent State University Student Center. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Kent Stage, Woodsy's Music and Spin-More Records, by phone at (330) 677-5005 and online at www.KentStage.org.

Find more information online at www.KentStateFolkFestival.org. or www.kentstage.org

The remaining line-up for the 42nd Kent State Folk Festival (all concerts at the Kent Stage unless otherwise noted):
Friday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m.: Peter Rowan & Tony Rice - $25 reserved.
Saturday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m.: The Felice Brothers with Justin Townes Earle - $20 general admission, $15 KSU students (with valid ID).
Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m.: The Korean National University of Arts Music Ensemble - $15 general admission.
Thursday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m.: Martin Sexton with Ryan Montbleau - $25 general admission, $20 KSU students (with valid ID). 
Friday, Nov. 14 (various times): Folk Alley 'Round Town (30+ venues throughout Kent) - FREE
Saturday, Nov. 15 from noon-5 p.m.: Workshops (KSU Student Center) - FREE 
Saturday, Nov. 15 from 5 to 6 p.m.: Talent Contest (KSU KIVA) - FREE 
Saturday, Nov. 15 at 8 p.m.: Nanci Griffith - SOLD-OUT

Festival support is provided by Kent State University, Dominion East Ohio, Great Lakes Brewing Co., the Hiram Inn, Continental Airlines, Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association, Audio Technica, Main Street-Kent, Western Reserve Folk Arts Association and The City of Kent.  
 
Upcoming Kent State Folk Festival events

THE FELICE BROTHERS and JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE
Saturday, November 8 -- 8:00 PM
The Felice Brothers are a folk rock/country rock band from Upstate New York founded in 2006. The band has five main members: Ian, Simone, James Felice, their friend Christmas, previously a traveling dice player, and, most recently, Farley, a washboard player and fiddler. At other times, they have featured a horn section in the band, comprised of local Hudson Valley musicians. The three brothers are from the Catskill Mountains of New York. They hail from Palenville, NY. Ian is the main vocalist and plays the guitar and piano. James contributes vocals and plays the accordion, organ, and piano. Simone is the drummer as well as a vocalist and a guitarist.Simone is also an author. Recently releasing a book entitled, Goodbye Amelia. Christmas plays the bass guitar.

In some respects, Justin Townes Earle seemed destined from birth to be a musician -- his father,
Steve Earle, is one of America's most acclaimed singer/songwriters, and he was named in part for Townes Van Zandt, a close friend and mentor to Earle and an equally legendary tunesmith. But Justin also grew up learning the downside of the musician's life, and came up against some of the same demons that haunted his father. Born in 1982, Justin Townes Earle didn't see much of his dad through most of his childhood; after the release of his first album in 1986, Steve was often on the road, and a serious drug habit sidelined him through much of the early '90s. Despite it all, Justin developed an appetite for music, and in his teens began playing and singing with two different Nashville groups, a rock band called the Distributors and a bluegrass-influenced acoustic combo, the Swindlers. Justin also spent some time as a member of his father's touring band the Dukes, and sang one of his own songs, "The Time You Waste," on Steve's 2003 live album Just an
 American Boy. But Justin was fired from the Dukes after a dangerous appetite for drugs began interfering with his performances, and Justin told a Los Angeles Times reporter that he suffered his fifth major drug overdose, one which put him in the hospital for several days, when he was only 21. But that misadventure put Justin on the road to recovery, and once clean and sober he began putting a new focus on his music and songwriting. In 2007, Justin unveiled a critically acclaimed EP, Yuma, on his own J-Trane Music label, and later that year he signed with the respected "insurgent country" label Bloodshot, who released his debut album The Good Life on March 25, 2008. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

General Admission Public tickets: $20.00
General Admission Student : $15.00


Movies on Main Street presents
ALICE'S RESTAURANT 
Sunday, November 9 -- 3:00 PM
Arlo Guthrie's song is converted into a motion picture. Arlo goes to see Alice for Thanksgivng and as a favor takes her trash to the dump. When the dump is closed, he drops it on top of another pile of garbage at the bottom of a ravine. When the local sheriff finds out a major manhunt begins. Arlo manages to survive the courtroom experience but it haunts him when he is to be inducted into the army via the draft. The movie follows the song with Arlo's voice over as both music and narration.
The song was adapted into the 1969 movie Alice's Restaurant, directed and co-written by Arthur Penn and starring Guthrie as himself, Pat Quinn as Alice Brock and James Broderick as Ray Brock, with the real Alice making a cameo appearance.
The movie version of "Alice's Restaurant" was released on August 19, 1969, a few days after Guthrie appeared at the Woodstock Festival.
General Admission: $5.00
Students/Seniors: $3.00
  

KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ARTS KOREAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE 
Tuesday, November 11 -- 8:00 PM
Uniquely expressive among Asia's musical traditions, Korean music embodies the principle of yin and yang, Korea's national symbol: its folk music, which grows out of the nation's agricultural roots and ancient shamanistic rituals, is exuberant and often explosive, while its ancient court music--the oldest orchestral tradition in the world with an unbroken heritage of over 1000 years--has a meditative, timeless quality. Regardless of genre, it is always soulful, with much use of blues-like tone bending.
Join ten of South Korea's most eminent performers for a varied program comprising ancient court music, sanjo (instrumental folk music), samulnori (percussion ensemble music), sinawi (shaman ritual music), court dance, and modern gayageum compositions. Instruments include gayageum and ajaeng (plucked and bowed silk-string zithers), haegeum (2-stringed vertical fiddle), daegeum and danso (transverse and vertical bamboo flutes), piri (oboe), janggu (hourglass drum), and jing (gong).
Hailing from South Korea's top arts university, the 10-member Korea National University of Arts Korean Music Ensemble comprises some of the most distinguished Korean musicians: Kim Hae-suk (gayageum and dean of the Korean Music and Performing Arts Division), Min Ui-sik (gayageum), Park Yong-ho (daegeum and Intangible Cultural Asset of South Korea), Jung Su-nyun (haegeum); Yu Kyung-hwa (janggu and percussion), Yi Kwang-ho (piri), Kim Jin-hyuk (janggu), Shin Hyun-sik (ajaeng), Lee Gu-hee (danso), and Sung Ye-jin (dance). The ethnomusicologist Dr. Kim Hee-sun will provide verbal introductions, in English, for each piece.

General Admission tickets: $10.00
Students: $5.00
 As a special addition to the concert, a reception featuring a rich array of traditional Korean pastries and confections will be provided during the intermission by members of the University Presbyterian Church of Akron.



MARTIN SEXTON & RYAN MONTBLEAU 
Thursday, November 13 -- 8:00 PM
Martin Sexton began his career as a street performer in Boston's Harvard Square. With just a guitar and his multi-octave, jazz-inflected voice, he managed to sell 15,000 copies of his 1992 demo IN THE JOURNEY out of his guitar case. His strong live performances won him a Boston Music Award for "Best New Artist" and led to his being named "Artist of the Year" by the National Academy of Songwriters in 1994.
He worked his way into the city's legendary folk club circuit and soon began touring, releasing his first full-length studio recording BLACK SHEEP in 1996, followed two years later by a major label debut on Atlantic Records, THE AMERICAN, produced by Danny Kortchmar. His second album on Atlantic, WONDER BAR, came out in 2000 and was self-produced by Sexton.
Following his departure from the major label, he formed his own independent label, Kitchen Table Records, and released 2002's LIVE WIDE OPEN, a two-disc live album. CAMP HOLIDAY, a seasonal album of Christmas standards, came out in 2005, and his latest original studio album is SEEDS, released in 2007.
That year, his song "Diner" reached a wide TV audience when it appeared in the Scrubs episode "My Night to Remember."
Sexton's music blends many genres of American music, including soul, gospel, country, rock, blues, and R&B. He is known for his wide vocal range and ability to improvise. Onstage, he often plays the guitar without a pick, using his thumb to play bass lines and his fingers for chords and melodies.
Ryan Montbleau
Emerging onto the national music scene from his home base of Boston, Ryan Montbleau has been described as something of a Martin Sexton by way of Van Morrison and Stevie Wonder. Yet Ryan Montbleau Band's music is difficult to pigeon-hole or neatly categorize. It is original yet familiar-a fresh sound full of firmly-rooted ingredients, including Americana, folk, blues, ragtime and '70's R&B and soul. Whereas the band's intriguing
instrumentation and arrangements (not to mention top notch chops) help to create this unique sound, all is firmly anchored by Montbleau's water-tight lyrics and unmistakable voice.
Having begun his career playing Boston's coffee shops and folk venues as a solo artist with an infectious, percussive, fingerpicking guitar style, the charismatic Ryan Montbleau has evolved into the front man for the eclectic ensemble that bears his name.

Reserved tickets: $25.00   


ROUND TOWN NIGHT in 30+ venues in Kent!
Friday, November 14
@ The Kent Stage
Woodsy's Folk Students with Dale Galgozy 
5 to 7 in The Lobby
Dale Galgozy is a master traditional musician, a songwriter, and a guitarist of many styles including finger style blues, jazz-swing, rock and folk. A skilled vocalist and arranger, Dale Galgozy is a fulltime professional musician and a dedicated guitar teacher. Performing throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York and Indiana since 1987 and an Ohio Arts Council recipient for twelve years, his progressive contemporary acoustic music has traditional roots yet is free and playful. 
Performers include: Robert Dietrich, Ashley Markle, 
Thomas Hite, Adreanne Zeleny, and Dale Galgozy 

Alex Bevan 
7 to 8:30 in the Theater
Alex Bevan has been sharing his voice, guitar, music and stories with audiences for more than thirty years.
First known as the "Skinny Little Boy" from Cleveland, Ohio who came to "Chase your wimmin' and drink your beer", Alex has made a name for himself through out the Northern Ohio music scene.
Drawing on his deep skill set of imaginative and honest song writing combined with an agile, improvisational wit that dovetail wonderfully with his flawless guitar slinging, Alex never fails to delight and charm audiences no matter what the venue.
His recordings span the gamut from folk to folk rock and
pop to children's educational music and he has won a number of awards for his commercial efforts in radio and television. Alex's creative works have also contributed to documentary film scores.
You need to see him to believe him and hear him to know him. He is truly Ohio's "Great Lakes Bard".

Ryan Humbert Band CD Release Party
9:00 in the Theater
Since 2004 Ryan Humbert has been wowing audiences all over N.E. Ohio. Playing over 300 shows Humbert has opened for Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello, The Gin Blossoms, Foreigner, Josh Ritter, Dave Mason, Allen Toussaint, Alana Davis, Raul Malo, The Subdudes, Maia Sharp and John Eddie and more. 
Showing his versatility and range as an artist, Humbert has had the honor of playing for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2006American Music Masters Series in honor of Roy Orbison, being the featured band at the ribbon cutting ceremony of VegiTerrenean (the Akron restaurant of Pretenders lead singer Chrisse Hynde) and portraying Hank Williams in a sold-out five-night run of the Canton Cabaret's Hank Williams: The Concert That Never Was. 
The masses have also taken notice. In 2005 The Canton Repository called Humbert's debut record "Nothing to Lose" one of the Essential CDs of the year. Humbert has also been nominated for numerous awards, including The Cleveland Scene Music Awards, Cleveland Free Times Music Awards, and The Akron Area Arts Alliance Rising Star Award. The Cleveland Free Times claimed "Humbert is a dynamo...eager and rapid-fire...a catalyst for and enthusiastic supporter of the N.E. Ohio music scene."
Humbert is currently embarking on his most ambitious move yet. Humbert moved to Nashville, TN in March of 2008 to record a pop/rock record with producer Lij (The Living Things, Glenn Tilbrook, Bonnaroo). The resulting 14-song album,"Old Souls, New Shoes", features Humbert's bandmates Emily Bates and Ben Evans as well as former members of Third Eye Blind, The Jayhawks, The Counting Crows, The Black Crowes and more. That record is finally finished and will be available for the first time at The Kent Stage, November 14th.
· CD Release Party for "Old Souls, New Shoes" recorded in Nashville, TN.
· First N.E. Ohio full band show since December 2007
· Performing with a 9-piece band, including string section
· New CD will be available for $1 0
· Catch The Ryan Humbert Band on Cleveland Fox 8's Morning Show the day of the show. 7:30 AM!
ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!

NANCI GRIFFITH - SOLD-OUT!
Saturday, November 15 -- 8:00 PM
Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, Folk, and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, Other Voices, Other Rooms. This album features Griffith covering the songs of artists who are her major influences. One of her better-known songs is "From a Distance" by Julie Gold, although Bette Midler's version achieved greater commercial success. Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success with Griffith's songs than Griffith herself. For example, Kathy Mattea had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover of Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime," and Suzy Bogguss had one of her largest hits with Griffith's and Tom Russell's "Outbound Plane."
Griffith was married to singer-songwriter Eric Taylor from 1976 to 1982. In the early 1990s, she was engaged to singer-songwriter Tom Kimmel, but the couple parted before marrying. Griffith is a survivor of breast cancer which was diagnosed in 1996, and thyroid cancer in 1998.
Griffith has in recent years toured with various other artists including Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Suzy Bogguss and Judy Collins. Griffith has recorded duets with many artists, among them Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, John Prine, Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Willie Nelson, Adam Duritz (singer of Counting Crows), and Darius Rucker (singer of Hootie & the Blowfish). She has also contributed background vocals on many other recordings.
  




Other November Concerts @ The Kent Stage

MELANIE
Thursday, November 20 -- 8:00 PM
With guitar in hand and a talent that combined amazing vocal equipment, disarming humor, and a vibrant engagement with life, she was booked as the first solo pop/rock artist ever to appear at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, the Sydney Opera House, and in the General Assembly of the United Nations, where delegates greeted her performances with standing ovations. The top television hosts of the time - Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett - battled to book her. (After her stunning performance on his show, Sullivan goggled that he had not seen such a "dedicated and responsive audience since Elvis Presley.") Accolades rolled in, from critics ("Melanie's cult has long been famous, but it's a cult that's responding to something genuine and powerful - which is maybe another way of saying that this writer counts himself as part of the cult too," wrote John Rockwell in The New York Times) as well as peers ("Melanie," insisted jazz piano virtuoso
 Roger Kellaway, "is extraordinary to the point that she could be sitting in front of us in this room and sing something like 'Momma Momma' right to us, and it would just go right through your entire being.")
In the years that followed Melanie continued to record, continued to tour. UNICEF made her its spokesperson; Jimi Hendrix's father introduced her to the multitude assembled for the twentieth anniversary of Woodstock. Her records continued to sell - more than eighty million to date. She's had her songs covered by singers as diverse as Cher, Dolly Parton, and Macy Gray. She's raised a family, won an Emmy, opened a restaurant, written a musical about Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane...
She has, in short, lived a rare life. But all of it was just a prelude to what's about to come.

Reserved tickets: $25.00

The American Red Cross & The Number's Band proudly present 
 Music For Disaster Relief
Friday, November 21st
Doors open @ 7pm. Concert starts @ 8PM

In order of appearance:
Joe LaRose and Steve Downey
Rachel Wearsch and her Beatnik Playboys
Hillbilly IDOL
15 60 75 the numbers
The TwistOffs
$15 admission.  
This is an opportunity to truly help those in your community who need it most.  
All proceeds go to your local American Red Cross.


ROB McNURLIN
also featuring
SASHA COLETTE & LUNA 
Opening Act ARTY HILL 
Saturday, November 29 -- 7:00 PM


Singing songs by Johnny Cash
Rob McNurlin was raised in Eastern Kentucky, the hymns in church, the Johnny Cash Show on TV, a harmonica from his grandmother, his parents records and a guitar on his ninth Christmas set him on a very musical path.
He began studying traditional music learning hundreds of folk, hillbilly-blues and Gospel tunes. Inspired by Cash, Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams he started writing songs and mixing these originals with the traditional .
Rob has released five cds including "Cowboy Boot Heel", recorded at Johnny Cash's Cabin Studio, produced by his son John Carter Cash and a duet with guest Ramblin' Jack Elliott. "Lonesome Valley Again" reached #26 on the FAR charts and #55 on the Americana chart, remaining in the top 100 over two months. The cd "River, Road or Rail" was a collaberation with Nancy Apple and reached #1 on the FAR chart, top 40 on the Americana Europe chart. His latest cd "Sacred Numbers" is a collection of Gospel songs.
McNurlin has toured with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Hot Tuna, his songs have been covered by Ronnie Elliott among others and used in two award winning documentaries. He is currently touring and working on a new cd.

Behind the guitar of Sasha Colette lies the purity of an Eastern Kentucky voice rich in heritage, soul and emotion. The delicate blend of her skills on the fretboard and her vocal stylings can only be described as: Honest.
Sasha embraces her Carter County roots while embracing various artists. The result is a style that is Sasha Colette. Appalachian, Bluesy, Folk. Sasha's music and lyrics are real, for real people, about real life, and evoking real emotion.


Luna is a singer/songwriter that combines traditional, rock, and folk music. Through her brother's association with The Beatnik Cowboys, she met Rob McNurlin. Rob introduced her to folk music such as Bob Dylan and Johnny and June Carter Cash. They later collaborated many times sharing the stage and vocals in Europe as well as the states. This partnership caught the attention of Mickey Fisher and Ritchie Collins who co-wrote the stage production "Something in the Water" which features old time music of Kentucky artists. Luna was asked to sing songs such as "Pretty Saro", "Blue Moon of Kentucky", and "Coal Miner's Daughter." Her vocal support has been recorded with Rob McNurlin and Jeff Walburn.

Like Dale Watson, Redd Volkaert, and others carrying the cross for traditional country, Arty Hill remains faithful to country's roots while forging his own distinct songs that blend the old and new. Jackson Shake, I Left Highlandtownâ and Driftin' In, are "SONGS SALTED WITH TEARS AND STEEPED IN THE RICH BREW OF CLASSIC COUNTRY AND WESTERN THAT, IN THE RIGHT HANDS, NEVER LOSES IT POWER." (John Lewis, Baltimore Magazine). Arty's songs have been covered by Austin's TEXAS SAPPHIRES, and one of his bluegrass tunes was recently recorded by the Grammy-nominated KENNY AND AMANDA SMITH BAND.
Tickets Available at Spin-More Records -- 330-678-3495
$20.00 General Admission







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