[NEohioPAL] 16 Kent Stage artists nominated for Grammy Awards

[The Kent Stage]

Northeast Ohio's Best Music Venue!
	



January 13, 2010

330-677-5005


www.kentstage.org
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Numerous artists who have or will soon
 play at The Kent Stage are recognized by the Grammy Nomination Committee

Sixteen artists nominated for twenty awards
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	The leadership of The Kent Stage has always taken great pride in the quality of performers they bring to the downtown Kent, Ohio venue.  
Since the early Spring of 2002, they have created a music scene in Kent and Northeast Ohio by going out their way to attract top quality, world-famous performers to the 640 seat theater which has developed into a regional now regional music venue.  Named the Best Acoustic Venue by the Plain Dealer, artists playing The Kent Stage had attracted fans from 38 states and three countries to their concerts over the last 7.9 yearsAlthough there are a large number of Kent Stage artists up for Grammy Awards on January 31st the winners will not be the first Grammy Award winners to play here.  
They will join the other Grammy Award winnerswho have played The Kent Stage since 2002.  
The are: Alison Brown, Asleep At The Wheel, Chris Thomas King, Colin Hay, Del McCoury, Denny Laine, Gillian Welch, Henry Rollins, India.Arie, Janis Ian, John McEuen, Leon Russell, Marc Cohn, Mark O'Connor, Nanci Griffith, Nickel Creek (as a group and individually; Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins), Peter Asher, Ralph Stanley, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Richie Havens, Riders in The Sky, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Rosanne Cash, Sam Bush, Steve Earle, The Kingston Trio, Tim O'Brien, Tony Rice, and Vassar Clements.FYI: Richie Havens will return along with winner of numerous JUNO Awards (Canadian Grammy) Awards, Harry Manx on Jan 24th at 8pm and Northeast Ohio's own Marc Cohn will be at The Kent Stage on Feb 17th.  Henry Rollins will be at The Kent Stage on April 1st and Colin Hay of Men At Work is performing in May.
 2010 Grammy Nominees include:Julian Lage (Playing Jan 18 with Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing)
     Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Rosanne Cash
     Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Alison Brown
   Best Country Instrumental Performance
India.Arie
     Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
     Best Urban/Alternative Performance
     Best R & B Album
John McCutcheon
    Best Traditional Folk Album
Ani DiFranco (Playing Feb. 23rd)
    Best Traditional Folk Album
John Oates (Playing March 18th)
     Best Pop Performance by Duo or Group with VocalsSarah Jarosz
     Best Country Instrumental Performance  
Asleep at the Wheel
     Best Americana Album
Ramblin' Jack Elliot
    Best Traditional Blues Album
The Greencards
     Best Country Instrumental Performance 
Maura O'Connell
      Best Traditional Folk Album
Loudon Wainwright III
     Best Traditional Folk Album 
Steve Earle
     Best Contemporary Folk AlbumCathy Fink
     Best Music Album for Children
     Best Traditional Folk Album
Marcy Marxer
     Best Music Album for Children
     Best Traditional Folk Album~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
COMING SOON!
 ALEX BEVAN
Saturday Jan. 16, 2010 @ 8PM


"Looking Behind and Reaching
Forward"

      

      

I will be celebrating the music of "Springboard" and "Grand River
Lullaby"

as well as the "Lake Erie Chronicles" and showing off some new songs due to be released soon!


This will mark the beginning of my... 40th... yes... 40th year as a Northern Ohio Songwriter and Musical Artist.
  

Bevan began his musical career playing various coffeehouses in the Cleveland area such
as "La Cave" and "Faragher's Back Room". His first position in a group
was as a backup musician with Irish folk singers Gusty & Sean at
Fagan's Beacon House in the Flats of Cleveland, Ohio. While a student at Akron University, Bevan was introduced to his first producer, Eric Stevens, who signed him to Big Tree Records. His first album, No Truth to Sell,
was released with the single "Linda's Song", which got some airplay.
Between 1971 and 1976, Bevan performed as an opening act for such
headliners as the Earl Scruggs Review, Pure Prairie League, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Livingston Taylor, Billy Joel and others.

The release of the album Springboard got him some public recognition due to the local hit song Skinny Little Boy. In 1977 he performed on the air on Cleveland's WMMS Radio (Home of the Buzzard) with a band called Alex Bevan and the Buzzard Band, featuring DJ Matt the Cat on guitar[3]. He performed in the mid 70s with an acoustic trio consisting of two guitars and electric bass, and opened for such acts as Seals and Crofts, The Michael Stanley Band, The Doobie Brothers and Hall & Oates.
He soon added David Krauss from the band Tiny Alice to the group,
supplying percussion and harmonica. They toured either under the name Grand River Band or Alex Bevan and Friends from 1979 until 1981, and produced the albums The Grand River Lullaby, Alex Bevan and Friends Live, and Simple Things Done Well. In the early 80's Bevan produced the direct-to-disk digital solo album Tales of the Low Tech Troubadour Vol. 1. He played in the band Alex Bevan & Cuttlefish from 1984 through 1986. In the late 80s to early 90s, he produced the albums Best Kept Secrets, Cuttlefish Live, and Watersongs.His latest releases include South Shore Serenade, Rules of the Road, Fall & Angels and Live at the Kent Stage. An avid producer of folk music, he has produced five recordings for the popular Put-in-Bay/Key West performer Pat Dailey,
and written over one hundred radio and TV commercials. He still plays
many venues, including the Hessler Street and Coventry Street Fairs in
Greater Cleveland, Ohio, the Starwood Festival, Put-In Bay, the Burning River Festival, Cain Park, and Kelleys Island.
Bevan organized a benefit for fellow Cleveland area singer/songwriter John Bassette
on May 19, 2002 at the Beachland Ballroom & Tavern in Cleveland,
OH, featuring Jim Ballard, Charlie Wiener, Michael Stanley, Jim
Schafer, and many others[4]. In 2007 a tribute CD for Bassette, Been Through So Much Together: The Songs of John Bassette,
was released by Skyline Productions, which featured Bevan and others.
Around the same time, Bevan released a posthumous collection of
previously-unreleased songs by John Bassette called Rainbow Colored Clouds. He also plays for the Roots of American Music Annual Benefit for Education.
Official Alex Bevan Website

 
Advance discount tickets: $10.00
Day of Show: $10.00 
 
Click to buy tickets NOW
 
 
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Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing 
Monday January 18 -- 8:00 PM  

Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing captures the electricity and nuance of performances that can only be described as 'spect

O'Connor's
jazz performances and compositions pay tribute to his friend and
mentor, the legendary French jazz master Stephane Grappelli.  While
performing a number of tunes closely associated with Grappelli,
O'Connor's albums and live performances extend the repertoire with
O'Connor's original compositions. Joined by guitarists Frank Vignola and 2009 Grammy nominee Julian Lage, 'Hot Swing' continues to celebrate acoustic string jazz in new and exciting ways.


Mark O'Connor (b. August 5, 1961, Seattle, Washington)

"One of the most spectacular journeys in recent American music."  - The New York Times

"One of the most talented and imaginative artists working in music -- any music -- today." - The Los Angeles Times 

"Brilliantly original." - The Seattle Times

"The
audience was on its feet . . . They were moved by Mr. O'Connor's
journey without maps, cheering for the only musician today who can
reach so deeply first into the refined, then the vernacular, giving his
listeners a complex, sophisticated piece of early-21st-century
classical music and then knocking them dead with the brown-dirt whine
of a Texas fiddle." - The New York Times

A product of America's
rich aural folk tradition as well as classical and flamenco music, Mark
O'Connor's creative journey began at the feet of a pair of musical
giants.  The first was the folk fiddler and innovator who created the
modern era of American fiddling in the 1940's, Benny Thomasson; the
second, French jazz violinist, considered one of the greatest
improvisers in the history of the violin, Stephane Grappelli. Along the
way, between these marvelous musical extremes, Mark O'Connor absorbed
knowledge and influence from the multitude of musical styles and genres
he studied. Now, at age 47, he has melded and shaped these influences
into a new American Classical music, and a  vision of an entirely
American school of string playing. As The Los Angeles Times warmly
noted, he has "crossed over so many boundaries, that his style is
purely personal." 

 
Mark O'Connor's Website

Advance discount tickets: $20.00
Day of Show: $25.00

Click here to buy tickets NOW 

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Looking Forward!


The Nightmare: Jan. 23 (Alice Cooper Tribute)
Richie Havens & Harry Manx: Jan. 24
SOLAS: Jan. 28 
Acoustic Side of The Moon: Jan. 29
Standing Rock Film Festival: Jan. 30
Missy Raines: Feb 4
Rotary Club of Kent's Music on Main Street VI: Feb. 5
An Acoustic Cafe Evening! 
w/t Erin McKeown, Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Sollee: Feb. 6
Marc Cohn: Feb. 17
The Verve Pipe: Feb. 19
Ani DiFranco: Feb. 23
Kent Music Fest: Feb. 26
8th Annual Up From The River Fest: Feb. 27
Karla Bonoff: Mar. 4
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart: Mar. 6
JOHN OATES: Mar. 18
Ekoostic Hookah: Mar. 19 
Henry Rollins: Apr. 1
JONATHA BROOKE: Apr. 30 
COLIN HAY: May 13 



	
	    
		
		
	



	
	
	



	
		

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 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 or call 1-800-595-4849 or 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 wrfaa at yahoo.com or information at kentstage.org or call 330-677-5005.          
        
		
	


  
	
    

  









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