Claire Lynch, with Guitarist Matt Wingate
Saturday, March 12, 2011 8pm
Otherlands Coffee Bar
641 South Cooper Street, Memphis, TN 38104
901-278-4994
$12 $6 for students with ID
Ticket Outlets: Otherlands and Davis-Kidd Booksellers
http://www.clairelynch.com/
Claire Lynch, IBMA’s “Female Vocalist of the Year” appears in her first MAMA concert with bandmate Matt Wingate. “The beauty of doing a duo is how the songs are pared down to their barest form. A lot of sweetness can emerge,” says Lynch. “…. in this case… less is more.”
Lynch has long been recognized as a creative force in bluegrass music and at the forefront of women who have expanded the genre. Since her first recording at the age of 19, she has received countless awards and two Grammy nominations, and has performed at music festivals and theaters around the world for over two decades.
Lynch’s style encompasses classic bluegrass and thoughtful infusions of contemporary folk, country, rock, and swing. Her songs have been recorded by Kathy Mattea, Patty Loveless, and others, and she has performed as a backing/harmony vocalist with Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, and Pam Tillis.
Whatcha Gonna Do (September 2009) earned three nominations, including "Song of the Year" for “My Florida Sunshine” and "Recorded Event of the Year" for “That's What Makes You Strong,” a duet with Jesse Winchester.
Guitarist Matt Wingate has been accumulating his own accolades. At 15, he won the Merlefest guitar championship and was recently featured on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine . Wingate’s skill on the guitar, bouzouki, and mandolin and his vocals provide a perfect fit with Lynch.
"A bluegrass stalwart, Ms. Lynch showcases the strong rapport of a working band on “Whatcha Gonna Do,” her chipper new album. And along with some original tunes, she lays claim to songs like “The Mockingbird’s Voice,” a pitch-perfect fit for her." The New York Times.
"With a wealth of terrific material, Whatcha Gonna Do marks an assured, elegant return for veteran bluegrass vocalist Claire Lynch… crisp, dewy vocals ring over a parade of ethereal folk, bluegrass-swing, and mountain waltzes." POPMATTERS.
This project has been funded through an Arts Build Communities Grant, a program funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission and ArtsMemphis.
Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton
Friday, Feb 11, 2011 8 pm
Otherlands Coffee Bar
641 S. Cooper
Tickets $12 and $6 for students with ID
at Davis-Kidd Booksellers and Otherlands
901-278-4994
Jerron “'Blind Boy” Paxton is an American genius….. no kidding. He was raised in Watts, but his people come from North Louisiana, and it shows.
He is all of twenty one, a large man with a huge talent and a gargantuan sense of humor. He's a dead ringer for Blind Blake, whose music he plays to a fare-thee-well, but if you put a derby on him and seat him in front of a piano, Fats Waller lives again. Pass him a banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and just about any other instrument you can think of and he’ll show you something you can’t live without. He decided at the age of fifteen-- about the time he started to go blind-- that he just didn't like anything written after 1934. So now he plays the piano twelve hours a day, and listens to 78's the rest of the time
If you miss this show, you will kick yourself around the block for weeks. He is a genius. No kidding.
http://www.vanloumedia.com/vlm/videos/sitesound-blind-boy-paxton
http://playingforchange.com/episodes/31/Mole_In_The_Ground
Paxton will be a guest on Channel 3’s “Live at 9” Friday morning, Feb 11
This project has been funded through an Arts Build Communities Grant, a program funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission and ArtsMemphis.
Bill Mize
Saturday, January 22, 2011 8 pm
Otherlands Coffee Bar
641 S. Cooper St
Tickets $12 and $6 for students with ID
at Davis-Kidd Booksellers and Otherlands
901-278-4994
and special guest Beth Bramhall
Bill Mize’s meticulously crafted original music blends delicate highland melodies and Memphis style grooves with a tone that is recognized worldwide. His collaboration with David Holt on Stellaluna won him a Grammy, and his work appears in the Windham Hill Guitar Sampler and Masters of the Acoustic Guitar on Narada Records.
Bill’s music was recently featured in the new Ken Burns documen¬tary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, aired on PBS in 2009.
Performing with Bill is Beth Bramhall, an accordionist, pianist and composer from Missoula, Montana. Aaron Bragg of the Local Planet writes... “with the addition of Bramhall on accordion, Mize’s style takes on an even more sublime sound. That’s right: “sublime” and “accordion” in the same sentence...”
Bill will be a guest on several local stations—tv and radio. Look for him on Friday morning, Jan 21st on Channel 3’s Live at 9 and on “Checking on the Arts” on WKNO at 3:45 p.m. also on Jan 21st.
Thank you, Kim Halyak and Bill Schosser, for underwriting this concert!
This project has been funded through an Arts Build Communities Grant, a program funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission and ArtsMemphis.
Sid Selvidge & Amy Speace
Saturday, Nov 6, 2010 8 pm
Otherlands Coffee Bar
641 S. Cooper St
Tickets $20 at Davis-Kidd Booksellers and Otherlands
901-278-4994
Memphis’s Sid Selvidge and Nashville’s Amy Speace, both acclaimed acoustic singer-songwriters, teamed up in 2010 to record the CD, I Should Be Blue, which is receiving rave reviews. “Amy Speace is the perfect torchbearer for the unconscious cool of true Americana” (Houston Press). “Sid Selvidge is a national treasure, an irreplaceable resource––a southern patrician who sings the rootest American music like a natural man....”(Jerry Wexler).
House Concerts
Michael Black
Wednesday, Oct. 27,2010
A member of Ireland’s premier musical family, Michael Black is a gifted, sensitive ballad singer with diverse, discerning taste in songs. His self-titled solo debut album, voted “Album of the Year” by Celtic Connections, showcases his fine tenor voice to impressive advantage. Irish Times says of that album, “There’s enough pristine music tucked inside this solo collection...to power a rocket.”
Sarah McQuaid
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010
“Sparkling guitar and compelling alto voice ...”Tom Druckenmiller,Sing Out!
“Pure magic!!...I never experienced such a thrilling interaction between artist and audience.” Piet Snellen, De Fookhook, Netherlands.
“An unreserved thumbs-up. Captivating performance, great songs, playing and singing.” Gerry Evans, TwickFolk, London
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