 Spencer Bohren Saturday, Sept 11 Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. Cooper $12 tickets are at Otherlands and Davis-Kidd Booksellers Students with ID $6 Spencer Bohren will be a guest on Channel 3's Live at 9 Friday morning, Sept 10 Spencer Bohren returns to Otherlands for a much-anticipated, late summer show. Spencer’s folk, blues, and gospel performances have entertained, educated and touched audiences for over 30 years. Since he last performed in Memphis, Spencer has released his latest CD, Live at the Tube Temple, and is working on two more CD's. In addition to an active concert schedule, he continues to host guitar workshops across the country, from Ohio to Montana and Wyoming, and he regularly performs his Down the Dirt Road Blues show to educate audiences at schools, universities, and museums about the shared history of blues and rock music. For this work, Spencer received the Keeping the Blues Alive in Education award from the Blues Foundation this year. Never one to sit still, he can also regularly be found on stage in New Orleans clubs.  Dennis Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole Saturday, Oct 2 Dennis Stroughmatt’s high-energy band L’Esprit Creole bridges the gap between contemporary Canadian and Louisiana Cajun styles. Stroughmatt’s journey into Cajun and French Creole music, stories and language began in Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, where he learned a blend of old-style French roots music, with infusions of Celtic bowing and Metis rhythms. Today, Dennis is a keeper of traditions in the old styles of both upper and lower Louisiana, a Creole fiddler, accordionist, speaker, historian, and foremost, musician. Sid Selvidge & Amy Speace Saturday, Nov 6 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). Nora Jane Struthers and the Bootleggers Saturday, Dec 4 Nora Jane Struthers and the Bootleggers won the 2010 Band Competition at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Her songs, intricately infused with strokes of bluegrass, Celtic, gospel, old time and folk, tell stories of heartbreak and patriarchy, of nostalgia and hope. “Nora Jane Struthers is one of the most mesmerizing, haunting and hard-hitting projects I’ve ever heard. Her lyrics are simply spectacular and have achingly beautiful melodies to boot.... Certainly the most arresting music I’ve heard in a long time” (Dave Higgs, Bluegrass Breakdown). Bill Mize Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 Bill Mize has a reputation for meticulously crafted original music that blends delicate highland melodies and greasy 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 by Narada Records. Bill’s music was recently featured in the new Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, aired on PBS in 2009. 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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