JOHN PRINE with DUSTIN BENTALL AND KENDEL CARSON
JUNE 23
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John Prine
Some four decades since his remarkable debut, John Prine has stayed at the top of his game, both as a performer and songwriter. Recently honored at the Library of Congress by US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, he’s been elevated from the annals of songwriters into the realm of bonafide American treasures. Long considered a “songwriter’s songwriter,” John Prine is a rare talent who writes the songs other songwriters would sell their souls for. Evidence of this is the long list of songwriters who have recorded gems from his extensive catalog, including Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, the Everly Brothers, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon, Ben Harper, Joan Baez, and many others.
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Dustin Bentall and Kendel Carson
Dustin Bentall and Kendel Carson channel the great couples of music history. Much like Gram and Emmylou or Johnny and June, Dustin and Kendel share an intangible spark on stage that makes every performance magical and seeing them playing together on stage is nothing short of a transcendent musical experience. He plays guitar, she plays the fiddle and they both sing like birds. Dustin Bentall and Kendel Carson will steal your heart.
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OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW with PARKER MILSAP
JUNE 30
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Old Crow Medicine Show got its start busking on street corners in New York state and up through Canada, winning audiences along the way with their boundless energy and spirit. It's been nearly fifteen years since these humble beginnings, and the band has gone on to tour the world, sell over 800,000 albums, become frequent guests on A Prairie Home Companion, and play renowned festivals. On their newest album, Carry Me Back, Old Crow continue to craft classic American roots music while pushing themselves in new directions.
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HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS: SPORTS 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR with ALICE STUART
JULY 7
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Huey Lewis & The News
2013 marks the 30th anniversary of one the most influential and celebrated albums in pop/rock history. Peaking at #1 on the Billboard Charts, selling over 10 million copies worldwide, a Grammy Award, and a Diamond Award in Canada, SPORTS is the anthem of a generation.
In 2013 Huey Lewis and the News are commemorating the milestone with their SPORTS 30th Anniversary World Tour. Fans will hear the band perform the songs from SPORTS, plus many other hits and surprises.
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Alice Stuart
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JOHN HIATT & THE COMBO with HOLLY WILLIAMS
JULY 17
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John Hiatt & The Combo
John Hiatt builds on the worldwide success of his last album Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns, that featured the Top 20 single “Adios To California,” with his new album Mystic Pinball. Hiatt works again with producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley (Silverchair, Aerosmith, Joe Bonamassa), delivering a record which features Hiatt’s timeless songwriting. The first single is “We’re Alright Now.”
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Holly Williams
Part of the key to Holly Williams’ success as a singer-songwriter is that it’s never been her mission to try and live up to the legacy cast by her famous and prolific father and grandfather—Hank Jr. and Sr., respectively—nor has she spent a lot of time trying to live it down. The respect that Holly has garnered as an artist over the course of many years spent building an international fan base, and the release of two acclaimed albums, 2004’s The Ones We Never Knew (Universal South) and 2009’s Here With Me (Mercury Records), has come on her own terms, based on her own sound. Indeed, to paraphrase Freud, sometimes a last name is just a last name. Her latest album, The Highway finds the 31-year-old artist putting a distinctly personal spin on universal themes like love, loss, conflict, family and desire.
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AN EVENING WITH RANDY NEWMAN
JULY 24
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Randy Newman has long been one of the most musically and lyrically ambitious singer-songwriters ever to be at play in the fields of popular music. Critics laude the musical depth, edge and literary quality of his lyrics, especially in his noted foray into film composing. He has been been nominated for nineteen Oscars, including his first Oscar win for Best Original Song for Monsters Inc., earned an Emmy and several Grammys. In 2010, Newman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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LEANN RIMES
JULY 26
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Doing the unexpected has almost become expected of LeAnn Rimes. From her hit “Blue” nearly 15 years ago to her impressive concept album of classic country standards, Lady & Gentlemen, LeAnn has always bravely followed her own inner compass and consistently maintained her musical integrity rather than simply following the musical trends of the day. Listening to her instincts has resulted in album sales of more than 40 million, two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards and 12 Billboard Music Awards.
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INDIGO GIRLS with LINDSAY FULLER
JULY 30 & 31
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On their fourteenth studio album, Grammy-winning folk-rock duo Indigo Girls deliver a beautifully crafted batch of songs that revel in spirited simplicity. Alternating richly textured storytelling with moody ruminations on modern-world worries, Beauty Queen Sister reveals a fierce longing for a more idyllic existence while still celebrating the extraordinary in everyday living. Thanks to its graceful mix of openhearted songwriting and lush, intricate arrangements—not to mention powerful performances by the band and their brigade of guest musicians—Beauty Queen Sister ultimately allows the listener to slip into the sort of dreamy serenity that Amy Ray and Emily Saliers sing of striving for throughout the record.
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TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE with JJ GREY & MOFRO
AUGUST 7
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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Grammy nominee Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has dubbed his signature sound "Supafunkrock"—stirring together New Orleans jazz, funk and soul, laced with hard-rock power chords and hip-hop beats.
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JJ Grey & Mofro
JJ Grey comes from a long tradition of Southern musical storytellers and, like the best of the great Southern writers, he fills his songs with details that are at once vivid and personal, political and universal. His multi-textured music overflows with dynamic rhythms and thought-provoking lyrics. From raw funk to deep soul, blues and rock, JJ and his band Mofro deliver devastating live and recorded performances.
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TODD SNIDER'S TRAVELING FOLK SHOW FEATURING SHAWN MULLINS, HAYES CARLL, SARAH JAROSZ
AUGUST 11
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Todd Snider
Todd Snider is on the happy back end of happy hour at a favorite East Nashville bar, talking about his new album Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables. “This record doesn’t come from good times,” Snider says. “I wanted to sound the way I feel, which sometimes means sounding like a broken soul.” On the 10 new songs, Snider doesn’t talk around the vulnerable part, or the angry part, or the part about how everything we’re taught about goodness and righteousness and family values winds up exploding into violence and chaos, wonder and longing. He might carry the mantle of “storyteller”—it’s what he titled his live record, after all—but Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables is anything but a nice, folk/Americana troubadour album.
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Shawn Mullins
Since we last heard from Shawn Mullins on 2008’s honeydew, the Atlanta-based singer/songwriter and bandleader has undergone a series of transformative experiences, leading to a second coming for the veteran artist. Evidence of Mullins’ newfound level of musical and lyrical ambition courses comes through with Light You Up (Vanguard Records, October 12). This captivating new song cycle will likely be viewed as a flat-out revelation even by Mullins’ most fervent fans.
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Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll is an odd mix. Wildly literate, utterly slackerly, impossibly romantic, absolutely a slave to the music, the 35-year old Texan is completely committed to the truth and unafraid to skewer pomposity, hypocrisy and small-minded thinking. His “Another Like You,” was American Songwriter’s #1 Song of 2011, and KMAG YOYO was the Americana Music Association’s #1 Album, as well as making Best of Lists for Rolling Stone, SPIN and a New York Times Critics Choice. But more importantly than the critical acclaim is the way Carll connects with music lovers across genres lines.
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Sarah Jarosz
Just a few months away from graduating from New England Conservatory with a Bachelor of Music degree in Contemporary Improvisation, Sarah has attracted fans of folk, rock, country and old time music with her voice and multi-instrumental abilities, not only through her records, but also an aggressive touring schedule, sandwiched between academics.
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LOREENA MCKENNITT
AUGUST 15
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Canadian singer/composer Loreena McKennitt is self-managed, self-produced, and the head of her own internationally successful record label, Quinlan Road. In a recording career spanning nearly two decades, McKennitt's “eclectic Celtic” music has won critical acclaim worldwide and gold, platinum and multi-platinum sales awards in fifteen countries across four continents.
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BRANDI CARLILE
AUGUST 22 & 23
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On the eve of her 5th major label album release Bear Creek, and after almost a decade of extensive touring, Carlile and her bandmates are back with a bang. But it’s not record sales, industry accolades or commercial success that make Brandi Carlile a uniquely compelling artist; in fact some would say she has purposely gone out of her way to avoid it. It’s tales from the road, where she and her bandmates have spent the best part of their careers building Carlile’s fan base and audience, whilst remaining under the industry radar, that tells you the story of who she really is.
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