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Iris DeMent
DeMent's songs are typically simple, clearly told stories about life's pains and joys.Her first album, Infamous Angel, was released in 1992 and explored themes like religious skepticism, living in a small town, lamenting "nothing good ever lasts", and forgiving human frailty.DeMent has sung duets with John Prine (on In Spite of Ourselves), Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris and is featured on the albums of many other performers. She has made frequent appearances on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, and appeared in the 2000 film Songcatcher.
Artist's web site
General Admission $30.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Sunday,7:30 PM,
July 25,
Kuumbwa
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Paul Thorn
The first thing you notice is The Voice, unique and distinctive, the voice of a man who has walked a long, hot span over dusty Mississippi country roads. At turns soulful, raw, melancholy, brazen, funky, circumspect, serene, brooding, and mutinous, the voice expresses the range of human emotions, from forlorn grimness to incandescent optimism. And after repeated listens, you realize that his is not merely the voice of a poet but also of a merciful prophet, a summation not unjustified. Those who follow the career of Paul Thorn believe he is both.
Artist's web site
Gold Circle $40.00 (advance)
General Admission $22.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Friday,7:30 PM, July 23,
Rio Theatre
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Jesse Winchester
Winchester released several additional albums during the '70s. But, due to his draft status, he was unable to tour in the United States until President Jimmy Carter granted draft resisters amnesty in 1977. As a result, he became recognized primarily as a prolific songwriter. His best known songs include "Yankee Lady", "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz", "Mississippi, You're on My Mind", and "Biloxi".
Artist's web site
General Admission $25.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Wednesday,7:30 PM,
September 15,
Kuumbwa
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Robert Keen
and Fred Eaglesmith
Robert Earl Keen: Keen emerged in Texas in the 1980s and 1990s striking an unusual balance between sensitive story-portraits and raucous barroom fun. Unified by a mordant sense of humor that strongly influenced the early practitioners of what would become known as alternative country music.
Artist's web site
Fred Eaglesmith : Born to a farming family in rural southern Ontario. Often employing his difficult upbringing as raw material for his heartland narratives, Eaglesmith is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles, including songs about trains, tractors, trucks, cars, and engines. Rural life, dogs, guns, drinking and farming/ranching are other common themes.
Artist's web site
Gold Circle $50.00 (advance)
General Admission $30.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Thursday,7:30 PM,
September 30,
Rio Theatre
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Ryan Bingham
and Band
Ryan Bingham has spent most of his life on the road, first on the rough-and-tumble rodeo circuit, then moving from town to town on the equally volatile roadhouse musical circuit. Those travels have given him plenty of material to draw from - and plenty of reason to stop for a moment to dig in his heels and take a stand.His song in the film Crazy Heart won best original song at the 2010 82nd Academy Awards.
Artist's web site
Gold Circle $35.00 (advance)
General Admission $21.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Tuesday,7:30 PM,
September 14
Rio Theatre
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Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
Dave Alvin, Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and self-described "barroom guitarist," is widely considered to be one of the pivotal founders of the current Americana music scene.
Since forming the highly influential roots rock/R+B band The Blasters, with his brother Phil in 1979, and throughout his long and critically acclaimed solo career, Dave Alvin has mixed his varied musical and literary influences into his own unique, updated version of traditional American music. Combining elements of blues, folk, R+B, rockabilly, Bakersfield country and garage rock and roll.
Artist's web site
Gold Circle $40.00 (advance)
General Admission $22.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Thursday,7:30 PM,
September 23,
Rio Theatre
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