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SUMMARY:Mutts Gone Nuts (2 Shows)
DESCRIPTION:The Mutts Gone Nuts shows have moved to April 9\, 2022. For those that have already purchased tickets\, they will be honored at the new show date.\nWe apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for understanding.\nEARLY SHOW TICKETS 3pm\nEVENING SHOW TICKETS 7pm\nExpect the unexpected as canines and comedy collide in a smash hit performance that’s leaving audiences everywhere howling for more. From shelters to showbiz\, these amazing mutts unleash havoc and hilarity in a breathtaking\, action-packed\, comedy dog spectacular\, featuring some of the world’s most talented four-legged performers. Deemed “A Must See” by The Washington Post\, the dogs are sure to steal your heart\, and then your socks! \nhttps://vimeo.com/294968631 \nEnjoy all of our upcoming performances on our new Byrider Stage!\n \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Ronnie Milsap
DESCRIPTION:No refunds will be issued after Tuesday\, November 23\, 2021\, at 12:00 pm EST.\nIf you bought tickets for the previously scheduled dates in August 2020 or May 2021\, your tickets are still good for the November 27 date.\nFeaturing an opening performance by Emmy-nominated country music artist Risa Binder. \nBorn blind (his family thought it was retribution for sin)\, Ronnie Milsap’s grandparents gave the boy over to the North Carolina State School for the Blind hoping for a better chance.  There\, Milsap discovered music – deviating from the school’s classical curriculum to explore the nascent realms of race music\, rock & roll and jazz. \nBeing the brilliant kid he was\, it wasn’t long until he’d found his way into the local clubs and the tiny indie labels. \nSuddenly\, he was sharing bills with Ray Charles (who took the Ashford & Simpson-penned B-side to Milsap’s Scepter single “Never Had It So Good” and scored his own hit with “Let’s Go Get Stoned”)\, and James Brown on a circuit that included the Howard Theater\, the Royal Peacock\, and more. \nIt was Ray Charles who told the young pianist when he was offered a scholarship to Young Harris College’s law program\, “Son\, I can hear the music inside you…” \nIt settled Milsap’s fate. \nLiving in Atlanta\, playing clubs and doing sessions the future Country Music Hall of Famer caught wind that JJ Cale was looking for a keyboard player. Cale hired him. Ronnie went on to work at the Whiskey for a good while. \nFrom Atlanta\, Ronnie moved to Memphis where he was doing sessions with Chips Moman\, where Elvis famously commanded\, “More thunder on the keys\, Milsap\,” during the recording of “Kentucky Rain.” It was there he was asked to play the Whiskey on the famed Sunset Strip in LA. While staying at the notorious Hyatt House\, Charley Pride\, a famous man in country music\, saw the white kid playing rock & soul and suggested giving Nashville a try. \nForty #1s. Five decades of charted singles. Creating a new way of recording (being blind his hyper-attuned hearing led him to create/build what is now known as Ronnie’s Place\, where the new album\, the Duets\, was captured)\, he broke genre rules and became one of the biggest pop/AC and even R&B artists of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. \nSix Grammys. CMA Entertainer of the Year and four Album of the Year Awards. The first country video played on MTV (the ironic “She Loves My Car”). An early champion of NFL star Mike Reid\, who wrote many of Ronnie’s #1 hits and who’d go on to write Bonnie Raitt’s second most enduring classic “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” \nAlways chasing the music\, always hungry for the songs\, he is now an inspiration for a new generation of country stars from critical standard setters Kacey Musgraves and Little Big Town to CMA/ACM Entertainers of the Year Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean\, as well as a standard-setter for friends like Dolly Parton\, George Strait\, Willie Nelson and even groundbreakers Leon Russell and Billy Gibbons. \nIn a world of marketing match-ups\, the Duets is an homage to blurring lines\, great songwriting and vocals that celebrate soul over product – something rare in today’s flashcard jingle country. \nBut just as importantly\, Ronnie Milsap is a testament to going where you don’t belong with an open heart and a true sense of music as compass. A rebel blind boy often at odds at school for following the music in his heart\, that music took him to places white people didn’t go… brought him a wife who would be not just a steadfast companion\, but a fellow traveller in the songs (they’re still together!!)… give him stages from the chitlin circuit\, soul clubs\, rock rooms to the biggest arenas\, “Solid Gold\,” the White House and beyond. \nHe saw racism inside out. He led with an open-mind\, and a hunger to play. He created action in songs instead of words without tangible works. He’s the same guy today\, but all these years later\, he’s still a man who lives to play. \nAnd man\, can he tell a story. \n \nEnjoy all of our upcoming performances on our new Byrider Stage!\n \n 
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SUMMARY:Kansas: Point of Know Return Tour
DESCRIPTION:EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 18\, 2021\, AT 3:00 PM EST\, ALL REFUNDS FOR THESE EVENTS ARE CLOSED.\nKANSAS COMING TO PBT with TWO SHOWS!\nThere are still great seats for the added second show on Saturday\nTICKETS FOR FRIDAY\nTICKETS FOR SATURDAY \nHello Kansas Fans!\nKansas has moved their entire Point of Know Return tour.\nPlease save your tickets and we’ll save your seats! \nKansas Show One – Now Friday November 19th 2021 at 8pm\nAny tickets purchased are good for this new date! This goes for all of our shows. \nKansas Show Two – Now Saturday\, November 20th 2021 at 8pm\nAny tickets purchased are good for this new date! This goes for all of our shows. \nAll tickets purchased for all of our re-scheduled concerts will be honored for the new concerts. \nWe cannot wait to see you back in our theatre and present Kansas performing their classic album Point of Know Return in its entirety! \nThank you for hanging in there with us. We miss you. We appreciate you! \nSincerely\, \nThe Peoples Bank Theatre Staff and Volunteers \nThe entire KANSAS organization is disappointed by this development\, however the safety of our fans\, venue employees\, the public\, and our entire team is paramount \n  \nKansas: Point of Know Return Tour \nWith a legendary career spanning nearly five decades\, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold\, who worked for Don Kirshner\, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide. \nComposing a catalogue that includes sixteen studio albums and five live albums\, KANSAS has produced eight gold albums\, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture\, Point of Know Return\, Best of KANSAS)\, one platinum live album (Two for the Show)\, one quadruple-Platinum single ‘Carry On Wayward Son\,’ and another triple-Platinum single ‘Dust in the Wind.’ KANSAS appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70’s and ‘80’s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America\, Europe and Japan. ‘Carry On Wayward Son’ continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio\, and ‘Dust In the Wind’ has been played on the radio more than three million times! \nThe summer of 2020 marks the release of “The Absence of Presence\,” KANSAS’s sixteenth studio album. The wide-ranging progressive rock album\, released by InsideOut Music\, follows-up 2016’s “The Prelude Implicit\,” which debuted at #14 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart. \nThroughout 2016-2017\, the band celebrated the anniversary of breakout album “Leftoverture” with the highly successful KANSAS: Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour. That tour was released in 2017 as a live album\, “Leftoverture Live & Beyond.” Since 2018\, KANSAS has followed that tour with the even more successful KANSAS: Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour. \nThe band is currently comprised of original drummer Phil Ehart\, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer\, vocalist/keyboardist Ronnie Platt\, violinist/guitarist David Ragsdale\, keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin\, guitarist Zak Rizvi\, and original guitarist Richard Williams. With no signs of slowing down\, KANSAS continues to perform in front of large and enthusiastic audiences around the world. Along with constant touring\, KANSAS continues to remain a fixture of Classic Rock radio. The band has reached a whole new audience through their unmistakable presence on the popular video games Rock Band\, Guitar Hero\, and Grand Theft Auto; the band’s documentary film “KANSAS: Miracles Out of Nowhere” airing on AXSTV; and through their songs’ inclusion in various television shows such as ‘Supernatural\,’ ‘South Park\,’ ‘The Office\,’ and ‘The Simpsons;’ and with films including ‘Old School\,’ ‘Anchorman\,’ and ‘Happy Gilmore.’ \n \n  \nEnjoy all of our upcoming performances on our new Byrider Stage!\n \nOUR COVID POLICY \n 
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SUMMARY:Kansas: Point of Know Return Tour
DESCRIPTION:EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 18\, 2021\, AT 3:00 PM EST\, ALL REFUNDS FOR THESE EVENTS ARE CLOSED.\nKANSAS COMING TO PBT with TWO SHOWS!\nThere are still great seats for the added second show on Saturday\nTICKETS FOR FRIDAY\nTICKETS FOR SATURDAY \nHello Kansas Fans!\nKansas has moved their entire Point of Know Return tour.\nPlease save your tickets and we’ll save your seats! \nKansas Show One – Now Friday November 19th 2021 at 8pm\nAny tickets purchased are good for this new date! This goes for all of our shows. \nKansas Show Two – Now Saturday\, November 20th 2021 at 8pm\nAny tickets purchased are good for this new date! This goes for all of our shows. \nAll tickets purchased for all of our re-scheduled concerts will be honored for the new concerts. \nWe cannot wait to see you back in our theatre and present Kansas performing their classic album Point of Know Return in its entirety! \nThank you for hanging in there with us. We miss you. We appreciate you! \nSincerely\, \nThe Peoples Bank Theatre Staff and Volunteers \nThe entire KANSAS organization is disappointed by this development\, however the safety of our fans\, venue employees\, the public\, and our entire team is paramount \nKansas: Point of Know Return Tour \nWith a legendary career spanning nearly five decades\, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold\, who worked for Don Kirshner\, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide. \nComposing a catalogue that includes sixteen studio albums and five live albums\, KANSAS has produced eight gold albums\, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture\, Point of Know Return\, Best of KANSAS)\, one platinum live album (Two for the Show)\, one quadruple-Platinum single ‘Carry On Wayward Son\,’ and another triple-Platinum single ‘Dust in the Wind.’ KANSAS appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70’s and ‘80’s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America\, Europe and Japan. ‘Carry On Wayward Son’ continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio\, and ‘Dust In the Wind’ has been played on the radio more than three million times! \nThe summer of 2020 marks the release of “The Absence of Presence\,” KANSAS’s sixteenth studio album. The wide-ranging progressive rock album\, released by InsideOut Music\, follows-up 2016’s “The Prelude Implicit\,” which debuted at #14 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart. \nThroughout 2016-2017\, the band celebrated the anniversary of breakout album “Leftoverture” with the highly successful KANSAS: Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour. That tour was released in 2017 as a live album\, “Leftoverture Live & Beyond.” Since 2018\, KANSAS has followed that tour with the even more successful KANSAS: Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour. \nThe band is currently comprised of original drummer Phil Ehart\, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer\, vocalist/keyboardist Ronnie Platt\, violinist/guitarist David Ragsdale\, keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin\, guitarist Zak Rizvi\, and original guitarist Richard Williams. With no signs of slowing down\, KANSAS continues to perform in front of large and enthusiastic audiences around the world. Along with constant touring\, KANSAS continues to remain a fixture of Classic Rock radio. The band has reached a whole new audience through their unmistakable presence on the popular video games Rock Band\, Guitar Hero\, and Grand Theft Auto; the band’s documentary film “KANSAS: Miracles Out of Nowhere” airing on AXSTV; and through their songs’ inclusion in various television shows such as ‘Supernatural\,’ ‘South Park\,’ ‘The Office\,’ and ‘The Simpsons;’ and with films including ‘Old School\,’ ‘Anchorman\,’ and ‘Happy Gilmore.’ \n \nEnjoy all of our upcoming performances on our new Byrider Stage!\n \nOUR COVID POLICY \n 
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SUMMARY:Aoife Scott (Postponed)
DESCRIPTION:Due to travel restrictions as a result of Covid\, Aoife’s tour of the US has been postponed.\nWe are working on rescheduling this concert with her team.\nPlease check our events page for updates.  \nSave your tickets and we’ll save your seats!\nThank you. \n\nTo ensure the health and safety of Aoife Scott fans\, crew\, and venue staff members\, the July 23 concert at Peoples Bank Theatre has been rescheduled for March 14\, 2021. For those that have already purchased tickets at PBT\, they will be honored at the new show date.\nWe apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for understanding.\nStay safe\, everyone!\nWith Special Guest: The Boys Of The Hock\nAoife Scott is an award winning folk singer and songwriter based in Dublin\, Ireland. Born into the legendary Black family – Aoife is steadily rising to the top of the traditional and folk music scene. Fragile and ethereal one minute and strong and vibrant the next\, Aoife has a dynamic and profound voice\, which explores the emotional depths of her lyrics\, leaving the audience entranced. Her music has a broad creative scope but is largely influenced by her own roots in folk and traditional Irish music. Her recent accolades in 2018\, have seen her named Best Folk Act at the Irish Post Music Awards (IRE)\, as well as Emerging Artist of the Year at the Live Ireland Awards (US). \nIn January of this year\, Aoife appeared on BBC2\, performing live from Celtic Connections in Scotland\, among many other TV and Media appearances. She currently appears every Sunday night in Ireland on national TV channel TG4 on the show “Realta & Gaolta” and presented live music performance show “The Windmill Lane Sessions”. \nAoife is a true veteran of the Irish & Folk Festival circuit\, having performed & headlined at dozens of festivals across the continents\, including The National Folk Festival & Port Fairy Folk Festival – Australia\, Mood Indigo Cultural Festival – India\, Milwaukee Irish Fest- USA\, Festival Interceltique de Lorient – France\, London Feis – UK\, and Temple Bar Trad Fest\, Ireland to name only a few. Some past successes has seen Aoife and her cousins\, Róisín O & Danny O Reilly from The Coronas\, released their single “Grace” which hit straight into the number 1 slot on iTunes in Ireland. Aoife’s single “All Along the Wild Atlantic Way” also hit #1 slot\, knocking Ed Sheeran off the top spot and was also named “Song of the Year” at the Irish Folk Music Awards in 2017. \nFollowing the success of her debut album\, “Carry the Day”\, wherein the Irish Times quoted it as “richly layered impressive debut album”\, Aoife is currently writing her follow up – a second full-length album. as someone who grew up playing traditional music\, he plays Irish dance tunes in the style of a box player\, and he plays them with a flare and level of mastery you’d expect from someone as talented and dedicated to the music as he is. However\, from a young age\, driven by an innate musical curiosity and rapidly acquired fluency\, Munnelly began pushing his chosen instrument further than most to discover what more it could do\, what more it could help him to say. So\, more accurately\, Munnelly plays the accordion in its fullest international sense. He has absorbed how the instrument is played in many different cultures by many different players\, and he has developed his very own way of handling all those influences in his playing\, particularly in his almost baroque bass note self-accompaniment.
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Erth's Prehistoric Aquarium
DESCRIPTION:Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure has been postponed. A new show date will be announced. Your current tickets will be honored for the new show date. We apologize for any inconvenience.\n  \nThe creators of Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live want to take your family on an all new adventure – this time to the bottom of the ocean.   Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure is an immersive experience that invites you to jump in and explore unknown ocean depths where prehistoric marine reptiles lived eons ago – and maybe live still today!  Erth shows are at the forefront of family entertainment\, using actors\, technology\, puppets\, science and imagination to create an amazing visual experience that connects young audiences to the real science of paleontology.
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SUMMARY:The Oak Ridge Boys
DESCRIPTION:Theirs is one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a Number One Pop smash\, earned them Grammy\, Dove\, CMA\, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades. Every time they step before an audience\, the Oaks bring four decades of charted singles\, and 50 years of tradition\, to a stage show widely acknowledged as among the most exciting anywhere. And each remains as enthusiastic about the process as they have ever been. “When I go on stage\, I get the same feeling I had the first time I sang with The Oak Ridge Boys\,” says lead singer Duane Allen. “This is the only job I’ve ever wanted to have.” “Like everyone else in the group\,” adds bass singer extraordinaire\, Richard Sterban\, “I was a fan of the Oaks before I became a member. I’m still a fan of the group today. Being in The Oak Ridge Boys is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.” The two\, along with tenor Joe Bonsall and baritone William Lee Golden\, comprise one of Country’s truly legendary acts. Their string of hits includes the Country-Pop chart-topper Elvira\, as well as Bobbie Sue\, Dream On\, Thank God For Kids\, American Made\, I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes\, Fancy Free\, Gonna Take A Lot Of River and many others. In 2009\, they covered a White Stripes song\, receiving accolades from Rock reviewers. In 2011\, they rerecorded a thirtieth anniversary version of Elvira for a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store project. \nThe group has scored 12 gold\, three platinum\, and one double platinum album—plus one double platinum single—and had more than a dozen national Number One singles and over 30 Top Ten hits. \nGospel Music Roots \nThe Oaks represent a tradition that extends back to World War II. The original group\, based in Knoxville\, Tennessee\, began performing Country and Gospel music in nearby Oak Ridge where the atomic bomb was being developed. They called themselves the Oak Ridge Quartet\, and they began regular Grand Ole Opry appearances in the fall of ‘45. In the mid-fifties\, they were featured in Time magazine as one of the top drawing Gospel groups in the nation. By the late ‘60s\, with more than 30 members having come and gone\, they had a lineup that included Duane Allen\, William Lee Golden\, Noel Fox\, and Willie Wynn. Among the Oaks’ many acquaintances in the Gospel field were Bonsall\, a streetwise Philadelphia kid who embraced Gospel music; and Sterban\, who was singing in quartets and holding down a job as a men’s clothing salesman. Both admired the distinctive\, highly popular Oaks. “They were the most innovative quartet in Gospel music\,” says Bonsall. “They performed Gospel with a Rock approach\, had a full band\, wore bell-bottom pants and grew their hair long…things unheard of at the time.” The four became friends\, and when the Oaks needed a bass and tenor in ‘72 and ’73\, respectively\, Sterban and Bonsall got the calls. For a while\, the group remained at the pinnacle of the Gospel music circuit. It was there they refined the strengths that would soon make them an across-the-board attraction. “We did a lot of package shows\,” says Bonsall. “There was an incredible amount of competition. You had to blow people away to sell records and get invited back.” Their Gospel sound had a distinct Pop edge to it and\, although it made for excitement and crowd appeal\, it also ruffled purist feathers and left promoters unsure about the Oaks’ direction. Then in 1975\, the Oaks were asked to open a number of dates for Roy Clark. Clark’s manager\, Jim Halsey\, was impressed by their abilities. “He came backstage and told us we were three-and-a-half minutes (meaning one hit record) away from being a major act\,” says Bonsall. “He said we had one of the most dynamic stage shows he’d ever seen but that we had to start singing Country songs.” They took his advice and the result was a breakthrough. “Those who came to Country music with or after the New Traditionalists of the mid-eighties cannot possibly imagine the impact the Oaks had in 1977\, when they lit up the sky from horizon to horizon with Y’All Come Back Saloon\,” wrote Billboard’s Ed Morris. He added\, “…the vocal intensity the group brought to it instantly enriched and enlivened the perilously staid Country format. These guys were exciting.” \nThe Oaks branch out \nTheir career has spanned not only decades\, but also formats. In 1977\, Paul Simon tapped the Oaks to sing backup for his hit Slip Slidin’ Away\, and they went on to record with George Jones\, Brenda Lee\, Johnny Cash\, Roy Rogers\, Billy Ray Cyrus\, Bill Monroe\, Ray Charles and even Shooter Jennings\, the son of their old friend Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. Most recently\, the group recorded a duet with Merle Haggard for their 2015 Rock of Ages hymns and Gospel favorites album.
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SUMMARY:The Fab Four
DESCRIPTION:If you want to experience the best Beatles tribute ever\, you won’t want to miss The Fab Four-The Ultimate Tribute. \nThe Emmy Award Winning Fab Four is elevated far above every other Beatles Tribute due to their precise attention to detail. With uncanny\, note-for-note live renditions of Beatles’ classics such as “Can’t Buy Me Love\,” “Yesterday\,” “A Day In The Life\,” “Twist And Shout\,” “Here Comes The Sun\,” and “Hey Jude”\, the Fab Four will make you think you are watching the real thing. \nTheir incredible stage performances include three costume changes representing every era of the Beatles ever-changing career\, and this loving tribute to the Beatles has amazed audiences in countries around the world\, including Japan\, Australia\, France\, Hong Kong\, The United Kingdom\, Germany\, Mexico and Brazil. \nThe Fab Four is truly the Ultimate tribute.
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SUMMARY:Josh Turner SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Josh Turner is SOLD OUT!\nJosh Turner with Special Guest: Emma Borders\nWith his rich\, deep voice and distinctive style\, MCA Nashville recording artist Josh Turner is one of country music’s most recognizable hit-makers. From his 2003 Platinum-selling debut Long Black Train to his 2017 Billboard No. 1 release\, Deep South\, Turner has scored multiple GRAMMY®\, CMA and ACM Awards nominations and received six Inspirational Country Music Awards. As one of the youngest members inducted into the Grand Ole Opry\, Turner has sold more than 8 million units\, topped more than 1.5 billion in global streaming and populated radio with such memorable hits as “Hometown Girl\,” “Would You Go With Me\,” “Your Man\,” “Time Is Love\,” “Why Don’t We Just Dance” and “Long Black Train.” \n \nWith his newest project\, I Serve A Savior debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen’s Top Current Country Albums Chart and No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart and Billboard’s Top Christian Albums Chart\, Turner adds an exciting new dimension to his already acclaimed career. The “musically brilliant” (Worship Magazine) album remained Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart for 17 consecutive weeks and it currently sits Top 10 on the Top Current Country Albums chart and Top 5 on the Top Current Contemporary Christian Albums chart and\, as it has for 38 of the past 41 weeks since its October release. \nI Serve A Savior is a thoughtful gospel collection that finds Turner’s rich\, distinctive baritone paired with timeless classics including “Amazing Grace\,” “How Great Thou Art” and “Great Is Your Faithfulness\,” as well as introducing originals including the title track\, “I Serve A Savior\,” and “The River (of Happiness)\,” written by his wife\, Jennifer\, and their eldest son\, Hampton. In addition to the 12-track studio project\, Turner has released a complementing 90-minute live performance DVD featuring a special interview of Turner with gospel legend Bill Gaither\, a performance with Turner alongside his wife Jennifer and their four sons\, and more. The DVD has been edited to air as a one-hour television special hosted by Bill Gaither\, which will air on numerous networks across the U.S. and Canada. \nTurner is a disciple of traditional country music\, a mentor to up-and-coming artists\, and one of the youngest members of the Grand Ole Opry.  Turner has been an Opry member for over 10 years and he recently reveled in his 150th performance on the famed Opry circle. \nTurner checked off another bucket list item when he added author to his list of accomplishments.  His first book\, Man Stuff: Thoughts on Faith\, Family and Fatherhood was released in 2014.  As highlighted in the book\, the Hannah\, S.C. native has been songwriting and performing since he was a young child\, and in support of music education\, created The Josh Turner Scholarship Fund to assist students interested in pursuing a future in arts and music.  As a high school student\, Turner had very little access to music education\, therefore realizes first-hand the importance of arts education in schools. \nFor more information on Josh Turner\, visit www.JoshTurner.com.
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SUMMARY:Amy Grant [SOLD OUT]
DESCRIPTION:with special guest Joshua Lee\nConventional wisdom has it that Amy Grant put Contemporary Christian Music on the map\, becoming the first CCM artist to have a platinum record\, the first to hit No. 1 on the Pop charts\, and the first to perform at the GRAMMY Awards. Since then\, Amy Grant has been strumming her way through a 30-plus year adventure as a singer-songwriter\, author\, television host and speaker. \nEarly on\, Amy Grant’s iconic voice became instantly recognizable in both the Christian and pop worlds\, some even dubbing her the “Queen of Christian Pop.” Over the years\, she has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide\, including three multi-platinum\, six platinum\, and four gold. Her chart performance has also been consistent throughout her career\, boasting six No. 1 hits\, 10 “Top 40” pop singles\, 17 “Top 40” adult contemporary tracks and multiple contemporary Christian chart toppers. In recognition of such success\, Grant has received 6 GRAMMY Awards and 26 Dove Awards\, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame\, and a star on the Music City Walk of Fame. Additionally\, she was most recently inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. \nStepping out from behind her guitar\, Amy Grant found herself hosting the NBC prime time series “Three Wishes” in 2005\, bringing her into millions of living rooms across America every Friday night. The people she met and stories she collected proved to be great inspiration for creating new music and even writing a book. Two years later\, Grant’s first book\, Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far\, was published. She continues to share her stories with audiences all over the country as a keynote and inspirational speaker. \nIn April 2016\, Amy Grant celebrated the 25th anniversary of her first pop hit\, “Baby Baby”\, with a worldwide release of a new version of the song featuring pop sensation and fellow Capitol Music Group recording artist Tori Kelly. Growing her wildly popular Christmas brand\, Grant then released “Tennessee Christmas” in October 2016\, her first all-new Christmas album in nearly twenty years. She looks forward to national arena symphony Christmas tours each November and December with long-time friend Michael W. Smith\, as well as an annual Christmas residency at the world-famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville with country superstar husband Vince Gill. \nGrant resides with her family in Nashville\, Tennessee\, and is widely known for her philanthropy and tireless involvement in local causes and charitable organizations. Her own organization\, The Helping Hands Foundation\, has afforded her the opportunity to identify needs around her and the resources to help meet them\, which has proven to be the sweetest reward of all. \nJoshua Lee\n \nAfter 14 years of fifteen-passenger vans\, tour buses\, and side man gigs\, Joshua Lee left Nashville with his young family and headed to West Virginia\, trading screaming fans for screaming kids. After a difficult transition\, Lee nearly left the music life behind entirely\, but he began to write again and in doing so found his own musical voice. In his old life\, Lee might have sought collaborators to start a band\, but having difficulty finding enough like-minded musicians\, he focused instead on discovering himself as a solo artist\, something he’d never tried before. Playing solo shows in the Ohio Valley area led to a new confidence in his ability as a singer-songwriter and to a new group of musical collaborators. \nOn his debut EP\, Promise Land (June 2017)\, Joshua wrestles with questions of loss and cautiously reaches for hope rather than despair. Recorded mostly at home\, and self-produced along with Trae Gunter (Randy Montana\, Jacob Thomas Jr.)\, he finds himself searching for his own sound by mining the territories of folk rock and heartland rock and blending in synths and ambient guitars. Hints of The National supplement more traditional song forms in the spirit of Ryan Adams and Tom Petty. \nNow based in Marietta\, Ohio\, Joshua Lee is performing solo and full band in the Mid-Ohio Valley region as he’s beginning work on his next project. \nWebsite: http://joshualeemusic.com/ \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/imightbejoshualee/ \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/imightbejoshualee/
URL:https://peoplesbanktheatre.com/event/amy-grant/
CATEGORIES:2019 Winter-Spring,Music,Spotlight Series
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SUMMARY:Connie Smith
DESCRIPTION:Connie Smith is considered by many to be one of the best vocalists in country music history.  “Once a Day\,” “Just in Time\,” “Then and Only Then\,” and “Ain’t Had No Lovin’\,” are just a few of her many hits.  This Country Music Hall of Fame inductee has earned 11 Grammy nominations\, and landed on the Billboard Top Ten country singles charts 20 times. \nA Hall of Fame Lifetime of Singing\nDolly Parton once noted\, famously\, that there were just three real female singers around—Barbra Streisand\, Linda Ronstadt\, and Connie Smith. “The rest of us\,” she said\, “are only pretending.” It’s less-well known that when Connie Smith was introduced to Keith Richards\, he grabbed fellow Connie Smith fan (and Rolling Stone) Ron Wood and brought him up to meet her\, too\, exclaiming “She’s the real deal!” \nWhat the singers she’s been influencing for decades spot in Connie Smith’s performances—besides her genius for phrasing\, perfect diction and a vocal range which have all long been envied—is her fervent joy in singing itself\, her love for the emotional and physical act of letting loose a song\, which is as evident on her recordings as it is in front of audiences at the Grand Ole Opry\, on RFD TV’s weekly Marty Stuart Show\, or on the road. \nIn 2012\, Connie’s singular contributions to country music were recognized conclusively when she received the field’s highest honor\, induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. As the Hall’s inductee portrait says of her\, “Smith’s greatness extends beyond vocal brilliance. It encompasses her song selection\, her connection to great musicians (especially steel guitarists)\, her classy demeanor\, and a spiritual bearing that serves as her foundation. Connie Smith is one of country music’s most admired artists not because of one of her talents\, but because of how they form such a distinct whole.” \nMerle Haggard said\, as he conducted her induction her into the\, “I can’t remember any of Connie’s records that I didn’t like. I admire her sincerity and her spirit and her commitment to traditional country music. If you’re talking about a country singer\, there just isn’t any better.” \nMerle singled out “Long Line of Heartaches\,” Connie’s most recent recording\, as a special favorite. In recent decades\, the appearance of a new Connie Smith record has been a rare\, much-anticipated event; Long Line of Heartaches on Sugar Hill\, is her first since 1996 and only her second since 1978\, and her 53rd album to date. Still the urge to sing and share the joy she finds in doing it has never waned. \n“I may have put off making a new record for quite a while\,” Connie says\, “but I still love to sing just as much as I ever did. I really feel that it’s my destiny; I heard the saying\, one time\, ‘Do what God tells you ’til he tells you something else\,’ and He hasn’t told me anything else yet. So I think I’ll still be singing till I hear different!” \nWhat she sings on this return to disc is the same broad range of traditional country moods\, themes\, rhythms and sounds that marked her remarkable run of hit records and classic country albums in the 1960s and ’70s. Keeping that music alive\, well and in the public ear was an important motivation in breaking this most recent recording hiatus: \n“I feel so fortunate to have been introduced to Nashville in the early sixties. It was a magical time in country music; country artists were encouraged to bring their individuality and culture to the microphone\, not to back away from them\, and the songwriters of the era were just the best. But I feel that the music as it was has been slipping away—and much\, much faster than I’m ready for. The only thing I know to do about it now is to keep singing what I’ve always loved.” \nConnie has always been the sort of singer who\, much as Frank Sinatra did in saloon singer pop\, emphasizes crediting the writers who created the emotionally direct songs she chooses to sing. Songs by songwriters she’s long favored\, including icons Bill Anderson\, Harlan Howard\, Johnny Russell\, Kostas\, and Dallas Frazier (whose “A Heart Like You” on this record was one of the first he’d written in 30 years\, and the 69th Frazier song Connie’s had on record) are featured on this new release. Her own songwriting\, which had been something she’d found little time for early in her career\, came more to the foreground when she began co-writing with Marty Stuart; five of their collaborations appear on Long Line of Heartaches\, including the title track. \n“I had written a few of the songs I and others had recorded over the years\, but I’d never even begun to think I could write enough to do a whole album. Marty believed I could. We found other good songs\, too; it can be a bad idea to only do your own songs. I don’t cut a song because Bill\, Harlan\, Dallas or I wrote it\, I cut it because I think it’s the best song that I can find at the time.” \n“If I hadn’t had Marty as producer and Mick Conley\, as outr engineer\, working with me\, this record couldn’t have happened like it did. When we got 5 of the songs Marty and I wrote coupled with the 7 great songs from other writers\, we got serious and knew it was time to record. The songs had to come first. Then the work was just a joy. \nA first-time occurrence on this album is the appearance of Connie’s daughters Julie\, Jeanne and Jodi with her\, adding striking family harmonies to the contemporary hymn “Take My Hand.” “My five kids all know every word to every one of my songs\,” Connie notes\, “and we always sang at home. You’ll hear that my daughters are really good; they just never had the desire to be professionals. Neither did my two sons\, Darren and Kerry\, who also sing well.” \nThat Connie Smith always prioritized family life over career (and with no conflict about that\, she notes) is one reason she may be better known in the households of long-time traditional country music lovers than some others. She’d taken a break from appearances and recording to raise those kids\, and\, as she puts it “never went back into business in full force\,” though she has been a much-loved mainstay at the Grand Ole Opry. \nIt is a Nashville legend that Connie’s first record\, the aching and unforgettable “Once a Day\,” written by Bill Anderson and recorded on July 16\, 1964 when she was just 23\, became one of the most celebrated singles in country music history—the first debut single by a female country singer to go to Number One\, a position it held for eight weeks. Forty-seven years later it is still the only first single ever to have done that. When Connie sang “Once A Day” in the all-star B-movie musical Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar the following year\, she was introduced on-screen as “The Cinderella of Country Music.” “Once A Day\,” and her stunning rendition of “How Great Thou Art” remain the two most requested songs by her fans to this day. Connie’s memorable string of hits would include “You and Your Sweet Love” “If It Ain’t Love” “Where Is My Castle?” “Run Away Little Tears” “Just One Time” and “I Never Once Stopped Loving You.” \nThe passion for singing and for the songs\, and the singular vocal precision in delivering them that marked those standards-to-be are fully on display in this return to recording. “If you add up all the songs on this album\,” Connie Smith says\, “it would add up to my personality. It’s me talking again\, after so many years\, with a message no different than I’ve always had. It’s just that I love you\, and I want that love to come back.”
URL:https://peoplesbanktheatre.com/event/connie-smith/
CATEGORIES:2019 Winter-Spring,Music,Spotlight Series
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SUMMARY:Lewis Black
DESCRIPTION:The Joke’s On Us Tour\nLewis Black\, Grammy Award-winning\, stand-up comedian\, is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today. He executes a brilliant trifecta as a stand-up comedian\, actor and author. Receiving critical acclaim\, he performs more than 200 nights annually\, to sold-out audiences throughout Europe\, New Zealand\, Canada and the United States. He is one of a few performers to sell out multiple renowned theaters\, including Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Brooks Atkinson Theatre\, New York City Center\, the Main Stage at the Mirage in Las Vegas and most recently\, a sold-out Broadway run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City. \nHis live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. He is a passionate performer who is a more pissed-off optimist than a mean-spirited curmudgeon. Lewis is the rare comic who can cause an audience to laugh themselves into incontinence while making compelling points about the absurdity of our world. \nWho Is Lewis Black? \nKnown as the king of the rant\, LEWIS BLACK uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger-pointing to skewer anything and anyone that gets under his skin. His comedic brilliance lies in his ability to make people laugh at the absurdities of life\, with topics that include current events\, social media\, politics and anything else that exposes the hypocrisy and madness he sees in the world. \nReceiving critical acclaim as a stand-up\, actor and author\, Lewis Black has performed for audiences throughout Europe\, New Zealand\, Canada and the United States. In 2012\, he performed eight sell-out shows at Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway. \nBorn in Washington D.C. on Aug. 30\, 1948\, Lewis Black was raised in Silver Spring\, Md. Colicky as a baby\, he was destined to be angry and easily irritated. His mother\, a teacher\, and his father\, a mechanical engineer\, instilled the importance of education and the necessity to question authority—lessons that influenced Black throughout his life. He fell in love with the theatre at age 12\, after seeing his first play\, which led to pursuing a career in drama. Degrees followed from the University of North Carolina and Yale Drama School\, with a stint in Colorado owning a theatre with a group of friends in the interim. During his tenure at UNC\, Black ventured into stand-up\, performing at Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill. Stand-up was a steady presence as he pursued his career in theatre. \nLewis Black eventually settled in New York City and became the playwright-in-residence at the West Bank Café’s Downstairs Theatre Bar. He oversaw the development of more than 1\,000 plays\, including works by “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin\, “American Beauty” writer Alan Ball\, as well as his own original works. In addition to overseeing the works on stage\, Black emceed every show. As the West Bank grew\, so did Black’s stand-up skills. He left the West Bank in the late 1980s to pursue stand-up full time. \nIn 1996\, his friend Lizz Winstead tapped him to create a weekly segment for Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” The segment\, a three-minute rant about whatever was bothering him at the moment\, evolved into Back in Black\, becoming one of the most popular and longest-running segments on the show for both the Jon Stewart era\, and now The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.  Black has also taped four specials for the “Comedy Central Presents” series\, co-created “Last Laugh with Lewis Black” and presided over “Lewis Black’s The Root of All Evil.” His popular appearances on Comedy Central helped to win him Best Male Stand-Up at the American Comedy Awards in 2001. \nIncreased exposure from “The Daily Show” generated a record deal with Stand Up! Records. His first CD\, “The White Album\,” was released in 2000 to critical acclaim. Black followed with eight more—six under the Comedy Central Records label. He has received five Grammy® nominations and two wins for his work. The first nomination came in 2006 for “Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues\,” the second in 2009 for “Anticipation.” In 2007 he won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album for “The Carnegie Hall Performance\,” and again in 2011 for “Stark Raving Black.” His 2012 release\, “In God We Rust” (Comedy Central Records) was also nominated for a Grammy. \nLewis Black has filmed two specials for HBO\, including “Black On Broadway” and “Red\, White and Screwed.” The latter was nominated for an Emmy® in 2007. He had a regular feature for two seasons on “Inside the NFL” (for which he earned a Sports Emmy) and in 2006\, he was asked to participate in “Comic Relief.” \nIn 2009 Lewis filmed his first feature length concert film\, “Stark Raving Black\,” at the Fillmore Theatre in Detroit. The film had a limited run in theaters across the U.S. and Canada in the summer of 2010. At the end of the theater run\, premium movie channel EpixHD picked up the film for its channel\, along with the accompanying documentary\, “Basic Black.” Both are aired regularly and can be found in the EpixHD on-demand queue. In 2011\, he produced his second full-length concert\, “In God We Rust\,” which also airs on EpixHD. In August 2013\, Black recorded his ninth stand-up special “Old Yeller: Live At The Borgata.” \nIn 2015\, Black joined the cast of Madoff (ABC mini series). Black portrays  Ezra Merkin\, who\, after investing with Madoff and receiving great returns\, brought many famous and well-to-do Jewish clients\, including Elie Weisel and The Hadassah Organization\, to Bernie’s fold. \nBlack has appeared on “Larry King Live\,” “Piers Morgan Tonight\,” “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon\,” “The Late Show with David Letterman\,” “Late Night with Conan O’ Brian” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.” Black has also had numerous appearances on CNN and MSNBC and has occasionally done the weather with Al Roker. \nIn the midst of a rigorous touring schedule\, regular TV appearances and movie roles\, Black has written three best-selling books: “Nothing’s Sacred” (Simon and Schuster\, 2005)\, “Me of Little Faith” (Riverhead Books\, 2008) and “I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas” (Riverhead Books\, 2010). All garnered critical praise as well commercial success and spent numerous weeks on the New York Times best sellers list. \nBlack has penned more than 40 plays\, many of which have been produced around the country. “The Deal\,” a dark comedy about business\, was made into a short film in 1998 and picked up by the Sundance Channel. In 2011\, his play “One Slight Hitch” was produced at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and then again in 2012 at both the ACT Theatre in Seattle and The George Street Theatre in New Brunswick. \nIn 2006\, Black had a break-out year as an actor\, co-starring with Robin Williams in Barry Levinson’s “Man of the Year” (Universal Pictures). He also appeared as “the fake dean of a fake college” in Steve Pink’s “Accepted” (Universal Pictures) and as the harried airport manager in Paul Feig’s “Unaccompanied Minors” (Warner Bros.). He lent his voice to Jimmy in Bob Saget’s parody “Farce of the Penguins” (Thinkfilm). \nIn 2015\,  Black notably voiced the character “Anger” in the Academy Award winning film from Pixar\, “Inside Out.” The film is about an 11-year-old-girl\, Riley\, who is dealing with a move across the country\, and wrestling with the emotions inside her head: Joy (Amy Poehler)\, Sadness (Phyllis Smith)\, Fear (Bill Hader)\, Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and\, Lewis Black. Early film pitches actually named the comedian to illustrate how an iconic voice like Black’s could bring a character like Anger to life. Black\, who’s a fan of all things Pixar\, calls the opportunity a career-defining role. “I knew from the very beginning that this was going to be special\,” he says. “I’ll be remembered as this little red guy who yells and his head goes on fire.” \nAs a long time mentor with the 52nd Street Project\, Black was roasted in Charred Black 2007\, which drew the largest fundraising numbers in the Project’s history. He’s a member of their advisory board\, is co-chair of their capital campaign\, and in 2000\, the Ron Black Memorial Scholarship Fund was created in memory of his late brother. Black is also committed to raising funds for the Rusty Magee Clinic for Families and Health. He’s a strong supporter of both the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Autism Speaks and was honored by The Brady Center for his commitment to ending gun violence. In 2012\, he was honored by the ACLU of Georgia with their National Civil Liberties Award. At the Williamstown Theatre Festival\, he established the William Foeller Fellowship\, having taught and performed at the festival for more than a decade. Black also supports our military personnel and has performed in three tours with the USO\, visiting several Middle Eastern and European military bases with Robin Williams\, Lance Armstrong\, Kid Rock\, Miss America Rachel Smith and Kellie Pickler. \nBlack resides in both Manhattan and Chapel Hill\, N.C. Still loyal to his alma mater\, he’s worked with UNC students to create the Carolina Comedy Festival\, a yearly festival on the UNC campus that highlights performances and provides workshops and lectures for budding comics\, writers and performers. With his involvement at UNC\, Black continues a life-long commitment to education and the arts. He continues to tour heavily\, playing countless dates each year and providing a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. In his leisure time\, Black likes to play golf\, even though golf hates him.
URL:https://peoplesbanktheatre.com/event/lewis-black/
CATEGORIES:2019 Winter-Spring,Comedy,Spotlight Series
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SUMMARY:The Oak Ridge Boys
DESCRIPTION:Shine the Light Tour 2019\nTheirs is one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a Number One Pop smash\, earned them Grammy\, Dove\, CMA\, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades. Every time they step before an audience\, the Oaks bring four decades of charted singles\, and 50 years of tradition\, to a stage show widely acknowledged as among the most exciting anywhere. And each remains as enthusiastic about the process as they have ever been. \n“When I go on stage\, I get the same feeling I had the first time I sang with The Oak Ridge Boys\,” says lead singer Duane Allen. “This is the only job I’ve ever wanted to have.” \n“Like everyone else in the group\,” adds bass singer extraordinaire\, Richard Sterban\, “I was a fan of the Oaks before I became a member. I’m still a fan of the group today. Being in The Oak Ridge Boys is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.” \nThe two\, along with tenor Joe Bonsall and baritone William Lee Golden\, comprise one of Country’s truly legendary acts. Their string of hits includes the Country-Pop chart-topper Elvira\, as well as Bobbie Sue\, Dream On\, Thank God For Kids\, American Made\, I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes\, Fancy Free\, Gonna Take A Lot Of River and many others. In 2009\, they covered a White Stripes song\, receiving accolades from Rock reviewers. In 2011\, they rerecorded a thirtieth anniversary version of Elvira for a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store project. \nThe group has scored 12 gold\, three platinum\, and one double platinum album—plus one double platinum single—and had more than a dozen national Number One singles and over 30 Top Ten hits.
URL:https://peoplesbanktheatre.com/event/oak-ridge-boys/
CATEGORIES:2019 Winter-Spring,Music,Spotlight Series
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SUMMARY:Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
DESCRIPTION:With Johnny Staats & The Delivery Boys to open \nFourteen-time GRAMMY Award-winner Ricky Skaggs’ career is easily among the most significant in recent country music history. If Skaggs’ burgeoning trophy case full of awards wasn’t already enough evidence enough of that fact\, consider that legendary guitarist Chet Atkins once credited Skaggs with “single-handedly saving country music.” His life’s path has taken him to various musical genres\, from where it all began in bluegrass music\, to striking out on new musical journeys\, while still leaving his musical roots intact. Skaggs legendary album\, Bluegrass Rules! swept major music awards\, topped the charts\, and cemented his reputation for bringing the genre to the masses. He\, along with Kentucky Thunder\, are 8-time winners of the International Bluegrass Music Association Instrumental Group of the Year. Skaggs struck his first chords on a mandolin over 50 years ago\, and he continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music. Clearly his passion for it puts him in the position to bring his lively\, distinctively American form of music out of isolation and into the ears and hearts of audiences across the country and around the world. Ricky Skaggs is always forging ahead with cross-cultural\, genre-bending musical ideas and inspirations. \nA Lifetime of Music\nWith 12 consecutive Grammy-nominated classics behind him\, all from his own Skaggs Family Records label (Bluegrass Rules! in 1998\, Ancient Tones in 1999\, History of the Future in 2001\, Soldier of the Cross\, Live at the Charleston Music Hall\, and Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe in 2003\, Brand New Strings in 2005\, Instrumentals in 2007\, Salt of the Earth with The Whites in 2008\, Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 in 2009 and Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved along with Mosaic in 2010)\, the diverse and masterful tones made by the gifted Skaggs come from a life dedicated to playing music that is both fed by the soul and felt by the heart. \nRicky was born on July 18\, 1954 in Cordell\, Kentucky\, and received his first mandolin at the age of five after his father\, Hobert\, heard him harmonizing with his mother from across the house as he played with his toys. Two weeks after teaching him the G\, C and D chords\, Hobert returned from working out of town shocked to see his young son making chord changes and singing along. He soon earned a reputation among the locals in his community. When the legendary Bill Monroe came to Martha\, Kentucky for a performance\, the crowd wouldn’t let up until “Little Ricky Skaggs” got up to play. The father of bluegrass called six- year-old Skaggs up and placed his own mandolin around his neck\, adjusting the strap to fit his small frame. No one could have imagined what a defining moment that would be in the life of the young prodigy. By age seven\, Skaggs performed with bluegrass legends Flatt & Scruggs on their popular syndicated television show\, for which he earned his first paycheck for a musical performance. \nIn 1971\, he entered the world of professional music full-time with his friend\, the late country singer\, Keith Whitley\, when the two young musicians were invited to join the band of bluegrass patriarch Ralph Stanley. Ricky soon began to build a reputation for creativity and excitement through live appearances and recordings with acts such as J.D. Crowe & the New South. He performed on the band’s 1975 debut album for Rounder Records\, which is widely regarded as one of the most influential bluegrass albums ever made. A stint as a bandleader with Boone Creek followed\, bringing the challenges of leadership while giving him further recording and performing experience. \nIn the late 1970’s\, Ricky turned his attention to country music. Though still in his 20’s\, the wealth of experience and talent he possessed served him well\, first as a member of Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band and later as an individual recording artist on his own. With the release of Waitin’ for the Sun to Shine in 1981\, Skaggs reached the top of the country charts and remained there throughout most of the 1980’s\, resulting in a total of 12 #1 hits. In 1982\, he became a member of the Grand Ole Opry\, the youngest to ever be inducted at that time. As his popularity soared\, he garnered eight awards from the Country Music Association (CMA)\, including “Entertainer of the Year” in 1985\, four Grammy Awards and dozens of other honors. These achievements also placed him front and center in the neo-traditionalist movement\, bringing renewed vitality and prominence to a sound that had been somewhat subdued by the commercialization of the ‘Urban Cowboy’ fad. Renowned guitarist and producer\, Chet Atkins\, even credited Skaggs with “single-handedly” saving country music. \nIn 1997\, after Ricky’s then-current recording contract was coming to an end\, he made the decision to establish his own record label – Skaggs Family Records. Since then\, Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder have released an amazing 12 consecutive Grammy-nominated classics (8 of which went on to earn the revered award) while also opening the label to a variety of other musical artists\, all the time keeping emphasis on bluegrass and other forms of roots music. Ricky and Skaggs Family Records have had the privilege of working with many musical talents\, including the Del McCoury Band\, Jerry and Tammy Sullivan\, Blue Highway\, The Whites\, Mountain Heart\, Melonie Cannon\, Ryan Holladay\, Keith Sewell\, Cherryholmes and Cadillac Sky. \nRicky’s first release for Skaggs Family Records\, Bluegrass Rules!\, set a new standard for bluegrass\, breaking new sales records in the genre\, winning Skaggs his sixth Grammy Award and earning the International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA) Album of the Year Award. In 1999\, his second all-bluegrass album\, Ancient Tones\, won a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album – his second consecutive Grammy in that same category. Just one year later\, Ricky won his eighth Grammy Award in the Best Southern\, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category for Soldier of the Cross\, his first all-gospel project with his band Kentucky Thunder. \nRicky made further progress with the release of his fourth bluegrass album in 2000\, Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe\, a project which featured an all-star cast of musicians ranging from Dolly Parton\, Patty Loveless and Travis Tritt to Joan Osborne\, John Fogerty and Bruce Hornsby\, and celebrated the music and the life of Ricky’s mentor\, Bill Monroe. Big Mon received much critical acclaim\, including a Grammy nomination for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. The album was re-released by Lyric Street Records in 2002 under a new name\, Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe. His fifth bluegrass album\, History of the Future (2001)\, a timeless collection of both traditional bluegrass standards and newly conceived acoustic gems received rave reviews and industry accolades\, including a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album and an IBMA nomination for Album of the Year\, once again placing Skaggs among the leading innovators in the genre. \nSkaggs’ first all-live album with Kentucky Thunder\, Live at the Charleston Music Hall (2003) led to an IBMA Award for Instrumental Group of the Year – an award Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder has taken home 8 times in the last decade. The decision to record a live album was an obvious one for Skaggs. From a string of high-profile tour dates with the Dixie Chicks in 2000\, to his position as host of the unprecedented “All*Star Bluegrass Celebration” which aired nationwide on PBS in 2002\, to his participation in the wildly successful 41-city ‘Down from the Mountain’ tour – Ricky has become one of bluegrass’ most dynamic and sought-after live performers. Live at the Charleston Music Hall was honored in 2004 with a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group for the Harley Allen-penned track\, “A Simple Life.” \nHe counts the current configuration of Kentucky Thunder among the best group of musicians he has ever worked with. “This group of guys meets my approval every night\,” Ricky says. “Each and every one of the pickers in Kentucky Thunder totally amazes me in every show…and that\, to me\, outweighs any award we could ever win.” The all-star lineup of Kentucky Thunder includes Paul Brewster (tenor vocals\, rhythm guitar)\, Russ Carson (banjo)\, Jake Workman (lead guitar)\, Mike Barnett (fiddle)\, Dennis Parker (baritone vocals\, guitar) and Jeff Picker (bass\, bass vocals). \nIn 2005\, Ricky earned his 10th career Grammy (Best Bluegrass Album) for Brand New Strings – a beautiful collection of music featuring four Skaggs originals as well as several tunes by some of his most admired contemporaries\, including Harley Allen\, Guy Clark and Shawn Camp. In 2006\, Skaggs was honored with a Grammy Award – this time in the Best Musical Album for Children category – for his contribution to Songs from the Neighborhood: the Music of Mister Rogers. Greater success followed with the release of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Instrumentals\, an album of all-original\, all- instrumental material in the fall of 2006. Praised by fans and critics alike as a landmark album for Skaggs\, Instrumentals debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s bluegrass album chart and earned Ricky his 12th career Grammy Award (Best Bluegrass Album). \nCross pollination has been a mainstay throughout Ricky’s career\, from his weekly collaborations with various artists as host of The Nashville Network’s Monday Night Concerts in the 1990’s to his recent pairings with Bruce Hornsby and The Whites. Released in March of 2007\, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby (Sony/Legacy) drew from the deep roots in mountain music – adding piano and Hornsby’s inimitable songwriting to the core bluegrass lineup of mandolin\, guitar\, bass\, fiddle and banjo. A major ‘CMT Crossroads’ special coincided with the album’s release. \nHis next recorded project\, released in September of 2007 on Skaggs Family Records\, was a literal family affair. After years of blending their voices from the living room to the stage\, Ricky Skaggs and The Whites teamed up for their first collaborative gospel album\, Salt of the Earth\, which resulted in a 13th career Grammy Award for Best Southern\, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album\, followed by a Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Bluegrass Recorded Album of the Year and Inspirational Country Music Awards for Musician of the Year as well as Mainstream Country Artist of the Year and Inspirational Bluegrass Artist of the Year (with The Whites). \nIn 2008\, Skaggs paid tribute to the man he has often referred to as his “musical father”\, Bill Monroe\, and the original lineup of the Bluegrass Boys (Earl Scruggs\, Lester Flatt\, Chubby Wise and Howard Watts) with the release of Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947\, earning a 14th career Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. \nA musical father in his own right\, Skaggs continued on the full circle path with the addition of a ReIssue Series of his groundbreaking country music masterworks to the Skaggs Family Records catalog in 2009. Beginning with 1982’s Highways & Heartaches\, and followed by 1981’s Waitin’ for the Sun to Shine and 1983’s Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown\, the ReIssue Series will include nine albums total and includes bonus retrospectives with each release\, which feature Ricky\, in his own words\, sharing never-before-told stories about the making of each project. \nSkaggs’ first-ever solo album\, Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved (2009)\, celebrated the man that caused him to fall in love with music – his father\, Hobert Skaggs. He elaborates\, “If I could’ve gotten my dad into the studio\, this is how I would’ve wanted him to sound.” Playing every instrument and singing every note on the album\, Ricky brought raw\, emotional honesty to the songs. By coming home to the music that meant so much to him as a child\, Ricky tapped into a wellspring of passion that is channeled into every tune\, as though he willed himself back to his family’s house in Kentucky. Solo was honored in the American roots field with a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Folk Album in 2010. \nRicky Skaggs’ album\, Mosaic (2010)\, marked a return to a full band sound that mixed elements of Country music with Beatles-esque melody and lyrics that spoke to Skaggs’ faith\, “making music that is in my head and in my heart\,” as Ricky said. Grammy winning songwriter/producer Gordon Kennedy\, who co-wrote Eric Clapton’s “Change the World\,” was instrumental as co-producer and writer. This most special album hooks the heart\, as the sounds invite you in to take notice and come closer. They blended their talents and love of music with their love for the Lord to create this distinctive collaboration of writing and talent\, unparalleled in strength of genius. The song\, “Return to Sender” from Mosaic was nominated for a Grammy for Best Gospel Song\, and the album was a contender for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards\, receiving major critical acclaim. \nMarking Ricky’s 50th year in music was the release of Country Hits Bluegrass Style (2011)\, a compilation of many of Skaggs’ #1 country hits and fan favorites played in a bluegrass style. Combining his country and bluegrass roots along with Ricky’s impeccable tenor voice\, his eight time IBMA Instrumental Band of the Year\, Kentucky Thunder\, and some of Ricky’s original award-winning country band alumni together with special friends added to the magic of this release. \nLong awaited by country and bluegrass music fans alike\, Music To My Ears (2012) included fresh new bluegrass tunes co-written by Skaggs along with a brand new instrumental. Many bluegrass standards were incorporated and added to its charm. The album featured a duet with Ricky Skaggs and Barry Gibb (of Bee Gees fame) on deeply moving “Soldier’s Son\,” along with a new bluegrass treasure “You Can’t Hurt Ham\,” inspired by a true story of Mr. Bill Monroe. \nIn 2013\, music legends Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby came together again for a live album\, titled Cluck Ol’ Hen. Bluegrass treasures and lively expanded hits are to be discovered on this fresh collection of songs from the masterful duo of Skaggs and Hornsby. These live songs were originally recorded when the two music icons first hit the tour circuit together. Hornsby’s spirited piano brings a new dimension to these songs\, with electrifying solos and improvisation thrown in the mix of Skaggs\, Hornsby and Skaggs’ band\, Kentucky Thunder. A string of tour dates coincided with the release\, including a stop at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville\, Tenn. \nWith the release of Hearts Like Ours (2014)\, a dream came true for Ricky Skaggs and his wife\, celebrated artist Sharon White of The Whites. Previously in 1987 the pair won a CMA Vocal Duo of the Year award for “Love Can’t Ever Get Better Than This\,” but White was touring with her family band and Skaggs was on fire with his solo career\, so releasing a full project wasn’t possible at the time. This first-ever studio album was produced by Skaggs and White and features the couple dueting on handpicked country love songs. \nAs a musician\, Skaggs is a brilliant traditionalist but is also willing to mix genres\, recording and touring with many different artists such as Bruce Hornsby and Ry Cooder. With dates in 2015\, Ry Cooder\, Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs embarked upon the critically acclaimed ‘Cooder-White-Skaggs – Songs for the Good People’ tour that featured the trio singing gospel\, blues and country along with superior musicianship. Backing the trio was Mark Fain on bass\, Ry’s son Joachim Cooder on drums\, with Sharon’s father Buck White on piano and sister Cheryl White’s harmony vocals. Stops crossing the country included Berklee Performance Center in Boston and Carnegie Hall in New York\, with tour dates continuing into 2016. Most recently\, Skaggs has added Country tour dates as he plugs in and plays full shows of his chart-topping hits \nSkaggs has also demonstrated wizardry in the studio\, producing not only his records but sets from acts such as The Whites and Dolly Parton\, as well as the recent Love Remains disc from Hillary Scott & The Scott Family\, which won him his 15th Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album as a producer. \nAll of these talents and gifts has culminated in country music’s greatest honor\, as Skaggs was chosen to be forever immortalized in the prestigious Country Music Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2018. \nJohnny Staats & The Delivery Boys\n \nBorn and raised in West Virginia Johnny Staats caught the bluegrass bug early. With his mother playing piano\, his father playing guitar\, and his sister on the banjo\, it seemed only natural that he would get his first mandolin at the age of seven. By the age of nine\, he was in his first band\, and in his teens he began appearing at local competitions. When he graduated from high school in 1988\, he married and took a job as a U.P.S. deliveryman\, but he continued to play and attend bluegrass festivals in his spare time. He won he Ohio State Guitar Championship in 1992 and again in 1993. In 1995\, his Crossroads Band won the band competition at Winterhawk\, NY\, and he won the guitar competition at MerleFest. He took the mandolin championship a the Vandalia Gathering in Charleston\, WV\, in 1996\, 1997\, and 1999; in 1997\, he also won the guitar championship and came in third in the fiddle championship. With that\, he was featured on the Mountain Stage radio series and people in Nashville began touting his talents. After recording a series of demos with Nashville bluegrass stars\, he was signed to Giant Records\, which released his debut album\, Wires & Wood\, in 2000. “Wires and Wood” demonstrates Johnny’s dazzlling mandolin and expressive voice with a stellar cast of bluegrass legends including: John Cowan\, Sam Bush\, Jerry Douglas\, Jim Hurst\, and Tim O’Brien. Other co-stars on the CD were Sara Evans and Kathy Mattea. \nTo date\, Staats continues to head out every day in his big brown UPS truck\, and no matter how busy he gets with his music\, folks around Sandyville\, West Virginia area can still count on Johnny to deliver right on time.
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SUMMARY:Runa
DESCRIPTION:**Join us for a traditional Irish buffet before the show! Our Marquee Lounge in Peoples Bank Theatre will open at 6:30 for traditional Irish fare\, including corned beef\, braised cabbage\, and a whiskey mousse dessert for $15. Order by March 14 and select the ‘Dinner’ option when selecting your tickets for this show. Select Irish beers will also be available. (Limited to just 75 tickets. When it’s gone\, it’s gone!) Auditorium doors will open at 7:00 p.m. to start seating for the concert. Curtain is 8:00 p.m.** \nAlbum Release Concert\n \nCelebrating its 10-Year Anniversary as a band\, multi-award winning Celtic Roots “super group”\, RUNA\, releases its sixth album\, TEN: The Errant Night on March 16\, 2019! \nRuna continues to push the boundaries of Irish folk music into the Americana and roots music formats. Interweaving the haunting melodies and exuberant tunes of Ireland and Scotland with the lush harmonies and intoxicating rhythms of jazz\, bluegrass\, flamenco and blues\, they offer a thrilling and redefining take on traditional music. \nThe group has been honored internationally\, winning Top Group and Top Traditional Group in the Irish Music Awards and three Independent Music Awards including Best LIVE Album\, Best World/Traditional Song\, and Best Bluegrass Song. \n \n“Best of all\, RUNA sounds like no one else!” – Travis Rogers\, Jr.\, Music Life & Times \n“Timeless and flawless…” – Jim Allford\, PA Music Scene \n\n\nSeeking to preserve and continue a traditional culture in a modern age\, RUNA creates the backbone of its signature roots sound from the musical and geographical diversity of its individually established band members.  Their strive for excellence and creativity blazes a trail for the future of folk music\, earning them the reputation as one of the most innovative Irish folk groups of this generation. \nRUNA consists of vocalist and step-dancer\, Shannon Lambert-Ryan of Philadelphia\, Dublin-born guitarist\, Fionán de Barra\, Cheryl Prashker of Canada on percussion\, Jake James of New York on the fiddle\, and Caleb Edwards of Nashville on mandolin and vocals. \nRUNA: LIVE\, recorded at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown\, MD on St. Patrick’s Day 2016.  Receiving lavish praise on both sides of the Atlantic\, the album has been hailed as “an incredible masterpiece” (Marcene Bronson\, The Celtic Crier). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Genuine and with endless innovation…” – John O’Brien\, Jr.\, Ohio Irish American News
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SUMMARY:Golden Dragon Acrobats
DESCRIPTION:The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-five centuries ago. The Golden Dragons are recognized throughout the United States and abroad as the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company. The reputation of the company is solidly rooted in a commitment to the highest of production values and an attention to artistic details that is unparalleled in the art form. World renowned impresario Danny Chang and choreographer Angela Chang combine award-winning acrobatics\, traditional dance\, spectacular costumes\, ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques to present a show of breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty. \n \nThe Golden Dragon Acrobats count among their distinctions being a seven-time recipient of the National Association of Campus Activities Entertainer of the Year Award\, the Campus Activities Today’s Performer of the Year Award and\, most recently\, two most prestigious New York Drama Desk Award nominations for their Broadway performances. In recent years\, individual members of the Golden Dragons have been recipients of awards at the Henan Regional Acrobatic Competition\, the China National Acrobatic Competition\, the National Teen Acrobatic Competition\, the Italian National Acrobatic Competition\, the International Young Adult Acrobatic Competition in Japan and the Presidents Award at the International Acrobatic Competition\, and have performed for President Bill Clinton and other leaders at the APEC meeting in Shanghai\, China. \nHistory of the Company\nLien Chi Chang officially established the Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats in 1967 with his family whose member included Danny Chang\, his sister and other students. From 1967 to 1984\, Lien Chi led the company to numerous performances in different nations. The Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats dazzled audiences range from 8 years old kids to 80 years old seniors all across the globe. Danny Chang\, often traveled with his father’s Golden Dragon Acrobats\, was later chosen by the National Acrobats Troupe of Republic of China to lead the various world tour produced by the most prestige acrobat school in Taiwan. \nAfter more than 17 years of apprenticeship under his dad and several years of world tour\, Danny Chang was ready to step up as the President of the Golden Dragon Acrobats when Lien Chi Chang accepted the head coaching job at the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts. \nAs a young entrepreneur\, Danny showed tremendous passion toward the acrobatic arts. His first goal was to reorganize the company from a small group to a world renowned production company. He chose the United States of America as his starting point. With Mr. Bill Fegan’s assistances\, the Golden Dragon Acrobats debuted in 1985. \nToday\, the Golden Dragon Acrobats have been recognized as the preeminent Chinese acrobatic company in the United States. As the director and the producer\, Danny Chang has built a solid reputation based on his talents as both an acrobatic performer and artistic director. Every year\, along with the choreographer\, also his wife\, Angela Chang\, attend different acrobatic competitions to constantly select the most elite performers to join the Golden Dragon Acrobats.
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SUMMARY:Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Masters of Silent Comedy\nA 1919 Movie Night featuring Charlie Chaplin\, Buster Keaton\, and Laurel & Hardy \nJoin us as we open the annual Colony Short Film Festival with a nod to our historic theatre’s 100th birthday! The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra\, hailed by The Washington Post as “the premier American ragtime ensemble” will take you back in time to experience the movie going experience of the 1910s and 1920s. Laugh out loud to three hilarious silent comedy shorts\, Charlie Chaplin’s “The Pawnshop” (1917)\, Buster Keaton’s “Cops” (1922) and Laurel & Hardy’s “Big Business” (1929)\, all accompanied live with their historic orchestral scores\, as they would have been in the days of Marietta’s New Hippodrome Theatre! Between the films\, hear Peacherine and Director Andrew Greene play the rollicking rhythms of the early 20th century\, featuring favorites by Scott Joplin\, Irving Berlin\, and the creators of America’s first popular music: Ragtime. Fun for the whole family! \n \n“The premier American ragtime ensemble.” – The Washington Post \n“They are\, quite simply\, one of the finest ragtime orchestras in the world.” – Rivermont Records \n“Plenty of variety played in a sparkling fashion which positively exudes good spirits… evocative of the sound that once would have been heard emanating from a park bandstand on a balmy summer’s afternoon.” – Barry McCanna\, Sounds of Yesteryear \n“The finest group of its kind… impeccably performed.” – The Syncopated Times \nAbout the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra\n\nThe Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra is “the premier American ragtime ensemble” as hailed by the Washington Post\, and is rapidly becoming the leading professional ragtime orchestra in the United States. Formed by young virtuoso Andrew Greene at the University of Maryland in 2010\, the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra recreates the syncopated stylings of a bygone era – Ragtime\, Theater\, and Dance music\, along with underscoring classic silent movies using an immense archive of over 12\,000 original orchestral scores. \nThe PRSO has repeatedly appeared at leading venues including The Kennedy Center\, The Library of Congress\, The American Film Institute\, historic theaters\, state-of-the-art performing arts centers\, colleges\, universities\, and concert associations across the United States. The PRSO’s work has been featured in documentaries\, online video\, and is frequently heard on radio and podcast programs\, including Hot Jazz Saturday Night (WAMU 88.5\, Washington\, DC)\, Ragtime America (KGNU 88.5\, Boulder\, CO)\, and Rapidly Rotating Records (KISL 88.7\, Catalina Island\, CA). \nPRSO’s concert programs highlight the music of the late 1800s and early 1900s\, with selections by composers such as Irving Berlin\, George Gershwin\, W.C. Handy\, Victor Herbert\, George M. Cohan\, and of course\, the King of Ragtime\, Scott Joplin. Marches\, two steps\, waltzes\, one steps\, theatre selections\, classical parodies\, popular songs\, and of course\, rags\, are just some of the many selections you’ll hear in their concerts. \nIn addition to their concert programs\, Mr. Greene and the PRSO underscore classic silent movies featuring the biggest names of the day: Charlie Chaplin\, Buster Keaton\, Harold Lloyd\, Laurel & Hardy\, Douglas Fairbanks\, and others. Mr. Greene also has the distinction of rebuilding the original compiled scores for Buster Keaton’s THE GENERAL (1927)\, COLLEGE (1927)\, and Charlie Chaplin’s SHOULDER ARMS (1918)\, and others from the PRSO’s collection of over 500 original film scores. \nThe PRSO records for Rivermont Records\, whose three albums\, Elite Syncopations\, Step With Pep and That Teasin’ Rag have been called “first class”\, “wonderful\, toe tapping fun”\, and “the most satisfying ragtime orchestra collections available.” \n\n\nPRSO’s Founder and Conductor\, Andrew Greene\n\nConductor Andrew Greene is the leading young authority on orchestral ragtime and silent film accompaniment in the United States. Mr. Greene founded the PRSO while a freshman at the University of Maryland\, hoping to draw attention to this neglected but historically important music. \nHe is the curator of the Johnny Maddox\, Arthur C. Ziegler\, E.J. McBride\, Katherine Lingham\, Louis H. Burns\, Palm Leaf Ragtime Orchestra\, and Silver Cornet Ragtime Orchestra collections\, along with his own personal collection of of orchestrated ragtime\, silent movie music\, theater and dance selections\, piano solos\, and records. The collection totals over 12\,000 selections of music from 1862 to 1930. \n\n\n\n\nMr. Greene has appeared at leading venues including The Kennedy Center\, The Smithsonian Institution\, The Library of Congress\,  and The American Film Institute\, among others. His lecturing and performance activities have taken him across the United States\, including engagements with the South Dakota Symphony Chamber Orchestra\, The Fremont Symphony Orchestra\, the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival\, The West Coast Ragtime Festival\, the Central Pennsylvania Ragtime Festival\, and many others.
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SUMMARY:Crystal Gayle
DESCRIPTION:With Senora May opening\nCrystal Gayle comes to the historic Peoples Bank Theatre! Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in January 2017 by her sister Loretta Lynn\, Crystal Gayle is the first female artist in country to reach platinum status with more than 20 number one hits. Renowned for her classic recording of her timeless signature song Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\, Crystal Gayle also scored with her multi-format hits You’ve Been Talking In Your Sleep\, When I Dream\, Half the Way\, and her duet with Eddie Rabbitt\, Just You and I. \nhttps://youtu.be/Scs1XCYvTWs \nThe Academy of Country Music recognized Crystal Gayle with a 2016 Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award for her lifetime achievements in country music. And in 2009 Crystal Gayle was honored to receive her own star on the fabled Hollywood Walk of Fame. \nThese honors are fitting tributes to Crystal Gayle who has been a favorite of audiences of country and popular music since attaining national prominence with her first chart records in the mid-seventies. Crystal Gayle has released over twenty number one hits and has been awarded numerous times by the Grammys\, the Country Music Association\, the Academy of Country Music\, the American Music Awards\, and the American Music Operators Association. \nCrystal Gayle encapsulates everything the dazzling qualities of her name imply — although that name came to her in quite an unusual fashion. “Crystal” was suggested by Brenda Gail Webb’s older sister\, Loretta Lynn. Because there was already a ‘Brenda Lee’ on Decca records\, Loretta suggested the name ‘Crystal’ for her younger sibling when she began recording on the label. \nOnce re-named\, Crystal Gayle’s musical boundaries have since been seemingly limitless\, as proven by her recent project “All My Tomorrows\,” a mood influenced collection of American standards. Songs such as Cry Me a River\, Sentimental Journey\, It Had to Be You\, and Smile somehow reach the heights their songwriters’ must have dreamed of when piped through the beautiful chords of Crystal Gayle. “These are songs any artist loves to sing\,” said Crystal in a recent interview. “They’ve endured to become timeless classics.” \nStrange to think of anyone as vibrant as the artist in question as a “timeless classic\,” but that indeed describes the course Crystal Gayle’s career has taken. \nhttps://youtu.be/kEMU6cBxtCc \nHer earliest roots in country music led to what was at that time in the industry an unusual turn of events: Crystal Gayle’s success wave engineered a seamless crossover to mainstream\, following the footsteps of Eddy Arnold\, Patsy Cline\, Ray Price and so many more of her musical heroes and continuing the path for other great artists such as Shania Twain and Faith Hill. \nIn the late 1970’s\, Crystal Gayle was the star of her own one hour prime time specials on CBS television — specials that earned the praise of audience viewers and critics alike. The years that followed saw Crystal Gayle host a concert special on HBO\, a Christmas special from Sweden\, and a variety special taped in Finland. Chic\, hip\, and cool with a romantic mane of hair\, Crystal Gayle’s television specials and myriad guest appearances on specials and talk shows solidified her stardom. \nDrop dead beautiful and dressed in designer threads\, Crystal Gayle took country music to town on her arm in the 1970s and helped introduce it to mainstream audiences. The result was a career of music and performances that appealed to Crystal Gayle’s country audiences and beyond. \nBut in the beginning… \nCountry\, folk\, pop\, rock ‘n roll\, Broadway show tunes\, gospel… all found an equal place in her heart when growing up as the youngest of eight children. As her beloved sister Loretta so aptly put it\, Crystal\, too\, was a “coal miners daughter” before she was a platinum selling singer and a world class entertainer. \nWhile still in school\, she signed her first recording contact. Her debut single\, I’ve Cried the Blue Right out of My Eyes\, was written by Loretta and reached the Top 25 on the national country music charts. Three more singles were released over the next three years\, all making an impact with radio and listeners. \nWhat next emerged was uniquely Crystal. Her warm\, resonant vocal styling\, unique as a fingerprint\, captured the imagination and attention of audiences not usually tuned in and turned on by country music. There was an undeniable sophistication and a beguiling charm about her look and her voice that was a memorable imprint on every audience\, and on every listener. \nHer first album project began a roll out of smash singles to come. Wrong Road Again\, (her first of many hit singles with producer Allen Reynolds) became her debut Top 10 record. I’ll Get Over You\, became her first #1 single. By her fourth album\, “We Must Believe in Magic\,” Crystal Gayle became the first female artist in country music history to achieve platinum album sales. Driving the engine of the album was the song that was to become her enduring career signature song: Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue. \n“Brown Eyes” opened the world’s eyes to Crystal Gayle. She became a familiar name in households\, grand and small\, from Louisville to Leningrad. The glamour and the mystique of the Crystal Gayle phenomena made her an instantly “in demand” artist. From symphony halls to Carnegie Hall\, from the best kept stages in Las Vegas to the prestige of the London Palladium\, one word — “Crystal” — crossed musical genres and oceans. \nHer CBS prime time specials were followed by an equally groundbreaking HBO concert special viewed by millions. She appeared in Bob Hope’s historic NBC-TV Special “On the Road to China.” She was seen hosting the American Music Awards\, the Academy Of Country Music Awards\, and her special “A Crystal Christmas from Sweden.” She swept through tours — and repeat tours — of the U.S. Japan\, England\, Canada\, Ireland\, Germany\, Spain\, Sweden\, Finland\, Holland\, Australia and the Far East. \nIn the wake\, her hit list of platinum and gold was to be matched only by her awards and accolades. CMA’s “Female Vocalist of the Year\,” for two consecutive years\, she became a Grammy Award Winner for “Best Female Vocal Performance\,” thanks to her beloved “Brown Eyes” – a song that she today admits she has never grown tired of singing. Crystal Gayle swept the Academy Of Country Music Awards for three of their “Top Female Vocalist” statuettes. As her music and her career path widened to mainstream audiences\, so did her accolades. She is the recipient of three “American Music Awards\,” voted by the nation as America’s “Favorite Female Artist.” \nBreaking through the unusual genre boundaries faced by most artists has allowed Crystal Gayle a beautiful advantage: doing projects close to her heart just for the sheer love of the music in question. One of the most meaningful was “Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart & Soul of Hoagy Carmichael\,” a stunning\, critically acclaimed collection of 15 of the great composer’s favorite classics. \n“One of my personal career highlights was getting to meet and sing with Hoagy on a television special\,” Crystal recalls. Crystal not only breathed new life into the Carmichael classics\, but produced the “must have” album of her career that included such immortals as Stardust and Two Sleepy People. \nCrystal also found great personal satisfaction in recording two inspirational albums. The Grammy nominated “Someday” was comprised of mostly original spiritual songs and “He Is Beautiful” contains mostly traditional hymns. These efforts led to Crystal Gayle’s 2009 induction into the Christian Music Hall of Fame. \nWith the advent of the new millennium\, Crystal Gayle’s “In My Arms\,” an enduring collection of children’s lullabies\, was an outgrowth of her love for the littlest of listeners and of her visit to Sesame Street to sing with Big Bird to a new generation of fans. Crystal also contributed her performance of Did You Know to “Songs from the Neighborhood\,” the tribute album to Mr. Rogers that won a Grammy in 2006. \nAlways gracious and generous with her time and talents\, Crystal has been awarded the coveted “Celebration of Light Award” in recognition of her myriad humanitarian efforts\, among them the Make-A-Wish Foundation for whom she has recorded the official theme song\, and the Arthritis Foundation for whom she has served as telethon co-host for three years. \nAt home in Nashville when not touring\, Crystal continues to make the world a little more beautiful just by her presence. Her two children\, Catherine and Christos\, her toddler grandson\, Elijah\, and her husband\, Bill Gatzimos\, are her admitted heartbeat. \nSenora May\n \nSenora May’s music and voice undulates like the foothills\, hollers\, and benches of the Appalachian Mountains she calls home. A frugal lifestyle in rural Kentucky has contributed to her experience in and commitment to self-reliance\, resiliency\, hard work and independence. Senora is known for merging the realism of these intrinsic values with a soft\, romantic approach at storytelling. Her songs are an optimistic yet gritty portfolio of her habitat\, exhibiting the triumphs and tolls of hard loving in a hard culture. As listeners join the rapidly growing fanbase of Senora May\, they are transported to a homestead in a simpler time of the mountain culture\, while clinging to gender equality and other invaluable lessons taught by present day constraints of society.  Her songs\, like the artist herself\, are adamant on maintaining the delicate balance of these forces for an honest translation of her experiences as a woman born unto the Appalachian Culture\, a woman in love with nature’s cyclical offerings of life and death and the gettin’ by in between.
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