Hard Days Night – 60th Anniversary of The Beatles “Coming to America”
Hard Day’s Night is a top rated touring Beatles tribute band. Hailing from the rock & roll city of Cleveland, Ohio, they have been entertaining the masses in America and abroad since 1996. The band has been wowing audiences for years, with their full catalogue performances, wearing stitch-for-stitch costume replications; playing authentic Vox, Hofner, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and Ludwig instruments, all while playing the songs we know and love with staggering precision.
An Evening with Karla Bonoff & Livingston Taylor
Karla Bonoff: Karla Bonoff has been described as one of the finest singer/songwriters of her generation. That description is not hyperbole. Bonoff has enjoyed critical acclaim, commercial success, enduring popularity, and the unwavering respect of her peers. Karla has seen her songs become hits for Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd, and Linda Ronstadt. Many of Bonoff’s ballads are classics. Karla has continued to record and tour extensively, playing sold-out shows around the world. Hearing Karla’s moving vocals on her rich, expressive songs is like standing beneath a sparkling waterfall–refreshing, exhilarating, and restorative. Experiencing them live can be transformative. Fans and critics agree that Bonoff’s songs are timeless as are her recordings. Many prefer her versions, live with instrumentation that is clean and spare, giving Bonoff’s voice room to work its emotional magic. Livingston Taylor: Livingston Taylor’s career as a professional musician has spanned over 50 years, encompassing performance, songwriting, and teaching. Described as “equal parts Mark Twain, college professor, and musical icon, Livingston maintains a performance schedule of more than a hundred shows a year, delighting audiences with his charm and vast repertoire of his 22 albums and popular classics. Livingston has written top-40 hits recorded by his brother James Taylor and has appeared with Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, and Jimmy Buffet. He is equally at home with a range of musical genres – folk, pop, gospel, jazz – and from upbeat storytelling and touching ballads to full orchestra performances. In addition to his performance schedule, Livingston has been a full professor at Berklee College of Music for 30 years, passing on the extensive knowledge gained from his long career on the road to the next generation of musicians. Liv is an airplane-flying, motorcycle-riding, singing storyteller, delighting audiences with his charm for over 50 years.
Here Come The Mummies
Here Come the Mummies is an eight-piece funk-rock band of 5000 year-old Egyptian Mummies with a one-track mind. Their “Terrifying Funk from Beyond the Grave” is sure to get you into them (and possibly vice versa). Since their discovery, HCTM has been direct support for P-Funk, Al Green, Mavis Staples, KC and the Sunshine Band, and Cheap Trick; rocked Super Bowl Village; become a regular on The Bob and Tom Show; appeared on That’s My Jam with Jimmy Fallon; played massive festivals like Summer Fest, Summer Camp, Common Ground, Musikfest, and Suwannee Hulaween; and sold tickets by the thousands across large swaths of North America. Maybe that’s why the ladies (and some dudes) can’t stop losing their minds over these mayhem-inducing mavens of mirth. Some say they were cursed after deflowering a great Pharaoh’s daughter. Others claim they are reincarnated Grammy-Winning studio musicians. Regardless, HCTM’s mysterious personas, cunning song-craft, and unrelenting live show will bend your brain, and melt your face. Get ready! Here Come The Mummies. HCTM is: Mummy Cass – guitar, vocals Eddie Mummy- drums, vocals K.W. TuT- bass, vocals Spaz- keys, vocals The Pole!- bass Midnight Mummy- bari & tenor sax, keys, percussion, talk box, vocals Dr. Yo- saxes, vocal, tambo Highlander- tenor sax “H-POD” (High Priest of Death)- trumpet www.herecomethemummies.com www.facebook.com/herecomethemummies twitter.com/hctmummies
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Join Joanne Shaw Taylor and her stellar band performing songs from her critically acclaimed studio album, Nobody’s Fool, as well as songs from the upcoming new album. Her guitar prowess, vocal abilities, and songwriting talents reach new heights as she presents a bold slate of material at the peak of her career. Joanne will also dig deep into her rich back catalogue where she will hand-pick songs from her previous recordings along with classic blues songs. Taylor has become one of the hottest live acts on the modern Blues scene, and soon you’ll see why. You don’t want to miss Joanne Shaw Taylor in this unforgettable night of soul and blues-rock!
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
For over 30 years, The Fabulous Thunderbirds have been the quintessential American band. The group’s distinctive and powerful sound, influenced by a diversity of musical styles, manifested itself into a unique musical hybrid via such barnburners as “Tuff Enuff” and “Wrap It Up”. Co-founder Kim Wilson, the sole original member, still spearheads the group as it evolves into its newest incarnation. “We started as a straight blues band”, vocalist and harmonica player Wilson says. “We now incorporate a mixture of a lot of different styles. We’re an American music band and we’re much higher energy than we were before.” “To be in the T-Birds, you need to understand the different styles of music and different ways of playing,” Wilson comments. “You have to be willing to adopt a more contemporary style. The guys we have now are able to do that.” The band continues to tour extensively, in both the U.S. and Europe. Wilson is currently writing songs on his own, with band members and other writers.
The Outsiders, The Cyrkle, Darren Dowler – Former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders
The OutsidersIn Cleveland, Ohio, a successful area rhythm and blues band called Tom King and The Starfires was renamed “The Outsiders,” and released “Time Won’t Let Me” on Capitol Records. The record received national radio station airplay. “Time Won’t Let Me” climbed to #5 on the Billboard record industry national charts, and the band appeared on entertainment shows like Dick Clark’s “Where The Action Is,” “Hullabaloo,” “Shindig,” as well as live shows across the United States. Subsequent Outsiders releases, including “Girl In Love,” “Respectable,” and “Help Me Girl” also placed high in ratings. A new release, “I’ve Got A Heart, Too,” is climbing the Cashbox charts. The Outsiders is fronted by original drummer/vocalist Ricky Biagiola (Baker), accompanied by some of Cleveland’s best musicians, including Rik Storm (keyboards, guitar, flute, harmonica, vocals), Rob Mitchell (bass, vocals), and Jimmy Aschenbenner (guitar, vocals). The Cyrkle The opened for The Beatles – Their hits include: Red Rubber Ball & Turn Down Day – The two original members of The Cyrkle, Don Dannemann and Mike Losekamp, are joined by Pat McLaughlin on lead vocals and rhythm guitar; Dean Kastran on lead vocals and bass guitar; Don White on lead guitar and vocals; and Scott Langley on drums and vocals. The new additions are all veterans onstage, and each brings a unique and individual style to the show that is sure to delight the most diehard music fan. Much to the delight of classic Rock n’ Roll fans, The Cyrkle is poised to emerge on the scene of classic music venues and will bring all their talent to the stage in shows that are sure to breathe new life into old music and renewed interest in songs that have never lost their popularity. Darren DowlerDarren Dowler is best known as a former vocalist for Paul Revere and the Raiders, with Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers, The Lettermen and first guitarist of The Backstreet Boys. He’s the star of current multiple films as well including, “Rock and Roll the Movie” on Tubi TV, “Christmas In Hollywood” on Amazon Prime, the upcoming films “Grace of the Father” (coming soon to Amazon and other streaming platforms) and “Dust” filming summer of 2024. Dowler was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame and shares a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with harmony giants The Lettermen.
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Porch Stomp Tour
“Kindred spirits to Reverend Peyton are John Lee Hooker and RL Burnside.” – The Washington Post Three time BMA nominee’s The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are “the greatest front-porch blues band in the world”. They are led by Reverend Peyton, who most consider to be the premier finger picker playing today. He has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the rootsy, country blues styles that captured his imagination early in life and inspired him and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Mississippi to study under such blues masters as T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour and David “Honeyboy” Edwards. Their latest record Dance Songs For Hard Times went #1 on the Billboard, iTunes and Sirius XM Blues Charts and was produced by Grammy winner Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton). The record is critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Relix, Popmatters, Guitar World, American Songwriter, No Depression, Glide, Wide Open Country, Paste, American Blues Scene and many more!
An Evening with Rufus Wainwright
Praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality,” Rufus Wainwright has establishedhimself as one of the great male vocalists, songwriters, and composers of his generation. TheNew York-born, Montreal-raised singer-songwriter has released ten studio albums to date, threeDVDs, and three live albums including the GRAMMY® nominated Rufus Does Judy atCarnegie Hall. He has collaborated with artists such as Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Miley Cyrus,David Byrne, Boy George, Joni Mitchell, Pet Shop Boys, Heart, Carly Rae Jepsen, RobbieWilliams, Jessye Norman, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Sting, and producer Mark Ronson, amongmany others. He has written two operas and numerous songs for movies and TV.His 2020 GRAMMY® nominated studio album of original songs, Unfollow the Rules, findsWainwright at the peak of his powers, entering artistic maturity with passion, honesty, and anew-found fearlessness. In 2023, he embarked on a journey to his family folk roots with hisnewly-released, GRAMMY® nominated album Folkocracy featuring reinvented folk duets withartists like Chaka Khan, Brandi Carlile, John Legend and Anohni and many more.He has been working on his first musical of John Cassavetes’ Opening Night for theWest End with Ivo van Hove for a number of years which is set to open at the GielgudTheater in March 2024. During this time he has also completed a Requiem which willpremiere with the Orchestre Philharmonique de la Radio France in June of 2024. Co-commissioners for the Requiem are the Master Chorale in Los Angeles, the Palau de laMusica in Barcelona, the Helsinki Symphony Orchestra, the RTE Orchestra in Ireland,and the Royal Ballet London.
Tim Reynolds and TR3 CD Release Tour
TR3 announces a new string of tour dates set for early 2024 to support their new studio album, Watch It, set to release Jan. 19. The unveiling of the offering from the ensemble, fronted by Dave Matthews Band collaborator and two-time Grammy nominee Tim Reynolds and featuring Dan Martier on drums along with Mick Vaughn on bass, comes just under a month after the completion of their fall tour.Watch It follows TR3’s 2019 LP, The Sea Versus the Mountain, and their 2022 live album Wild in the Sky. The collection was arranged and written during the fallout following the pandemic and was recorded at Dave Matthews Band’s studio, the Haunted Hallow in Charlottesville, Va. The 10 mostly instrumental tracks were produced by Dave Matthews Band studio manager and chief engineer Rob Evans who helped direct the sonic tapestry of jazz, funk and rock.For the new tour dates, Reynolds and company will set out for Portsmouth, N.H., on Jan. 18. From there they’ll make their way to a collection of Northeast cities, including Hartford, Conn., and New York, before heading to the Midwest for appearances in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. The tour will culminate with a performance in St. Louis on Feb. 3.
Suzanne Vega – Old Songs, New Songs and Other Songs
An Evening With Suzanne Vega – Old Songs, New Songs and Other SongsSuzanne Vega will be joined on stage by her longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard (of David Bowie fame), performing a career-spanning show including favorites like Tom’ Diner, Luka, and more! Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, “Vega’s distinctive, clear, unwavering voice”; (Rolling Stone) “has been described as a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper”; by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music; throughout the course of her decades-long career”. Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “the world with a clinically poetic” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.TICKETSGold Circle: $58Reserved: $43SUZANNE VEGA VIP EXPERIENCES – Very Limited Availability SOUNDCHECK VIP EXPERIENCE $195.00 + fees Package includes • One reserved ticket within first 5 rows • Pre-show visit to Suzanne’s soundcheck • Pre-show Q&A with Suzanne • One autographed tour poster • One commemorative Suzanne Vega VIP laminate • One commemorative Suzanne Vega ticket – Must arrive several hours before the concert. PREMIUM PACKAGE $105.00 + fees Package includes: • One reserved ticket within first 10 rows • One autographed tour poster • One commemorative Suzanne Vega ticket