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Fred Eaglesmith
with The Ginn Sisters and Band
Fred Eaglesmith, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter, one of nine children raised by a farming family in rural Southern Ontario. As a teenager Eaglesmith hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. He is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles, including songs about trains, tractors, trucks, cars, and engines. Rural life, dogs, guns, drinking and farming/ranching are other common themes. Many of his songs are about failing farms and small businesses. Down and out characters dealing with loss of love or livelihood, and quirky rural folk also populate his songs. His songwriting uses many of the techniques of short story writing, including unreliable narrators, surprise endings, and plot twists.
Artist's web site
General Admission $22.00 (advance) $35.00 Gold Circle
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Saturday,7:00 and 9:30 PM.
February 18
Kuumbwa
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Tess Dunn
with her band
Get ready for a remarkable night of music when 17-year-old singer-songwriter Tess Dunn celebrates the release of her second EP,"Honesty Box." Since her first solo show in 2009, Tess has performed from Sausalito to San Diego, including three consecutive years at the Vans Warped Tour Show. A regular on the local music scene, Tess is known for her distinctively raspy voice, as well as lyrics and musical compositions that transcend her years. Living with cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and diabetes, Tess is a force to be reckoned with as she pursues her musical dreams. This performance will showcase her range of talent, from soulful ballads to alt-pop anthems. Backed by her multi-talented band, Tess promises to rock the house.
Artist's web site
General Admission: $16.00 (advance)
Students: $10.50 (advance)
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Friday,7:30 PM,
February 24
Kuumbwa
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"Blame Sally"
Blame Sally is a collaboration of four solo female singer-songwriters from San Francisco who have recorded and performed together frequently over the past decade. The members of the group include Pam Delgado (percussion and vocals), Renee Harcourt (guitar, bass and vocals), Jeri Jones (guitar, bass and vocals) and Monica Pasqual (piano, accordion and vocals).
The group was formed in 2000, and in 2001, KFOG "began playing the band's music on the popular 'Acoustic Sunrise' show, leading to more gigs and bigger venues"; the band "got national attention through XM Radio and "by the end of 2006, the band was playing more than 50 shows a year."
Artist's web site
General Admission $22.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Saturday,7:30 PM,
March 10
Kuumbwa
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Dayan Kai
and band
Keys, Strings, Winds & Skins: A true multi-instrumentalist virtuoso with an outstanding voice to match. Dayan Kai is a Singer / Songwriter, Arranger and Producer with a lifelong commitment to music. Equally versed in Americana, Jazz, World and Rock traditions, Kai's compositions reflect his vast experience in the industry as both a soloist and versatile accompanist.
Artist's web site
General Admission $18.00 (advance)
Gold Circle $30.00
Purchase Tickets
Saturday,7:30 PM,
March 17
Kuumbwa
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Todd Snider
Opening: John Craigie
The Excitement Plan's laid- back groove and top- shelf lyrics are being called Snider's best work yet. "This music is sorta JJ Cale meets Jerry Jeff Walker sounding with words that would hopefully impress Shel Silverstein, Bobby Bare, Chuck Berry, Kris Kristofferson or Randy Newman,"Snider said. With his contributions of stellar guitar, piano and harmonica, his musicianship shares the spotlight as easily as his treasured lyrics.
Artist's web site
General Admission $25.00 (advance)
Gold Circle $40.00
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Thursday, 7:30 PM,
March 22
Rio Theatre
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Over the Rhine
A husband-and-wife team of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Karin Bergquist, otherwise known as Over the Rhine, is something rare and wondrous - an intimate epic.
Artist's web site
General Admission $22.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Saturday,7:30 PM,
April 7
Kuumbwa
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Hayes Carll
Carll has written songs with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Clark and Darrell Scott. Carll has found success on the national Americana radio charts, receiving an Americana Music Award in 2008. "She Left Me for Jesus" co-written with Brian Keane, which appeared on Trouble in Mind, which Carll released on the Lost Highway label. He is considered an important figure in the resurgence of Texas songwriters, writing in the Dylan-influenced tradition of Clark and Townes Van Zandt.
Artist's web site
General Admission $21.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Sunday, 7:30 PM,
April 8
Kuumbwa
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Ashwin Batish
Performing with: Keshav Batish (Son), Meena Batish (Sister) and other Special Guests
Keshave Batish Trio, opening
Ashwin Batish is an extraordinary sitarist and tabla player. He received training in the North Indian classical tradition from his father S.D. Batish and later created his own unique fusion of Indian classical sitar with pop, rock, jazz, calypso, funk... an example of a few hybrids he excells at. He is famous for such songs as the Bombay Boogie, Raga Rock, Raga Jazz, Casbah Shuffle and Sitar Mania.
Artist's web site
General Admission $22.00 (advance) Gold Circle $35.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Saturday,7:30 PM,
April 14
Kuumbwa
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Robert Earl Keen with his band
In 1980 Robert Keen began performing in Austin's nightclubs and live music venues, building a solid following.Over the next ten years, Keen would continue to write, record, perform and tour. In 1994 he performed in the musical Chippy. Keen's 1997 album Picnic features a picture of Keen's own car in flames at Willie Nelson's 1974 Fourth of July picnic/concert. He tells the story on the No. 2 Live Dinner album in the introduction to the song "The Road Goes on Forever." Keen tours frequently across the United States. He plays to large and small concert halls, often tours with popular Texas country bands such as Reckless Kelly and Randy Rogers Band, and has opened up for Dave Matthews Band.
Artist's web site
General Admission $25.00 (advance), $40.00 Gold Circle (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Monday, 7:30 PM,
May 28
Rio Theatre
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Austin Lounge Lizards
The Austin Lounge Lizards are a band from Austin, Texas formed in 1980. The band includes founding members Hank Card and Conrad Deisler, along with Darcie Deaville (2008) and Bruce Jones (2010). The third founding member, Tom Pittman, retired from the band in the spring of 2011.
The band started out experimenting with folk but was still heavily country in its style, combining the bluegrass form with which Pittman was familiar with the progressive-themed folk rock Card and Deisler had been accustomed to. Between the members a large number of different instruments have been played, including a rich variety of string instruments such as the banjo, mandolin, and fiddle.
Artist's web site
General Admission $22.00 (advance) Gold Circle $35.00 (advance)
Purchase Tickets
Saturday,7:30 PM,
June 2
Kuumbwa
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