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SUMMARY:Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nSince his neo-psychedelic Green On Red days\, Chuck Prophet has been turning out country\, folk\, blues\, and Brill Building classicism. His latest album\, “The Land That Time Forgot\,” is something different\, a weather vane picking up signals from outer space—or maybe from the Heartland. Priced out of his beloved hometown\, San Francisco\, Chuck found himself re-energized in upstate New York just a few miles from the Vermont border—and made a record that’s something of a 21st-century exorcism. The songs inhabit a world where a “Fast Kid” might be on the run from the truant officer or a handsy boss … or the Immigration Service. These are love songs that turn political on a dime (“Love Doesn’t Come from the Barrel of a Gun”)\, and melodic hallucinations about kicking back in the Oval Office after hours “talking to my baby\, saying baby\, let’s not fight.” Where else besides a Chuck Prophet LP are songs going to come at you from both the Tenderloin and an English roundabout\, with stopovers in “Nixonland” and a lovestruck mirror on a Saturday night while a working man tries his “Best Shirt On”? There’s more. Come and hear the latest from one of our favorite songwriters to have come out of the world of alternative rock.
URL:https://theark.org/event/chuck-prophet-the-mission-express-220301/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Wood Brothers
DESCRIPTION:The Wood Brothers didn’t know they were making a record. Looking back\, they’re grateful for that. \n“If we had known\, we probably would have been too self-conscious to play what we played\,” reflects bassist/vocalist Chris Wood. “At the time\, we just thought we were jamming to break in our new studio\, so we felt free to explore all these different ways of performing together without worrying about form or structure. It was liberating.” \nRecorded live to tape\, those freewheeling\, improvised sessions became a vast pool of source material from which The Wood Brothers would go on to draw ‘Kingdom In My Mind\,’ their seventh studio release and most spontaneous and experimental collection yet. While on past records\, the band—Chris\, guitarist/vocalist Oliver Wood\, and drummer/keyboardist Jano Rix—would write a large batch of songs and then record them all at once\, ‘Kingdom’ found them retroactively carving tunes out of sprawling instrumental jam sessions like sculptors chipping away at blocks of marble. A testament to the limitless creativity of the unharnessed mind\, the record explores the power of our external surroundings to shape our internal worlds (and vice versa)\, reckoning with time\, mortality\, and human nature. The songs here find strength in accepting what lies beyond our control\, thoughtfully honing in on the bittersweet beauty that underlies doubt and pain and sadness with vivid character studies and unflinching self-examination. Deep as the lyrics dig\, the arrangements always manage to remain buoyant and light\, though\, drawing from across a broad sonic spectrum to create a transportive\, effervescent blend that reflects the trio’s unique place in the modern musical landscape. \n“My brother came to this band from the blues and gospel world\, and my history was allover the map with jazz and R&B\,” says Chris\, who first rose to fame with the pioneering trio Medeski Martin & Wood. “The idea for this group has always been to marry our backgrounds\, to imagine what might happen if Robert Johnson and Charles Mingus had started a band together.” \n‘Kingdom In My Mind’ follows The Wood Brothers’ most recent studio release\, 2018’s ‘One Drop Of Truth\,’ which hit #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and garnered the band their first GRAMMY nomination for Best Americana Album. NPR praised the record’s “unexpected changes and kaleidoscopic array of influences\,” while Uncut hailed its “virtuosic performances and subtly evocative lyrics\,” and Blurt proclaimed it “a career-defining album.” Tracks from the record racked up roughly 8 million streams on Spotify alone\, and the band took the album on the road for extensive tour dates in the US and Europe\, including their first-ever headline performance at Red Rocks\, two nights at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore (captured on their 2019 release\, ‘Live At The Fillmore’)\,and festival appearances everywhere from Bonnaroo to XPoNentia
URL:https://theark.org/event/the-wood-brothers-230302/
LOCATION:The Majestic Theatre\, 4140 Woodward Ave.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230303T200000
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SUMMARY:Gina Chavez
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nA multiethnic Latin pop songstress\, Gina Chavez is a ten-time Austin Music Award winner. Her bilingual record “Up.Rooted” topped both the Amazon and Latin iTunes charts following a feature on NPR’s All Things Considered and has gained wide critical acclaim. Her Tiny Desk concert made NPR’s top 15 of 2015. Fresh off a 12-country tour as a cultural ambassador with the U.S. State Department\, Gina offers passionate bilingual songs that take audiences on a journey through the Americas\, blending the sounds and rhythms of the region with tension and grace. Her Spanish-language anthem “Siete-D” (Grand Prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest) recounts her experience volunteering in a gang-dominated suburb of San Salvador\, where she co-founded the Niñas Arriba College Fund for young Latinas. Her songs share her story of life in Texas as a married\, queer Catholic She’s back from Folk Festival with her first all-Spanish album\, the Latin Grammy–nominated “La que manda.”
URL:https://theark.org/event/gina-chavez-230303/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230304T200000
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SUMMARY:The Steel Wheels
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nThe Steel Wheels have captured audiences across the country with their heady brew of original soulful mountain music. Based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia\, this dynamic band marries old-time musical traditions with their own innovative sound. Trent Wagler’s weathered tenor is joined by bell-clear four-part harmonies inspired by a shared Mennonite heritage. Add top this lively and evocative fiddle\, grounded yet buoyant upright bass\, and signature mandolin style\, and it’s no surprise that The Steel Wheels have conquer aed the Americana scene\, becoming festival favorites and selling out venues across the country. “Americana music at its very best!” says Larry Groce of “Mountain Stage.” The values portrayed in the band’s music—devotion to roots\, community\, and family—are a way of life for The Steel Wheels\, and this is reflected in everything from production process and booking agency to merchandise and touring. 
URL:https://theark.org/event/the-steel-wheels-230304/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Choir! Choir! Choir!
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nDaveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman (AKA “DaBu”) started Choir! Choir! Choir! as a weekly drop-in\, no-commitment singing event in 2011. Now happening twice weekly\, and open to anyone who likes to sing new arrangements of pop songs\, C!C!C! boasts a dedicated and passionate membership of inspired singers from in and around Toronto\, Canada. They have performed live with Patti Smith at the Art Gallery of Ontario\, Tegan and Sara on the Juno Awards\, at TEDx Toronto\, and at the Toronto International Film Festival Closing Gala at Roy Thompson Hall. Choir! Choir! Choir! sings popular songs\, choral style—you never know quite which ones. Like what you hear? Show up\, and they’ll teach you an original arrangement of a song you love. Tonight: an epic George Harrison singalong to celebrate George’s 80th birthday.
URL:https://theark.org/event/choir-choir-choir-230305/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Matt Nathanson
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nA lot of people know Matt Nathanson for his 2007 hit “Come On Get Higher\,” but his career has only kept growing since then. He comes to Michigan with a new album\, “Boston Accent\,” whose stripped-down arrangements recall his beginnings as an acoustic troubadour. That’s all to the good for this show—it’s not so common to hear him in a club The Ark’s size. Matt has a unique sense of humor on stage that can get lost in larger venues\, and we’re looking forward to welcoming him back for the first time since the pandemic began. “I wanted to make a real singer/songwriter record this time. an ‘inspired by cat stevens\, joni mitchell\, paul simon\, tom petty kinda record … which is something i’ve been running away from since ‘Ernst\,’ Matt says.
URL:https://theark.org/event/matt-nathanson-230306/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sold Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230307T200000
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SUMMARY:Leo Kottke
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nThe Los Angeles Times calls Leo Kottke “an American legend in the guitar world\, and a king of his own private musical world.” If you haven’t heard Leo Kottke for a while\, though\, you may have missed how one of the fastest 6- and 12-string guitar players around has also become one of the most innovative and least musically classifiable. His music encompasses influences from all over the world\, and players from outside the folk world closely follow what he does. Leo Kottke is a legend of the guitar who’s still full of surprises after all these years. His shows are displays of captivating mastery of a sort that’s rare in any genre of music. Don’t miss him\, and get tickets early for this one—Leo’s Ark shows have been consistent sellouts.
URL:https://theark.org/event/leo-kottke-230307/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sold Out
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SUMMARY:Mark Erelli
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nDuring a performance in summer 2020\, Mark Erelli looked down at his guitar neck and couldn’t believe what he saw. Or rather\, what he couldn’t see: his fingers on the frets. Soon after\, a diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa (RP)\, a degenerative eye disease\, would bring some answers\, but it also yielded new questions. Does diminished eyesight correlate with lesser insight? Does your songwriting change when your perception of the world around you changes? These questions\, and Mark’s hunt for creative agency\, are at the heart of his new album\, “Lay Your Darkness Down.” In need of connection and catharsis\, he turned as he often did to songwriting. “The only way I could console myself was to know that I was still going to be able to have some creative agency\,” Mark says. “I could then bring whatever I was feeling or wanting to express into reality.” He began to craft songs with an intricate\, labored approach like never before. “It’s much more like an oil painting\, where you’re layering different tones and colors one at a time.”
URL:https://theark.org/event/mark-erelli-230308/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vanessa Collier
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nVanessa Collier is a captivating and multitalented blues vocalist\, saxophonist\, and songwriter\, hailing from the world-renowned Berklee College of Music\, where she earned dual degrees in Performance and Music Production & Engineering. Vanessa demonstrates her skills as a master musician and songwriter\, blending her blues background with elements of funk\, rock\, and soul. Vanessa’s mighty vocals\, gritty saxophone solos\, and incredible high-energy stage presence create a powerful show not to be missed!
URL:https://theark.org/event/vanessa-collier-230309/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
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SUMMARY:May Erlewine
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nOne of the Midwest’s most prolific and passionate songwriters\, May Erlewine continues to share her gift for writing songs of substance that feel both new and soulfully familiar. Her lyrics offer a window into her heartbreak\, her empowerment\, and her emboldened spirit. These lyrics\, which are really stories crafted through May’s unique experiences\, are rooted in wisdom\, joy\, sorrow\, simplicity\, and love. Musically\, she carries the songwriter’s torch through many genres and sonic landscapes. May considers her career in the music industry as a service-oriented one and uses her platform for positive change. She stresses the importance of environmental advocacy\, social justice\, creative empowerment\, and community building as necessary work in our world. May’s body of work has become an anthem and an example of why we need to listen to women\, empower women\, and why we need to hear their stories. May’s work has been spotlighted by Rolling Stone and NBC’s “The Voice” and covered by countless artists.  \nThis performance will be in celebration of her new record\, The Real Thing. The album produced by Theo Katzman\, is a collection of songs performed live in a room\, deep in the Manistee National Forest. Released as a part of Theo’s new record label\, The Real Thing is just that\, real people\, making real music\, together in a room.
URL:https://theark.org/event/may-erlewine-230310/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sold Out
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SUMMARY:Jared Deck Band
DESCRIPTION:Please review The Ark’s current COVID-related information before attending a show.\nCOVID-19 FAQ \nJared Deck has been praised for his “powerful\, beautiful voice” by Alejandro Escovedo. “The battle has always been internal\, overcoming my own failures and working to improve\,” he says. Raised on the dusty plains of an Oklahoma family farm\, Jared worked in the fields as well as the town grocery\, owned by his parents. “In a community of 1\,200 people\, big dreams seem impossible. We’re taught to manage expectations\, put our nose down\, and get to work.” Later he worked in an oilfield and a factory. During the Great Recession he got by with a job as a pianist in a Black church\, where over the next six years\, he received an unparalleled musical education. His songs tell stories in an honest voice of Midland America. “The American Dream” won first place in the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Competition. And on top of all this\, he was recently elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Returning from Folk Festival\, Jared has a recent release\, “Bully Pulpit.”
URL:https://theark.org/event/jared-deck-230311/
LOCATION:The Ark\, 316 S. Main\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
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