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SUMMARY:José González
DESCRIPTION:José González is in a class by himself. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “someone whose subtle\, carefully crafted music delivers rewards to listeners who know how to wait\,” González’s stellar career can only be described as a dream. From selling out tours on virtually every continent to headlining prestigious festivals around the world to being asked to perform at 2020’s Nobel Prize Award Ceremony and seeing his recorded music exceed 1 billion streams\, González is one of the most exciting and in-demand touring artists working today. Whether appearing alone with his guitar or with a 20-piece orchestra\, or with his band The Brite Lites\, or choosing between duo and trio formats\, his performances are never merely shows – they are events. And González has every intention of continuing this tradition as he prepares his fully solo tour in support of the eagerly awaited release of his fourth studio album\, LOCAL VALLEY. \nThe visionary singer-songwriter/guitarist’s long-awaited album\, and first to contain songs in all of the languages he speaks (English\, Spanish and Swedish)\, LOCAL VALLEY provides a welcome reminder of the Gothenburg\, Sweden-based artist’s understated appeal and unabashed intimacy\, a quality Billboard praised as “one of the most recognizable sounds in indie rock.” The album finds González once again armed with just a handful of nylon-stringed Spanish guitars\, yet this time\, technology did creep into the proceedings. \n“I allowed myself to loop guitars as I aim to do live with pedals\,” González says\, “and in my head I was hearing how each track would fit with an orchestra (The String Theory) or my five-piece band (The Brite Lites)\, with whom I’ve been touring on and off the last decade.” \nFour albums in\, LOCAL VALLEY finds Jose González\, in the words of his new song\, “Visions\,” still “imagining the worlds that could be/Shaping a mosaic of fates/For all sentient beings.” With LOCAL VALLEY\, Jose González once again proves that music doesn’t need to be loud to be heard.
URL:https://theark.org/event/jose-gonzalez-241023/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Nick Shoulders
DESCRIPTION:“All Bad\,” the latest album from Nick Shoulders\, ultimately encapsulates everything that makes Nick’s inimitable form of country music so vital: a heady balance of dazzling musicianship and punk defiance\, coupled with gritty eccentricity and a generational connection to the roots of the genre. With a singing style inherited from his family’s vocal lineage\, Nick’s songs achieve the rare feat of imparting difficult truths while inciting a certain joyful abandon\, balancing a sound forged by years of hard travel with a heartfelt reverence for the origins of country music. In the spirit of Hazel Dickens and Jimmy Driftwood\, the incisive yet wildly jubilant All Bad vocally objects to the reckless destruction of the natural landscape and development run rampant\, while still offering plenty of joy and dance-ready rhythms. Spanning a variety of early country styles\, the album’s infectious harmonies shine alongside everything from jangling cajun waltzes to surf-rock infused bluesy ballads–all tied together by a voice seemingly out of place in this century\, yet ever ready to speak up about its problems.  \nSurrounded by a singing style passed down from a time before microphones\, Nick’s childhood of bird call whistles and an over-exposure to southern gospel music eventually steered him toward an adolescence drumming for metal and punk bands\, and subsequent years as an active illustrator and member of Arkansas’s heavy music scene. After numerous personal calamities and a growing obsession with the rural musical traditions of his lifelong home\, Shoulders left the Ozarks and lived out of his van\, singing on the street corners of the west while slowly being drawn to the vibrance of the New Orleans dance and busking world. After forming in early 2018\, the ‘Okay Crawdad’ band flourished briefly in the wildly talented south Louisiana alt-country scene\, culminating in the release of ‘Rather Low’ by the popular YouTube channel Western AF\, catapulting Nick’s songs to a vastly wider audience right as Covid-19 and lockdowns ensued. Since then\, a rapid ascension into the world of touring music has seen Nick playing alongside the likes of Sierra Ferrell and at major festivals such as Stagecoach. With the hard rhythms and heavenly melodies of their newest release\, All Bad\, the band manages to concoct a body of work that is at turns sublimely freewheeling and profoundly illuminating\, yet primed to permanently warp the listener’s perspective to glorious effect.
URL:https://theark.org/event/nick-shoulders-251118/
LOCATION:El Club\, 4114 W Vernor Hwy\, Detroit\, MI\, 48209\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Tommy Emmanuel CGP -  Living In The Light Tour
DESCRIPTION:Hailed as “one of the best acoustic guitarists in the world” by NPR’s World Cafe\, Tommy Emmanuel got his start at the age of six\, when he first began touring his native Australia with his family’s band. As a teenager\, he earned a reputation as a highly sought after sideman and session player\, and by his early twenties\, Emmanuel was playing on chart-topping hits and performing with acts like Air Supply and Men at Work. Inspired in part by his hero\, Chet Atkins (who would later become a friend\, mentor\, and collaborator)\, Emmanuel stepped out on his own as a solo artist in 1979\, releasing the first in a string of acclaimed instrumental albums that would make him an unlikely celebrity in his home country and beyond. In the decades that followed\, he would go on to headline everywhere from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall; tour with luminaries like Eric Clapton and John Denver; win a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement; perform for a televised audience of more than two billion at the Sydney Olympics; and collaborate with a who’s who of fellow guitar greats\, including Les Paul\, Mark Knopfler\, Joe Walsh\, Richard Thompson\, Jason Isbell\, and Billy Strings. \nRecorded in just four days\, Emmanuel’s latest album\, Living In The Light\, stands as the most daring—and most rewarding—collection in the globetrotting fingerpicker’s remarkable catalog\, fusing his pop\, jazz\, classical\, and roots influences into a virtuosic masterwork as exhilarating as it is intimate.
URL:https://theark.org/event/tommy-emmanuel-251019/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Molly Tuttle
DESCRIPTION:On the heels of two Grammy-winning albums in succession\, with her band Golden Highway—2022’s Crooked Tree and 2023’s City of Gold—plus a nomination for Best New Artist\, Molly Tuttle returns with a solo album that’s her most dazzling to date: So Long Little Miss Sunshine.  \nRecorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Orville Peck\, Miranda Lambert\, Lainey Wilson\, Eric Church\, Cage the Elephant)\, the fifth full album from the California-born\, Nashville-based singer\, songwriter\, and virtuoso guitarist features twelve new songs—eleven originals and one highly unexpected cover of Icona Pop and Charli xcx’s “I Love It.”  \nTuttle’s career\, which began at age fifteen\, has charted a course between honoring bluegrass and stretching its boundaries. On this album—a hybrid of pop\, country\, rock\, and flat-picking\, plus one murder ballad—she goes to a whole new place. Her stunning guitar work is more up-front on this album than ever before. (One of the most decorated female guitarist alive\, Tuttle was the first woman to win the prestigious International Bluegrass Music Award’s Guitar Player of the Year in 2017\, at age twenty-four\, and won again the following year\, with nominations nearly every year since; she has also won Americana Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year award.) \nThis event takes place at the Masonic Jack White Theatre\, formerly the Masonic Cathedral Theatre.
URL:https://theark.org/event/molly-tuttle-250911/
LOCATION:Masonic Jack White Theatre\, 500 Temple Street\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Lake Street Dive
DESCRIPTION:Lake Street Dive have pushed the possibilities of pop music as a unifying force\, not only through their eclectic sound—a boldly original cross-pollination of soul\, folk\, jazz\, classic pop\, and more—the five-piece’s all-embracing ethos has also made them a beloved live band known for building a potent connection among every crowd. In the making of their new album Good Together\, vocalist Rachael Price\, bassist/background vocalist Bridget Kearney\, drummer/background vocalist Mike Calabrese\, keyboardist/vocalist Akie Bermiss\, and guitarist/background vocalist James Cornelison reinforced the deep sense of purpose behind their output\, often turning their attention to the many factors driving us apart today (e.g.\, unchecked technological growth\, culturally imposed isolation\, the cult of relentless self-optimization). Born from a mindset they refer to as “joyful rebellion\,” Good Together arrives as a body of work both gloriously defiant and primed to inspire unbridled dancing and ecstatic singing-along.
URL:https://theark.org/event/lake-street-dive-250908/
LOCATION:Masonic Temple Theatre\, 500 Temple St\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo'
DESCRIPTION:Blues legends Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ have each expanded and extended American blues traditions into astonishing new territory. The musicians first teamed up on the Grammy-winning album TajMo (2017)\, and this year brings another collaborative album from the blues giants. Experience a historic night of music that merges the distinctive voices\, guitar styles\, and personalities of the two\, taking you on a soulful journey through some of the world’s greatest musical styles.
URL:https://theark.org/event/taj-mahal-and-keb-mo-250615/
LOCATION:Masonic Jack White Theatre\, 500 Temple Street\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250614T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250614T230000
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SUMMARY:The Verve Pipe
DESCRIPTION:With a reputation for spectacular live performances\, the genesis of multi-platinum artist The Verve Pipe can be traced back to the early 90s when the principal members of two rival Michigan bands joined forces. After releasing two independent albums\, I’ve Suffered A Head Injury and Pop Smear\, the group quickly garnered a regional following for its textured rock songs distinguished by innovative arrangements\, soul-searching lyrics and layered vocals. \nThe success of both albums attracted the attention of RCA Records\, which released their platinum major label debut Villains in 1996. The album featured the radio hit ‘Photograph’ and the #1 single ‘The Freshmen\,’ one of the most successful multi-format tracks of 1997 and winner of an ASCAP Pop Award. Their follow-up release\, the critically acclaimed self-titled LP The Verve Pipe\, featured ‘Hero\,’ a Top 15 hit at Modern Rock radio. \nIn 2001\, RCA released Underneath\, which produced the singles ‘Happiness Is’ and ‘Never Let You Down\,’ one of the most played songs for Adult Top 40 and Modern A/C radio that year. The album also included ‘Colorful\,’ the emotive ballad featured in the film and soundtrack Rock Star\, starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston and also co-starring lead singer Brian Vander Ark in his first major film role. \nIn addition to their success on radio\, TV and film\, sold-out concert dates throughout the U.S.\, Canada\, Europe and Australia\, features in Spin and Rolling Stone and videos on MTV and VH1\, the band have made numerous television appearances\, including ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’ and ‘Late Night With David Letterman.’ \nAfter an eight year hiatus\, The Verve Pipe were approached to submit an original song for a compilation album of children’s music. That session inspired A Family Album\, their critically acclaimed introduction to the world of children’s music\, as well as their follow up release\, Are We There Yet? Both albums contain music intended for the entire family\, with fun and inventive lyrics set to the memorable melodies the band is known for. \nIn 2014\, The Verve Pipe released their first rock album in over 13 years with Overboard\, a collection of ten new songs including ‘Crash Landing’\, ‘Hit and Run\,’ and the haunting title track ‘Overboard.’ This long incubating project brought a renewed energy and focus to this self-produced album that resulted in their most inspired writing and recording to date.\nThe Verve Pipe continue to tour\, performing both rock and kids shows throughout the U.S.\, including special appearances at Lollapalooza\, Austin City Limits Festival\, Hangout Music Festival\, Summer Stage in Central Park\, and many more
URL:https://theark.org/event/the-verve-pipe-250614/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Jesse Cook
DESCRIPTION:For Jesse Cook\, music has been a journey. Sonically and literally. \n“Over the years\, I’ve taken my music and tried to cross-pollinate it with music from different parts of the world\,” explains the 50-year-old global-guitar virtuoso. “For the (2003) album Nomad\, I went to Cairo and recorded with musicians there. On my (2009) record The Rumba Foundation\, I went to Colombia\, and worked with musicians from Cuba as well. On (1998’s) Vertigo\, I went down to Lafayette\, La.\, and recorded with Buckwheat Zydeco. For me\, the question has always been: Where did you go? Where did you take your guitar?” \nThe short answer this time? Nowhere. And everywhere. After two decades of criss-crossing the world in restless pursuit of inspiration\, innovation and collaboration\, the Paris-born\, Toronto-raised Cook changed course for his ninth studio albumOne World\, out April\, 28th\, 2015 on eOne Music Canada. Instead of exotic locales\, he stayed home in his studio. Instead of a foreign legion of performers\, he relied on his own devices. And instead of exploring cul de sacs of music — flamenco\, classical\, rumba\, world beat\, pop\, blues or jazz — he united them. \n“On this record\, it’s not really about going someplace\,” he says of the album\, whose cover depicts a vast\, ancient tree. “The idea is that there really is just one world. If you pull your focus back far enough\, you start to see all music as being branches of the same tree. They’re all connected to the same trunk from way back. \n“For example\, my strange way of playing guitar is a hybrid of styles. I was a classical guitarist as a kid\, and I studied flamenco and then I studied jazz. So there are three musical and guitar traditions in my background. And one of the forms I use\, rumba flamenco\, is itself a hybrid created in the 1800s when sailors were coming back to Spain from Cuba\, having heard these Cuban rhythms. And here I am\, 150 years later\, taking it and mixing it back with modern music and seeing where it takes me. Music is a constantly evolving thing.” \nAs is Cook’s creative approach. Despite its humble home-made origins\, One World begins another chapter in the multi-tasking artist\, composer and producer’s quest. His destination: The digital realm. To create the disc’s emotive melodies\, fluid grooves and rich sonic tapestries\, he incorporated technology more than ever before. Give credit to his precocious young assistant. \n“I have two small children\, and my son is forever trying to get on my computer. If I’m in my studio\, he’ll come in and sit down and just start pushing buttons and making things happen in the recording program I use. At first I was terrified he would mess things up. But he actually got really good at poking around. I started going\, ‘Wow\, what’s that? What are you doing? Let me in there!’ I started writing tunes using weird loops and metallic and electronic sounds. And I found myself interested in taking what I do and putting it in a more modern context. I’ve leaned heavily on ancient instruments. But for this record\, I put those instruments side by side with modern sounds — unabashedly so.” \nWhat results is the most sonically diverse and distinctive disc in Cook’s vast and varied catalogue\, which has earned 11 Juno nominations and one win for 2000’s Free Fall. On these 11 instrumentals\, programmed beats and dusty electronic textures are interwoven with syncopated handclaps\, deep dubby basslines and popping percussion. Sitars and violin share the space with synthesizers and sound effects. Notes and rhythms dance playfully back and forth between speakers. Naturally\, Cook’s masterful guitar work commands centre stage with its elegant balance of subtlety\, in-the-moment honesty and blazing technical prowess. But here\, it also pivots between worlds — past and future\, familiar and fresh\, acoustic and electronic — redefined by technology like every element of modern life. \n“We’re all involved with our computers in a big way\, though we malign them\,” laughs Cook. “People complain social media is ruining communication and that people just text instead of call. But love and romance and imagination and art also happen through computers. People fall in love online. People talk to loved ones on Skype. People write great love letters on the computer\, create great works of art\, great compositions. It has become this integral part of human expression and I wanted to give it a voice in what I was doing.” \nAnd in doing so\, the artist who hadn’t planned to travel for this album found himself in the most exotic locale imaginable. \n“I wanted to make what I was doing feel like Constantinople\, the ancient city that existed between the East and the West. It was the meeting point of all these great cultures — Africa\, Europe\, Asia\, India. I want my music to be that place: The Constantinople of sound. A place where ancient sounds meet with modern ones and pass though that port.” \nThe journey continues.
URL:https://theark.org/event/jesse-cook-250503/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Ani DiFranco
DESCRIPTION:These days\, every artist’s album needs to have a story. The music can’t speak for itself.  \nBut after 22 records\, why can’t Ani DiFranco’s work speak for itself? Yes\, her forthcoming album is shaped by stories — ones about reproductive freedom\, the double-edged sword of the pandemic\, identity and ever-evolving belief systems that have shaped each of its 11 songs. There are songs that were written in 2011 and in 2022; some for musicals\, others for children’s books. The album isn’t linear\, but it is inherently teeming with DiFranco’s spirit.  \nIt was paramount to the folk-feminist hero that listeners not be saddled with preconceived notions while diving into her 23rd album Unprecedented Sh!t. “I believe there is a rhyme and a reason as to why these songs have come together in this way now and I want people to experience this album as a journey\, a piece of art\, without being influenced by a cacophony of surrounding narratives.” \nWhile many of DiFranco’s albums were made more insularly\, she’s opened herself up to collaboration in recent years. For 21 of DiFranco’s 22 albums\, she opted to self-produce. With Unprecedented Sh!t\, she wanted to try working with a producer and tapped BJ Burton\, who produced one of her favorite albums\, Bon Iver’s 22\, A Million. With Burton’s help\, largely from afar\, they created soundscapes often using only DiFranco’s voice and guitar as the raw materials and manipulating them with effects and filters. “I really wanted to lean into the power of machines in a way that I never have before\, so BJ and I communicating through many layers of them in order to collaborate\, seemed apropos. This record was made almost entirely by me and BJ alone\, bouncing things back and forth.” \nThe title Unprecedented Sh!t is not only representative of how much of a sonic departure the 11-track album is from Ani’s other work\, but also a political and social commentary on the current state of the world. “We find ourselves in unprecedented times in many ways\, faced with unprecedented challenges. So\, our responses to them and our discourse around them\, need to rise to that level.” \nDiFranco has been known as a feminist icon and pioneer of DIY for nearly 35 years. Since founding her record label Righteous Babe Records in 1990\, she has released 22 albums\, traversing folk\, punk\, hip-hop\, soul and electronic genres and addressing a range of autobiographical\, political and social issues. While her first four albums Ani DiFranco (1990)\, Not So Soft (1991)\, and Imperfectly (1992)\, Puddle Dive (1993)\, harnessed a more raw sound\, Out Of Range (1994)\, Not A Pretty Girl (1995) and Dilate (1996) were more rooted in DiFranco’s folk ethos. She released eight more albums over the next 10 years\, earning a Grammy Award for her 2003 album Evolve and numerous nominations. Her most recent albums include 2008’s Red Letter Year and 2017’s Binary. Most recently\, fans have been thrilled by 2021’s Revolutionary Love and the 25th Anniversary Edition reissues of both her iconic 1997 live album Living In Clip and 1998’s Little Plastic Castle\, via Righteous Babe Records in 2023. \nDiFranco is also a poet\, author and Broadway performer. She released a collection of poems and paintings titled Verses in 2007. Her memoir No Walls and the Recurring Dream was a New York Times Top 10 best seller in 2019\, and her children’s books The Knowing and Show Up and Vote are out now. DiFranco also recently completed a 5-month run on Broadway as ‘Persephone’ in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical\, Hadestown. 
URL:https://theark.org/event/ani-difranco-250412/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sold Out,Special Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T230000
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SUMMARY:Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
DESCRIPTION:This show will be an evening with\, Herb Alpert and his brand new Tijuana Brass. Herb along with his 6 great musicians will be playing all of your favorite TJB hit songs just as you remember hearing them while growing up. \n2025 will mark the 60th anniversary of the iconic album\, “Whipped Cream & Other Delights”. Herb and the band will be performing many of those great songs in addition to many other hit songs that we all know; “The Lonely Bull”\, “Spanish Flea”\, “Taste of Honey”\, “Mexican Shuffle”\, “Tijuana Taxi”\, “This Guy’s In Love With You”\, “What Now My Love”\, “Zorba the Greek”\, “Ladyfingers”\, “Rise” and many other delights. \nThe show runs 90 minutes and is informal as Herb loves to answer questions from the audience about his career\, A&M Records and the many iconic artists like Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66\, The Carpenters and Burt Bacharach that he has worked with over the past 63 years. The show features a giant video screen that displays hundreds of classic photos\, videos\, art and various memorabilia from Herb’s music career. A really exciting show and truly a Once in a Lifetime Concert Event!
URL:https://theark.org/event/herb-alpert-the-tijuana-brass-250325/
LOCATION:Masonic Jack White Theatre\, 500 Temple Street\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sold Out,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250305T230000
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SUMMARY:Matt Nathanson - King of (un)simple Tour
DESCRIPTION:Over his almost 30 year career\, Matt Nathanson has evolved into one of the most applauded songwriters and engaging performers on the music scene today. His sixth studio album\, Some Mad Hope\, yielded his breakthrough multi-platinum hit “Come on Get Higher.”  He followed up with Modern Love\, a critically acclaimed album (PopMatters called it “the closest a pop album comes to perfection this year”) that garnered Nathanson two RIAA Gold Certified singles\, “Faster” & “Run (featuring Sugarland)”. His 2013 release\, Last of The Great Pretenders\, debuted at #16 on the Billboard Top 200 while hitting #1 on iTunes’ Alternative Albums chart. His most recent album\, Sings His Sad Heart spawned the hit single “Used To Be” which was a chart climber – hitting top 20 at Adult Top 40.  Throughout his career\, Nathanson has been known to cover songs and artists that inspire him. His Def Leppard approved cover album of their iconic Pyromania called Pyromattia shot to #1 on iTunes Alternative chart and Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott called the album “an amazing reinterpretation” with “heart & soul.” Last year he covered U2’s Achtung Baby as a tribute to his all time favorite album. His holiday LP Farewell December\, includes “Blue Christmas” to “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” — as well as his somber take on Joni Mitchell’s “River.” Nathanson has performed on The Howard Stern Show\, Ellen\, Jimmy Kimmel Live!\, Dancing with the Stars\, Rachael Ray\, and The CMA Awards to name a few.
URL:https://theark.org/event/matt-nathanson-king-of-unsimple-tour/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Low Ticket Alert,Special Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250129T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240814T161633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T161633Z
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SUMMARY:Guster
DESCRIPTION:Not long before the making of their new album Ooh La La\, Guster celebrated three decades together as a band—a journey that’s included landing a series of hits on the Billboard charts\, working with luminaries like Steve Lillywhite and Richard Swift\, launching their own music festival\, and amassing an ardent fanbase partly on the strength of their relentless touring and deeply communal live show. But despite reaching a milestone few musical acts ever come close to attaining\, Guster’s ninth studio LP reveals a band fully in touch with the voracious creative energy that first inspired their formation. A major leap forward for lead vocalist Ryan Miller\, guitarist Adam Gardner\, drummer Brian Rosenworcel\, and multi-instrumentalist Luke Reynolds\, Ooh La La ultimately matches that wide-eyed spirit with a newly heightened sense of confidence\, conviction\, and commitment to the raw sincerity that’s made them so beloved.
URL:https://theark.org/event/guster-250129/
LOCATION:The Majestic Theatre\, 4140 Woodward Ave.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241010T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241010T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240604T150036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240607T141211Z
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SUMMARY:Billy Bragg
DESCRIPTION:The Roaring Forty USA Tour 2024 \nIn 2023 Billy Bragg kicked off a celebration of a remarkable 40 years as Britain’s favourite folk singer\, songwriter and campaigner. To mark this significant landmark\, he has released an acclaimed career-spanning box set ‘The Roaring Forty’ and has played to sell-out crowds across the world. In November he performed his most famous song ‘A New England’ on Later With Jools Holland almost exactly 40 years to the day that he debuted the song on The Tube (also presented by one Jools Holland!). \nGalvanised in the late 70s by The Clash and an aversion to the austere policies of Margaret Thatcher\, Billy set out to inspire political engagement and empathy. He has performed numerous benefit shows for the miners\, the Labour party\, CND\, the jobless and many more\, and has run the Left Field political stage at Glastonbury for the last 20 years. \nBilly has released 11 solo studio albums\, three albums of Woody Guthrie lyrics set to contemporary music by Billy and Wilco (the Mermaid Avenue albums) and one album with Joe Henry. He released a mini album Bridges Not Walls in 2017. His latest studio album\, the acclaimed ‘The Million Things That Never Happened’ came out in 2021. \nBilly Bragg added best-selling author to his CV with the success of his acclaimed 2017 book Roots\, Radicals & Rockers – How Skiffle Changed The World. He has written two books of political analysis –  The Progressive Patriot: A Search For Belonging (2006) and The Three Dimensions of Freedom (2019). \nBilly won the Outstanding Contribution To British Music Award at the prestigious Ivors Awards in 2018. Born and raised in Barking\, East London\, Billy has a street named after him in his home town – Bragg Close. This year Billy has been honoured with a pavement plaque on the Camden Music Walk Of Fame (previous recipients include Madness\, Amy Winehouse\, The Who\, David Bowie\, and The Kinks)
URL:https://theark.org/event/billy-bragg-241010/
LOCATION:The Majestic Theatre\, 4140 Woodward Ave.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241003T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241003T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240617T170919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T183406Z
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SUMMARY:Dwight Yoakam
DESCRIPTION:Dwight Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide\, and he is a 21-time nominated\, multiple GRAMMY Award winner. He has 12 gold albums and 9 platinum or multi-platinum albums\, with five of those albums topping Billboard’s Country Albums chart and another 14 landing in the Top 10. Nearly 40 of Yoakam’s singles have charted on Billboard\, with 14 peaking in the Top 10. Yoakam is a recipient of the Artist of the Year award from the Americana Music Association\, and BMI Country Music’s President’s Award\, the most prestigious award offered by the organizations. He was also inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in the Songwriter/Artist category at the 49th anniversary Gala in 2019 in Nashville\, TN. \nYoakam’s self-curated SiriusXM channel\, titled Dwight Yoakam and The Bakersfield Beat ‘Where Country Went Mod’ launched in April of 2018. The channel celebrates the Bakersfield sound and those whom it has inspired. Guests have boasted the likes of Post Malone\, Lukas Nelson\, Beck\, Chris Hillman\, Jakob Dylan\, Mike Nesmith and Mickey Dolans\, Dave Alvin\, and Jackie DeShannon\, among others. \nIn 2016\, Yoakam released his bluegrass album Swimmin’ Pools\, Movie Stars… on Sugar Hill Records. Featuring a band of bluegrass luminaries\, this album boasts a collection of reinterpreted favorites from his catalogue\, as well as a cover of Prince’s “Purple Rain”. Produced by nine-time GRAMMY winner Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss\, Dolly Parton)\, Jon Randall (songwriter of “Whiskey Lullaby”)\, and Yoakam himself\, and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge\, this album reflects the love for bluegrass music that Yoakam developed at an early age in Kentucky and that has inspired him for many years thereafter. In 2018\, Yoakam released two songs\, “Pretty Horses” and “Then Came Monday” (the latter written with Chris Stapleton). \nIn addition to his musical career\, Yoakam is a formidable film and television actor who has appeared in over 40 feature films\, including Sling Blade and Panic Room. In 2016\, he recurred in David E. Kelley’s Amazon series Goliath. Recently\, he appeared in director Steven Soderbergh’s film Logan Lucky with Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig. Yoakam is capable of seamlessly melting into his roles and impressively standing toe-to-toe with some of the world’s top thespians over the course of his storied and successful acting career\, including Jodie Foster\, Tommy Lee Jones\, Jared Leto\, Forest Whitaker and Matthew McConaughey.
URL:https://theark.org/event/dwight-yoakam-241003/
LOCATION:Masonic Temple Theatre\, 500 Temple St\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240924T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240425T134216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T141305Z
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SUMMARY:Cowboy Junkies
DESCRIPTION:Sometimes revolutions begin quietly. \nIn 1988\, Cowboy Junkies proved that there was an audience waiting for something quiet\, beautiful and reflective. The Trinity Session was like a whisper that cut through the noise — and it was compelling. It stood out in the midst of the flash and bombast that came to define the late 80’s. The now classic recording combined folk\, blues and rock in a way that had never been heard before and went on to sell more than a million copies.  \nFormed in Toronto in 1985 with siblings Michael Timmins on guitar\, Margo Timmins on vocals\, Peter Timmins on drums\, and Michael’s lifelong friend Alan Anton on bass\, the band has sparkled over the course of 29 albums. “I’ve known Alan longer than I’ve known Pete\,” says Michael. “We were friends before Pete was born.” \nUnlike most long-lasting groups\, Cowboy Junkies have never had a break up or taken a sanity-saving hiatus. There’s an appreciation of each other that keeps them constantly working. “It’s that intimacy and understanding of what each one of us brings to the table\,” says Michael. Cowboy Junkies’ will be performing a career-spanning show\, including their new album\, ‘Such Ferocious Beauty’\, which was released worldwide on June 2\, 2023 to universal critical acclaim. 
URL:https://theark.org/event/cowboy-junkies-240924/
LOCATION:Masonic Jack White Theatre\, 500 Temple Street\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240922T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240922T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240531T182815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240626T163613Z
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SUMMARY:Rainbow Kitten Surprise - Love Hate Music Box Tour
DESCRIPTION:As if channeling another dimension where genres simply don’t exist\, Rainbow Kitten Surprise finds harmony in unpredictability – weaving together lyrical poetry\, hummable melodies\, and a rush of instrumental eccentricities. Now boasting over 2 billion global streams across platforms\, the band first began building their devoted fanbase with independent albums SEVEN + MARY(2013) and RKS (2015). The band’s breakout full-length debut for Elektra\, HOW TO: FRIEND\, LOVE\, FREEFALL\, arrived in April 2018. Produced by GRAMMY® Award-winner Jay Joyce (Cage The Elephant\, Lainey Wilson)\, the album featured RIAA-certified Platinum single “It’s Called: Freefall\,” earned widespread praise from Billboard\, TIME\, Vice\, and NPR who described their sound as “…a mix of jam and indie and whatever else you can throw into the soup…very earnest\, beautiful\, political\, loving rock n’ roll\,” and saw the band make several national television appearances\, including performances on “CBS Saturday Morning\,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\,” and PBS’s “Austin City Limits.” After gracing the bills of Bonnaroo\, Lollapalooza\, and Osheaga\, to name a few\, RKS moved 80\,000 tickets of their own on the sold-out 2018/2019 Friend\, Love\, Freefall Tour. That tour was earmarked by a sold-out debut at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and three consecutive gigs in Athens\, GA (the latter of which were chronicled on their first official live album\, LIVE FROM ATHENS GEORGIA\, released in 2021). \nThe band released a two-track single Mary (B-Sides) in May 2019 – consisting of “Heart” and “No Vacancy.” The following year brought the release of standalone single “Our Song” – already a fan favorite in their live rotation prior to release – as well as a livestream concert in July\, held for thousands of fans on what would’ve been the date of another sold-out Red Rocks performance (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic). In March 2022\, the band released the emotionally charged track “Work Out\,” marking their first new music in nearly two years. \n2022 also saw the band set out on their first full headline trek in nearly 3 years\, a run that included their long-awaited\, sold-out\, two-night return to Red Rocks. And in 2022 alone\, with the help of partners PLUS1 and Propeller\, Rainbow Kitten Surprise raised over $170k for food banks in local tour markets\, LGBTQ+ causes\, and mental health initiatives. \nRainbow Kitten Surprise is: Ela Melo (she/her; lead vocals)\, Darrick “Bozzy” Keller (he/him; guitar\, vocals)\, Ethan Goodpaster (he/him; lead guitar\, vocals)\, Jess Haney (he/him; drums)
URL:https://theark.org/event/rainbow-kitten-surprise-240922/
LOCATION:Masonic Temple Theatre\, 500 Temple St\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240908T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240422T140038Z
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SUMMARY:Sierra Ferrell - Shoot For The Moon Tour
DESCRIPTION:One of the brightest young luminaries in roots music today\, Sierra Ferrell brings a dose of beautifully strange magic to everything she touches. Since the arrival of Long Time Coming (her acclaimed debut LP for Rounder Records)\, the West Virginia-born singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist has earned the Emerging Act of the Year prize at the Americana Honors & Awards\, collaborated with the likes of Margo Price and Old Crow Medicine Show\, and enchanted audiences all over North America and Europe with her high-spirited and dazzling live performance. On her new album Trail Of Flowers\, the Nashville-based artist expands her sound while deepening the urgency of her songs\, often revealing a wealth of wisdom within her wildly imaginative storytelling. \nHer first full-length since Long Time Coming—a 2021 release that drew praise from outlets like Pitchfork\, Paste\, Pop Matters\, and No Depression—Trail Of Flowers came to life with producers Eddie Spear (Zach Bryan\, Brandi Carlile\, Chris Stapleton) and Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss\, Dwight Yoakam\, Gillian Welch) and with such esteemed musicians as Chris Scruggs. In keeping with a musical upbringing that included playing everywhere from truck stops to boxcars to New Orleans street corners\, the album journeys from freewheeling bluegrass to heartrending old-time music to fantastically gritty honky-tonk and beyond\, endlessly changing shape to accommodate the immense scope of Ferrell’s eccentric musicality. Mainly recorded at Sound Emporium Studios and featuring guest appearances from singer/songwriters Lukas Nelson and Nikki Lane\, Trail Of Flowers ultimately fulfills her longstanding mission of making music that transcends all barriers of time. “I wanted to create something that makes people feel nostalgic for the past\, but excited about the future of music\,” Ferrell points out. \nInstantly proving her extraordinary capacity to merge timeless musicianship with lyrics exploring modern concerns\, Trail Of Flowers opens on “American Dreaming”: a world-weary yet soul-stirring track that speaks to the struggle to build a good life in a culture consumed by capitalism. Another song informed by her singular outlook on the modern world\, “Fox Hunt” takes the form of a furiously stomping epic driven by galloping rhythms and some feverish fiddle work from Ferrell. On “Rosemary\,” she delves further into her old-time roots and delivers the album’s most haunting moment: a stark but spellbinding story-song graced with a few bars of soulful yodeling. A profoundly gifted vocalist\, Ferrell often captures an entire world of feeling in just a single line\, particularly on tracks like “Dollar Bill Bar”—a swinging but wistful number on which she cycles from longing to regret to devil-may-care attitude with impossible ease. And on “I Could Drive You Crazy\,” Ferrell serves up one of the most joyful moments on Trail Of Flowers\, sharing a harmony-fueled and singalong-ready love song that’s both self-effacing and gloriously fun.
URL:https://theark.org/event/sierra-ferrell-240908/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Low Ticket Alert,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240818T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240818T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240215T193720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T125154Z
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SUMMARY:Iron & Wine
DESCRIPTION:Sam Beam is a singer-songwriter who has been creating music as Iron & Wine for over a decade. Through the course of seven albums\, numerous EPs and singles\, and the initial volumes of an Archive Series – Iron & Wine has captured the emotion and imagination of listeners with distinctly cinematic songs.
URL:https://theark.org/event/iron-wine-240818/
LOCATION:Masonic Jack White Theatre\, 500 Temple Street\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240810T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240810T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240131T172346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T172439Z
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SUMMARY:Andrew Bird
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Bird is an internationally acclaimed\, Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist\, vocalist\, whistler\, and songwriter who picked up his first violin at the age of four and spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear. Since beginning his recording career in 1997\, Bird has released 17 albums and performed extensively across the globe. He has recorded with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band\, appeared as “Dr. Stringz” on Jack’s Big Music Show\, and headlined concerts at Carnegie Hall\, Sydney Opera House\, Walt Disney Concert Hall\, Red Rocks Amphitheatre\, and festivals worldwide.\n\nBird performed as the Whistling Caruso in Disney’s The Muppets movie\, scored the FX series Baskets\, and collaborated with inventor Ian Schneller on Sonic Arboretum\, an installation that exhibited at New York’s Guggenheim Museum\, Boston’s ICA\, and the MCA Chicago. Bird has been a featured TED Talks presenter\, a New Yorker Festival guest\, and an op-ed contributor for the New York Times.\n\nMore recently\, Bird released a series of site-specific improvisational short films and recordings called Echolocations\, recorded in remote and acoustically interesting spaces: a Utah canyon\, an abandoned seaside bunker\, the middle of the Los Angeles River\, and a reverberant stone-covered aqueduct in Lisbon. Additionally\, Bird hosts an ongoing series of live-streamed performances called Live from the Great Room\, putting the creative process on display for fans as he collaborates and converses with friends in a candid\, intimate setting.  \nShortly after receiving his 2020 Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album\, with My Finest Work Yet\, Andrew Bird made his professional acting debut in the cast of Fargo’s fourth installment\, which concluded on FX in November 2020 and is currently streaming via Hulu. In June 2022\, Bird released his latest album\, Inside Problems\, on Loma Vista Recordings. 
URL:https://theark.org/event/andrew-bird-240810/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240723T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240418T174953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T181908Z
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SUMMARY:Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
DESCRIPTION:A singer\, composer and actor\, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling\, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of country\, swing\, jazz\, folk\, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers. \nWhether touring as a Duo or with his Acoustic Group or his Large Band\, Lovett’s live performances show not only the breadth of this Texas legend’s deep talents\, but also the diversity of his influences\, making him one of the most compelling and captivating musicians in popular music. \nSince his self-titled debut in 1986\, Lyle Lovett has evolved into one of music’s most vibrant and iconic performers. Among his many accolades\, besides the four Grammy Awards\, he was given the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award\, and was named Texas State Musician. \nHis works\, rich and eclectic\, are some of the most beloved of any artist working today.
URL:https://theark.org/event/lyle-lovett-and-his-large-band-240723/
LOCATION:Masonic Jack White Theatre\, 500 Temple Street\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240511T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20240213T160048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T191702Z
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SUMMARY:Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
DESCRIPTION:Grammy winner Molly Tuttle brings her band to The Majestic Theatre with their new album\, City of Gold. One of the most compelling new voices in the roots music world\, Molly Tuttle is a virtuosic multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter with a lifelong love of bluegrass\, a genre the Northern California-bred artist first discovered thanks to her father (a music teacher and multi-instrumentalist) and grandfather (a banjo player whose Illinois farm she visited often throughout her childhood). \nCity of Gold\,  the follow-up to 2022’s Crooked Tree—a widely lauded LP that won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album\, with Tuttle earning a Best New Artist nomination—the Northern California-raised musician’s fourth full-length album brings those narratives to a resplendent form of bluegrass rooted in her virtuosic guitar playing. Like Crooked Tree\, whose accolades also include an International Folk Music Award for Album of the Year\, City of Gold\, is co-produced with bluegrass legend Jerry Douglas\, showcasing the extraordinary musicianship that made Tuttle the first woman ever named Guitar Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association. But this time around\, the Nashville-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist chose to record with her live band for the first time—a move that lends a potent new energy to her exquisitely crafted sound. “When I was a kid we took a field trip to Coloma\, California\, to learn about the gold rush\,” says Tuttle in revealing the inspiration behind City of Gold. “Just like gold fever\, music has always captivated me and driven me to great lengths to explore its depths.” Noting that City of Gold “celebrates the music of my heart\, the land where I grew up\, and the stories I heard along the way\,” Tuttle found her band essential to every aspect of the LP.
URL:https://theark.org/event/molly-tuttle-240511/
LOCATION:The Majestic Theatre\, 4140 Woodward Ave.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240510T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240510T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20231108T180229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T143728Z
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SUMMARY:Alan Doyle
DESCRIPTION:Welcome Home Tour \nAlan Doyle— actor\, producer\, best-selling author\, and best-known as lead singer for Newfoundland’s beloved Great Big Sea these past 20+ years— hardly needs an introduction. With five solo albums under his belt\, Doyle has been touring the world with his ace six-piece band for the last decade. In late 2014\, Doyle released his best-selling memoir Where I Belong\, followed by A Newfoundlander In Canada released in October 2017\, and All Together now released in November 2020. Amidst these projects\, Doyle found time to write music for and appear on CBC’s Republic of Doyle\, guest on CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries\, a role in 2014’s Winter’s Tale and 2010’s Robin Hood. With his 2022 live album “Here\, Tonight” and a recent JUNO nomination for his 2021 album “Back to the Harbour”\, Doyle chalks up a lot of where he is right now to luck. “I’m the luckiest guy I’ve ever even heard of\,” he says. “This was all I ever wanted\, a life in the music business\, singing concerts.” \nDoyle hails from Petty Harbour\, NL\, and formed Great Big Sea in 1993 with Sean McCann\, Bob Hallett\, and Darrell Power\, in which they fused traditional Newfoundland music with their own pop sensibilities. Their nine albums\, double-disc hits retrospective\, and two DVD releases have all been declared Gold or Platinum and have sold a combined 1.2 million copies in Canada.
URL:https://theark.org/event/alan-doyle-240510/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240324T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20231014T131221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T155821Z
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SUMMARY:Colin Hay
DESCRIPTION:Singer-songwriter Colin Hay\, most beloved for his intimate\, confessional live shows is most widely known for being an influential and celebrated frontman. The range of artists who have chosen to cite him as a muse or who have found themselves on stage with him in the past year spans the genre landscape from heavy metal\, to Americana\, to Cuban rhythms and beyond. His inclusion as a playlist favorite from the likes of Metallica to The Lumineers reflects his continuing relevance and broad appeal.
URL:https://theark.org/event/colin-hay-240324/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231112T230000
DTSTAMP:20260420T072903
CREATED:20230327T160054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T160054Z
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SUMMARY:Croce Plays Croce 50th Anniversary Tour
DESCRIPTION:A.J. Croce has been a staple of the Americana\, AAA\, Blues\, Top 40 and other charts throughout his own stellar career\, releasing ten studio albums that effortlessly transcend multiple genres and have had 20 songs chart in the Top 20 on various radio charts. However\, the 50th Anniversary Celebration of You Don’t Mess Around With Jim has prompted the most affectionate look back yet at his father’s enduring legacy.  The renewed interest leading up to the celebration of the classic album (which was recorded for only $18\,000 and spent an incredible 93 weeks on the charts) has inspired a special version of A.J.’s popular ‘Croce Plays Croce’ concert series. \nA.J. crisscrossed the country in 2021 with this unique concert experience to sold out shows and rave reviews: ‘As a considerate tribute\, Croce Plays Croce covered just about everything a fan could expect. With A.J.’s stories and sentiment\, though\, it was elevated beyond a mere musical homage. Instead\, the evening felt more like a family reunion.’ – Live Music News & Review \nThis special 50th Anniversary performance promises A.J.’s unique interpretation of Jim’s iconic You Don’t Mess Around With Jim album with a full band and visual presentation of the songs\, including indelible hits\, “Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels’)\, “Time In A Bottle\,” and others. \nJim Croce found long-overdue success in 1972 following years of struggling to make a name in the music business. That year he released his debut album\, You Don’t Mess Around With Jim\, which topped the Billboard Album chart for more than a month\, spawning the hit singles “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim\,” “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)\,” and “Time in a Bottle”. His final studio effort\, I’ve Got a Name\, was released just after he passed in Fall of 1973\, ten days after his death. Three more hits (“Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues\,” “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song” and the title song) came from that album\, which reached #2 in the album charts. His records earned three #1’s and ten Top 10’s. His three classic albums (including Life and Times) amazingly were recorded in just a one-and-a-half-year period. Jim Croce was just thirty when he died but helped christen the singer/songwriter era of the early 70s\, influencing generations of great songwriters to come.  He has achieved unprecedented record sales for a working-class\, solo ‘folk’ artist including The Songwriter’s Hall of Fame induction\, surpassing the 50 million sales mark (worldwide) with his memorable self-penned tunes gracing more than 375 compilations. His music continues to be included in major films\, TV shows\, and commercials including Apple’s Siri Ad\, Tarantino’s Django Unchained\, the X-Men franchise\, Netflix’s Stranger Things and currently in George Clooney’s The Tender Bar. \nA.J. was only two years old when his father was killed in a tragic airplane crash in 1973\, but came to love and appreciate his dad’s blue-collar\, empathetic wordplay and irresistible melodies\, “just like everyone else…by listening to the albums\,” says A.J. The younger Croce never performed his dad’s song live until he came across a batch of old covers Jim Croce recorded of classic and obscure blues and folk songs\, including work by Fats Waller\, Bessie Smith\, and Pink Anderson.  “I was amazed to discover he was into stuff I was playing myself\,” says A.J. The revelation eventually led the singer to conceive the ‘Croce Plays Croce’ concert experience where he delves into both artists’ mesmerizing work\, their shared influences and career paths. \nAs the respected online music database AllMusic states in its comprehensive biography of A.J.’s legendary father: ‘Listening to the songs Croce recorded\, one cannot help but wonder how far his extraordinary talents could have taken him if he would have lived longer.’  His son A.J. not only appropriately honors his father’s legacy\, but further illuminates the power of the Croce pedigree with an iconic identity all his own.
URL:https://theark.org/event/croce-plays-croce-231112/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Lake Street Dive
DESCRIPTION:Since forming in 2004\, Lake Street Dive have matched their sophisticated musicianship with a fearless refusal to limit their sound. As shown on their most recent full-length album\, 2021’s critically acclaimed Obviously\, the Boston-bred band also possess a keen talent for combining sociopolitical commentary with immediately catchy pop gems. With their current lineup comprised of founding members Rachael Price (vocals)\, Bridget Kearney (bass)\, and Michael Calabrese (drums) — as well as keyboardist/vocalist Akie Bermiss and touring guitarist James Cornelison — Lake Street Dive continue to create joyously soulful rock & roll with equal parts ingenuity\, intelligence\, and irresistible abandon. \nAlthough a certain spirited eclecticism has defined Lake Street Dive since their earliest days\, the band’s four original members (including former guitarist/trumpet player Michael “McDuck” Olson) first crossed paths while studying jazz at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music. Their full-length debut In This Episode… arrived in 2007\, followed by three more independently released and rapturously received albums. As the band’s energetic live show continued to earn them a devoted following\, Lake Street Dive made their Nonesuch Records debut with Side Pony: a 2016 effort that instantly shot to No. 1 on three Billboard charts and later landed on Paste’s 50 Best Albums of 2016 list. The following year\, the group experienced a new infusion of creative energy with the addition of Bermiss (previously their touring keyboardist)\, who has since begun sharing writing and arrangement duties. Arriving in 2018\, Lake Street Dive’s selfproduced sixth album Free Yourself Up debuted in the top ten on the Billboard 200 and spent seven-and-a-half months on the non-commercial radio charts\, with the smoldering hit single “Good Kisser” holding steady in the top five at Americana radio for over a month. \nIn recent years\, Lake Street Dive have brought even more boldness to their kaleidoscopic sound while deliberately expanding their songcraft. To that end\, Obviously finds the band examining such complex matters as gender inequality (on “Being a Woman”) and the monumental challenges faced by younger generations (on “Making Do”)\, shaping each track with a profound intentionality and ineffable mastery of melody and groove — a process Price refers to as “putting these messages into three and a half minute snippets\, dropping whatever truth we can and hoping it’s the type of thing that people want to ruminate on.” Made with producer Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple\, Mary J. Blige)\, the result is an endlessly illuminating body of work that’s earned praise from the likes of Rolling Stone (who noted that “[a]t a moment when pop strives for lo-fi\, solitary-world intimacy\, the jazz-pop-whatever band refuse to think small”). \nLast fall\, to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their first covers EP\, Lake Street Dive released Fun Machine: The Sequel\, a 6-track EP of cover songs produced by Robin MacMillan and recorded at Figure 8 Recording in Brooklyn and Lucy’s Meat Market in Los Angeles. This new collection of songs reveals what makes the group so unique and their curations so special. Lake Street Dive don’t just inhabit these interpretations; they knock the walls down\, re-finish the floors\, and on some of them add a new room or two — it’s a way to both acknowledge their inspirations while also advancing their own musical foundation\, inspiring a new generation of fans along the way. And as always\, it’s their signature combination of immaculate musicianship\, exceptional\, inventive chops\, and free-wheeling\, playful sense of fun and originality leading the way. \nOver the years\, they’ve captivated massive audiences at such esteemed festivals as Newport Folk Festival\, Telluride Bluegrass Festival\, and Toronto Jazz Festival\, in addition to headlining tours all across the globe and sharing stages with acts like Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow. And through their fierce commitment to constantly elevating their artistry\, Lake Street Dive have ultimately emerged as one of the most compelling voices in alternative music today\, both reliably sublime and thrilling unpredictable. \nLake Street Drive have partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket will go towards supporting gun violence prevention initiatives.
URL:https://theark.org/event/lake-street-dive-231110/
LOCATION:Masonic Jack White Theatre\, 500 Temple Street\, Detroit\, MI\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Tommy Emmanuel
DESCRIPTION:“If you like guitar playing\, it simply doesn’t get any better than Tommy.” – Jason Isbell \nTommy Emmanuel has achieved enough musical milestones to satisfy several lifetimes. Or at least they would if he was the kind of artist who was ever satisfied. At the age of six\, he was touring regional Australia with his family band. By 30\, he was a rock n’ roll lead guitarist burning up stadiums in Europe. At 44\, he became one of five people ever named a Certified Guitar Player by his idol\, music icon Chet Atkins. Today\, he plays hundreds of sold-out shows every year from Nashville to Sydney to London. All the while\, Tommy has hungered for what’s next. When you’re widely acknowledged as the international master of the solo acoustic guitar\, what’s next is an album of collaborations with some of the finest singers\, songwriters and\, yes\, guitarists alive today. \n“For me\, music has always been about collaboration–the push and pull you get from another human being’s energy\,” explains Tommy. “Even when I play solo\, it feels like I’m playing to the emotions I’m getting from the crowd. To feel the love or the joy or the hope coming through these other pickers and singers was electric–I played in ways I never would on my own.” \nAccomplice One is a testament to Tommy’s musical diversity\, the range of expression that stretches from authentic country-blues to face-melting rock shredding\, by way of tender and devastating pure song playing. The songs are a mix of new takes on indelible classics and brand new originals from Tommy and his collaborators. \nThe artists who stepped forward to join Tommy in the studio are an impressive list of some of today’s most respected performers\, from across the musical spectrum–a lineup including Jason Isbell\, Mark Knopfler\, Rodney Crowell\, Jerry Douglas\, Amanda Shires\, Ricky Skaggs\, J.D. Simo\, David Grisman\, Bryan Sutton\, Suzy Bogguss and many more. \nThis is an album for all types of Tommy Emmanuel fan–from longtime guitar aficionados who’ve followed his career for decades\, to lovers of great songs and melodies who flock to Tommy’s shows for the emotional authenticity driving every performance. \nGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell conjures up the sweaty atmosphere of his Muscle Shoals roots on opener “Deep River Blues\,” a classic fingerpicked blues which has been a longtime staple of Tommy’s live shows. Country and bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs lends his mandolin and unmistakable voice to “Song and Dance Man\,” a chronicle of a life lived for the next show. Tommy’s subtlety and tastefulness blends with Amanda Shires’ gorgeous vocal and fiddle playing to transform Madonna’s “Borderline” and Rodney Crowell’s “Looking Forward to the Past” could’ve topped the country charts in another era\, with Tommy’s propulsive rhythm supporting Crowell’s sly lyrics while his tasty lead playing weave in and out. \nFor those hankering for virtuosic hot picking\, the rave-up “Wheelin’ and Dealin’” sees him trading licks with J.D. Simo and Charlie Cushman\, while a jaw-dropping rendition of “Purple Haze” with Dobro master Jerry Douglas captures all the fire and energy of the Hendrix original as the two modern masters push each other to new heights with each raunchy slide and bend. \nOn “You Don’t Want to Get You One of Those\,” a sly vocal and acoustic duet with Dire Straits’ legend Mark Knopfler\, there was a third\, invisible presence in the studio– the late Chet Atkins. \n“Mark and I both learned so much from Chet–he was a hero and a mentor to each of us\, and we’ve tried to bring his spirit forward into the future in our own playing\,” says Tommy. “This song that Mark wrote captured Chet’s sense of humor so well and I had the time of my life in the studio with him conjuring the master as we laid it down.” \nWhile this was the first time he and Knopfler had collaborated\, the album also featured some of Tommy’s longtime fellow road warriors\, who have covered the miles in buses and planes around the world on tour over many years. “Djangology” is a gypsy jazz treat cut live in Havana\, Cuba with Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo and “Rachel’s Lullaby” reunites Tommy with Hawaiian ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro. \nThe song\, written for Tommy’s youngest daughter\, shows him continuing to find inspiration from an evergreen source–his love of his family. Since he and his brother Phil taught themselves to play as toddlers\, the guitar has been Tommy’s real first language–and he’s more articulate on his signature Melbourne-made Maton acoustics than most people are with words. \nHis unerring sense of groove marked him as Australia’s youngest rhythm guitarist as The Emmanuel Quartet crisscrossed the country. By the time he made it to the big city in his late teens\, Tommy was a rock star\, slinging a Fender Telecaster alongside the biggest stars of the day. It was a good life\, but deep down Tommy knew there was more to his musical destiny. A shy country kid with little confidence\, it took an encouraging meeting turned jam session with his guitar hero Chet Atkins to build his self-belief. \nBy the late 80s he was ready to go it alone\, to make instrumental guitar records made for an audience broader than just guitar fans–a move with zero precedence in Australian music. Despite the odds\, Tommy released a string of hit albums\, racking up awards wins and nominations\, and becoming a huge celebrity in his home country\, culminating in an incendiary performance with his brother Phil at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. \nInfluenced by the Merle Travis/Chet Atkins fingerstyle of guitar picking\, Tommy developed a style of solo guitar playing that encompasses the range of a whole band– covering drums\, bass\, rhythm and lead guitar and a vocal melody simultaneously. No loop pedals\, no overdubs\, just one man and ten fingers. While some artists take ten-piece bands on the road and still fill out the sound with backing tracks\, Tommy builds a complete sonic world entirely on his own. For many players\, the technical mastery of the technique would overwhelm the emotion of the music\, but not for Tommy. His idols are not just the great players\, but also the great pop songwriters and singers–Stevie Wonder\, Billy Joel\, Paul Simon\, The Beatles and their ilk. \nWhile thousands of fans have spent years trying to unpack and imitate Tommy’s technique\, for him it’s just the delivery system. His approach is always song and emotion first\, his music the embodiment of his soulful spirit\, sense of hope and his love for entertaining. Which is not to say he dismisses the CGP\, the Guitar Player awards\, the Grammy nominations\, the numerous magazine polls naming him the greatest acoustic guitarist alive. He’s grateful for it all\, and the incredible journey that’s led him to the most invigorating period of his career–six decades into it. For Tommy though\, the greatest reward is always the same–to make the next great record\, and to see the beaming audience at the next great show. “When I was a kid\, I wanted to be in show business. Now I just want to be in the happiness business–I make music\, you get happy. That’s a good job.” \nTommy isn’t the kind of man who looks to nostalgia–it’s more that he treats his history in the same way he treats the history of music overall: There’s magic threaded in through all the eras that’s worth celebrating and revisiting. Now in his sixties –although on stage he can seem 25–life and music are about improvisation\, variety and happiness. \n“Making Accomplice One has been this great journey through so many of the worlds I’ve inhabited through the years\,” concludes Tommy. “Playing with old friends\, new friends\, heroes\, people I’ve been like an older brother to… and musically to jump around from bluegrass to jazz to blues to just pure songs\, it’s like going to the world’s greatest buffet and picking out all my favorite meals. People try to categorize what I do\, to put me in a genre or put a label on me. I always go back to that old Duke Ellington line\, about there being two types of music\, good and bad.” Well I try and play the good kind\, and on this record I got to play it with the best people.” \n\nOnSale: Fri\, 3 Mar 2023 at 12:00PM EST
URL:https://theark.org/event/tommy-emmanuel-231013/
LOCATION:Royal Oak Music Theatre\, 318 W 4th St\, Royal Oak\, MI\, 48067\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Broken Social Scene
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the 20th anniversary of their album\, You Forgot It In People\, Broken Social Scene are playing songs from their seminal sophomore album\, among many more hits. \nAt the dawn of the 21st-century\, just as the internet began infecting every aspect of our daily lives\, Toronto musicians Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning began building a social network of their own. Like other such networks you’re familiar with\, it quickly expanded to include friends\, and friends of friends. It became a place where they could live out their best lives or fret about the fragile state of the world. And yes\, occasionally\, it became a forum for arguments and oversharing. But this social network didn’t require you to stay glued to your smartphone to take part in it. Quite the opposite: Since debuting in 2001\, Broken Social Scene have personified the unyielding\, incomparable power of IRL human connection. \nIt’s hard to know what to make of an ongoing experiment like Broken Social Scene. Is it a band? Not quite. Bands tend to have defined memberships and aesthetics and goals; Broken Social Scene have never been bothered with such limitations. Is it a cult? Nah— some of them have the beards\, but they could never agree on the right robes. Is it a collective? Certainly\, it can seem that way when you see some 15 people crowding the stage\, but BSS aren’t so much a united front as a perpetually mutating aggregate of competing creative energies. \nOnce a two-person basement recording project\, Broken Social Scene came to life onstage as a shadowy improvisational entity with a revolving-door roster\, each concert a wholly unique experience dependent on the room\, the weather\, what they ate for dinner that night\, and who was dropping in to play. Where the band’s 2001 debut album\, Feel Good Lost\, presented BSS as an anonymous ambient project that reflected its humble\, homespun origins\, their electrifying live performances from that era rallied an extended family of performers with roots in post-rock (Justin Peroff\, Do Make Say Think’s Charles Spearin)\, Latin jazz (Andrew Whiteman)\, art-folk (Feist)\, synth-pop (Amy Millan and Evan Cranley\, also of Stars)\, dance-punk (Metric’s Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw)\, and country rock (Jason Collett). \nBut by pursuing improvisational freedom over commercial considerations\, Broken Social Scene set a new gold standard for indie rock in the 21st century with 2002’s You Forgot It In People\, an album that pushed the genre far beyond its noisy ’90s slacker roots toward a more sonically expansive\, emotionally expressive vision. And with follow-up releases like the blissfully chaotic Broken Social Scene (2005)\, the rapturous Forgiveness Rock Record (2010)\, and the intricate\, insidiously melodic Hug of Thunder (2017)\, Broken Social Scene have amassed a thrillingly amorphous\, unpredictable body of work. \nThroughout their two-decade run\, Broken Social Scene have achieved all the markers of modern indie success—rave reviews from Pitchfork\, invites to play Coachella and Lollapalooza\, multiple Juno Awards and Letterman appearances\, and name-drops in Lorde songs. And their victories have ultimately been Toronto’s\, through the establishment of a record label (Arts & Crafts) and music festival (Field Trip) that became rallying points for the local scene and nurtured the next generation of indie upstarts. But arguably Broken Social Scene’s greatest accomplishment is their mere existence\, as a conglomerate that continues to defy all logistical convention and musical expectations. They’re living proof that underdogs are most effective when travelling in a pack\, that mass audiences can be led into uncharted waters through collective enthusiasm\, and that the better world we all dream of begins with community. \nIn both sound and personnel\, Broken Social Scene has changed a lot since their 2001 inception. But one thing has remained constant—at the end of every show\, Kevin Drew bids the crowd adieu by telling everyone to “enjoy your lives.” More than just a simple farewell\, those words are a call to action—to put down your goddamn phone\, get outside\, and be part of a social scene of your own.
URL:https://theark.org/event/broken-social-scene-231002/
LOCATION:The Majestic Theatre\, 4140 Woodward Ave.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48201\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Tallest Man on Earth
DESCRIPTION:Kristian Matsson has never remained in one place for very long. Having spent much of the last decade touring around the world as The Tallest Man on Earth\, Matsson has captivated audiences using\, as The New York Times describes\, “every inch of his long guitar cord to roam the stage: darting around\, crouching\, stretching\, hip-twitching\, perching briefly and jittering away…Mr. Matsson is a guitar-slinger rooted in folk\, and his songs are troubadour ballads at heart.” \n  \nThen came 2020\, when Matsson left New York City and returned to his farm in Sweden. There\, during that quiet\, dreary time of isolation\, he drowned out his thoughts by manically growing vegetables in his garden. When he tried writing again\, during those many months of collective forced solitude\, “I just found myself commenting on the darkness\,” Matsson says. “I lost my imagination.” Playing live\, music and inspiration returned near the end of 2021\, and his produce became less of a priority. “When I’m in motion\, I can focus on my instinct\, have my daydreams again. When I was finally able to tour again\, I started writing like a madman.” He eventually had twenty songs he wanted to record in ten days. \n  \nNow\, Matsson returns as The Tallest Man on Earth with Henry St.\, his sixth studio album following 2012’s There’s No Leaving Now\, full of “vivid imagery\, clever turns-of-phrase\, and devastating\, world-weary observations” (Under The Radar) and 2015’s Dark Bird Is A Home\, his “most personal record… surreal and dreamlike” (Pitchfork). Henry St. notably marks the first time he recorded an album in a band setting. “My entire career I’ve been a DIY person––mostly fueled by the feeling that I didn’t know what I was doing\, so I’d just do everything myself.” But now\, longing for the energy that’s only released when creating together with others\, Matsson invited his friends to come and play. \n  \nNick Sanborn (of Sylvan Esso) produced Henry St.\, which includes contributions from Ryan Gustafson (of The Dead Tongues) on guitar\, lap steel and ukulele\, TJ Maiani on drums\, CJ Camerieri (of Bon Iver) on trumpet and French horn\, Phil Cook on piano and organ\, Rob Moose (of Bon Iver\, yMusic) on strings and Adam Schatz on saxophone. “They opened everything up\, and understood what the songs that I’d written needed: sounds that I couldn’t ever have thought of or created myself. We recorded so many of the songs live in the studio\, playing\, having fun and being really open with each other.” \n  \nAn overarching theme of Henry St.\, he says\, is “how to be a person in this world.” The title track is about the deception that\, “as individuals\, we’re told that we should strive for success. But when we have it\, it doesn’t solve anything. The song is about stepping away and thinking: why am I actually doing this?” While writing the song back in Sweden\, he knew it would be the centerpiece of the album. “It’s the low point and the turnaround: the other songs are a reminder that I will always be a stubborn optimist\, even at the darkest of times.” He was about to record the track as a solo piece\, until Phil Cook came in on his first day in the studio. “I had Phil basically hanging over my shoulders at the piano while we were playing\, and then he recorded it. He improvised that beautiful outro. When he did\, our jaws dropped––I was in tears.” \n  \n“Looking for Love” is one of those songs about Matsson’s stubborn optimism\, and a shining example of Sanborn’s influence on the album. “The first day in the studio\, Nick created this hissing noise while I was feedbacking electric guitar. We had so much fun jamming like that. Then Nick put down some piano to overdub my guitar\, and we knew we had the song.” The tone for their collaboration was set. “Nick is so emotionally intelligent\, and we share an almost childlike joy in things that can happen with music. He makes the songs come truly alive by keeping the performances and the humanity in––the kind of stuff that just happens during the session.” \n  \nThe song “Every Little Heart\,” he says\, came from a feeling of fearlessness\, a confidence in making music after two years of relative silence. “But of course I still have little demons inside of me. I wrote some key changes in the song that came natural to me\, but I worried they might sound unnatural to others. When TJ Maiani heard it\, he straightaway went into this drumbeat that shocked me a little at first\, but came completely natural to him. It fit the song perfectly.” \n  \nMatsson’s longing for social interchange\, after months spent with only his crops\, led to the collaboration that delivered the warm\, unique and sprawling sound of Henry St. “It’s the most playful\, most me album yet\, because it covers so many of the different noises in my head. When you overthink things\, you get further away from your original ideas. And God knows I overthink things when I’m by myself.” The time in isolation also brought him some newfound peace of mind. “Having been away from it taught me that making music and performing is what I’m doing for the rest of my life\, and I’m so grateful for it. It has given me new confidence and playfulness. This is what I do. It’s unconditional.”
URL:https://theark.org/event/the-tallest-man-on-earth-230916/
LOCATION:The Majestic Theatre\, 4140 Woodward Ave.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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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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SUMMARY:Margo Price
DESCRIPTION:Margo Price has something to say but nothing to prove. In just three remarkable solo albums\, the singer and songwriter has cemented herself as a force in American music and a generational talent. A deserving critical darling\, she has never shied away from the sounds that move her\, the pain that’s shaped her\, or the topics that tick her off\, like music industry double standards\, the gender wage gap\, or the plight of the American farmer. (In 2021\, she even joined the board of Farm Aid.) \nNow\, on her fourth full-length Strays\, a clear-eyed mission statement delivered in blistering rock and roll\, she’s taking on substance abuse\, self-image\, abortion rights\, and orgasms. Musically extravagant but lyrically laser focused\, the 10-song record tears into a broken world desperate for remedy. And who better to tell it? Price has done plenty of her own rebuilding—or as she shout sings in explanation on “Been to the Mountain\,” the set’s throat-ripping opener\, “I have been to the mountain and back alright”—and finds herself\, at long last\, free. Feral. Stray. \nSo\, while the last few years have seen remarkable moments of acclaim—a Best New Artist Grammy nomination\, Americana Music Honors\, a Saturday Night Live performance\, and just about every outlet and critics’ year-end Best Of list—Price is still hungry. “I still have a lot of drive inside of me\,” she says. “I have a chip on my shoulder. It feels like I still haven’t been able to fully realize all my dreams yet\, and that eats me up.” Just wait. \nWhen Tré Burt was signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records in 2019\, he was one of only two artists -including label mate Kelsey Waldon\, to join the label in the past 15 years. Caught It From The Rye\, Tré Burt’s debut album was re-released on Oh Boy in Jan 2020. The album showcases Burt’s literary songwriting and lo-fi\, rootsy aesthetic\, which he honed busking on the streets of San Francisco and traveling the world in search of inspiration. Like labelmate and songwriting hero John Prine\, Burt has a poet’s eye for detail\, a surgeon’s sense of narrative precision and a folk singer’s natural knack for a timeless melody. Caught It From The Ryeis an urgent missive from an important new voice in songwriting. \nFor a songwriter who thoughtfully documents what he sees in the world\, 2020\, while challenging\, was rich with inspiration. The year birthed the single\, Under The Devil’s Knee\, a song that continues the tradition of outspoken political folk songwritersof yore. It is an incredibly moving protest song tracing the lives of George Floyd\, Eric Garner\, and Breonna Taylor. Recorded remotely featuring Allison Russell\, Sunny War and Leyla McCalla. “Humanity feels like it’s slipping away from us\, as a country. Iwanted to reinstate the humanity of George Floyd\, Breonna Taylor\, Eric Garner and so many other brothers and sisters slain by police in the way I know how. I wanted to immortalize their dignity and make the work easy for future historians and remind the present that no matter what side of the aisle you’re on\, this is about actual pain and real human suffering caused by a system of governance that is morally bankrupt. This\, I felt was my duty as an American songwriter to do. Music is a powerful force\, especially when you put it through a protest song. It makes the fight more tangible. Reframes perspective. None of which entered my mind when writing this\, at all. That was out of anger. I wrote this song out of anger. They should all be alive.” -Tré Burt
URL:https://theark.org/event/margo-price-230225/
LOCATION:The Majestic Theatre\, 4140 Woodward Ave.\, Detroit\, Michigan\, 48201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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