Bill Edwards Album Release Concert

Dave Boutette’s Midwest is full of passion, humor, and a certain shaky grace. Influenced by songwriters from Chuck Berry to John Prine to Elvis Costello, he documents the travels and triumphs of life in the heartland. Dave grew up in Detroit’s shadow, and he peppers his performances with stories of his home and his life on the road. Kristi Lynn Davis logged in about 1,200 performances and 240,000 kicks as a Radio City Rockette. She also sailed the globe as a singer-dancer on cruise ships and worked in musical theater productions with showbiz icons Susan Anton, Buddy Ebsen, Maurice Hines, Jack Jones, Paige O’Hara, Juliet Prowse, Rip Taylor, and others. Kristi’s had so many adventures in show business, she had to write a book to keep them all straight. Her award-winning comic memoir is titled “Long Legs and Tall Tales.” Close, comforting, and warm, Kristi’s voice slips in right beside Dave’s, and her charming and confident stage presence, along with her quick wit, are adding a whole new appeal to Dave’s shows. Together they have performed at music festivals, listening rooms, and brewpubs from the Porcupine Mountains in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula all the way down to Oberlin, Ohio. Tonight marks their first show with a full band.

Timothy Monger is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist living in Ypsilanti, Michigan. His poetic and detailed reflections play out in songs that range from lush baroque pop to pastoral folk and harmony-driven indie rock. A co-founder of cult classic Ann Arbor band Great Lakes Myth Society, he has been a creative force in the regional music scene for over two decades. This concert will celebrate the release of his self-titled fourth solo album. A folk-pop opus full of melodic songwriting and inventive arrangements, Monger’s new collection champions eccentric characters, offbeat subjects, and evocative locales. From Hebridean Scotland to rural Wisconsin and the disparate shorelines of his own home state, it is an album that celebrates language, literature, and an abiding love of the arcane. He will be performing with his band Timothy Monger State Park.