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Daphne Willis
in Concert October 11, 2019 Doors 7pm Concert 7:30pm $20 in advance $25 day of Collaborating across multiple genres ranging from Roots-Rock and Pop to Hip Hop and Electronic Dance Music, classifying Daphne Willis in musical terms is no easy task. With infectious melodies delivered with lyrical precision and honesty, the songs and performances of Daphne Willis are sincere, compelling and relevant. Raised in Chicago, Daphne now calls Nashville, TN home and cites influences as varied as Elvis Costello and Michael Jackson, but her musical output cleverly incorporates such inspirations into a style that is refreshing and contemporary in a way that suits her songs best. With over 1,000 shows under her belt over the past several years, Daphne has been spreading her music to passionate fans across the United States. Her infectious personality combined with her incredible talent caught the eyes and ears of Sony/ATV Music Publishing in early 2016 who quickly signed Daphne to a worldwide publishing agreement. This partnership has resulted in several of her songs being recorded by other artists and used in Commercial, Film and TV productions such as One Tree Hill, Empire and a Microsoft Ad Campaign. |
Selwyn Birchwood
Nov 2, 2019
Safety Harbor Winefest
SHAMc Stage
$15 in advance
$20 at door
With his fiery guitar and lap steel playing, his trailblazing, instantly memorable songs
and gritty, unvarnished vocals, Selwyn Birchwood is among the most extraordinary
young stars in the blues. His deep familiarity with blues tradition allows him to bust the
genre wide open, adding new sounds, colors and textures, all delivered with a revival
tent preacher’s fervor and a natural storyteller’s charisma. Since the 2014 release of his
Alligator Records debut, Don’t Call No Ambulance, Birchwood’s meteoric risefrom
playing small Florida clubs to headlining international festival stages is nothing short of
phenomenal, as he continues to set the contemporary blues world on fire. The album
received the Blues Music Award andLiving BluesCritics’ Award for Best Debut AlbumOf 2014,
and he won the 2015 Blues Blast Rising Star Award.
Selwyn and his bandhave crisscrossed the U.S. and Europe repeatedly, delivering unforgettable live
performances. With his new album ,Pick Your Poison Birchwood, along with his band
saxophonist Regi Oliver, bassist Huff Wright and drummer Courtney “Big Love”Girlie
takes a major step forward, crafting visionary blues for a new generation offorward
looking fans. Birchwood, who attacks his guitar and lap steel with searing intensity, wrote
and produced all 13 songs on Pick Your Poison His richly detailed, hard
hitting originals run the emotional gamut from the humorously personal My Whiskey Loves My Ex
to the gospel inflected Even The Saved Need Saving to the hard truths of the topical
Corporate Drone and Police State to the existential choice of the title track.
The cutting edge songs are made all the more impactful by Birchwood’s gruff vocals, his untamed
musicianship and his band’s seemingly telepathic accompaniment.
“I write and sing what I know,” says Birchwood, whose innovations are as expansive as his influences.
“This album has a broad reach. It’s for young, old and everyone in between.”
According to Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer, who signed Birchwood to the label
shortly after the bluesman won the 2013 International Blues Challenge and also
the Albert King Guitarist Of The Year Award at the same event, “Selwyn writes smart,
infectious, fresh songs and delivers them with a warm, conversational vocal style and a
fun loving attitude. He’s a killer guitarist, switching between a regular six string and lap steel.
Live, he’s a ball of energy, interacting with the audience like they were in his living room.”
Birchwood’s high octane blues at once deeply rooted, funky and up
to the minute are played with passion and honest emotion.
Nov 2, 2019
Safety Harbor Winefest
SHAMc Stage
$15 in advance
$20 at door
With his fiery guitar and lap steel playing, his trailblazing, instantly memorable songs
and gritty, unvarnished vocals, Selwyn Birchwood is among the most extraordinary
young stars in the blues. His deep familiarity with blues tradition allows him to bust the
genre wide open, adding new sounds, colors and textures, all delivered with a revival
tent preacher’s fervor and a natural storyteller’s charisma. Since the 2014 release of his
Alligator Records debut, Don’t Call No Ambulance, Birchwood’s meteoric risefrom
playing small Florida clubs to headlining international festival stages is nothing short of
phenomenal, as he continues to set the contemporary blues world on fire. The album
received the Blues Music Award andLiving BluesCritics’ Award for Best Debut AlbumOf 2014,
and he won the 2015 Blues Blast Rising Star Award.
Selwyn and his bandhave crisscrossed the U.S. and Europe repeatedly, delivering unforgettable live
performances. With his new album ,Pick Your Poison Birchwood, along with his band
saxophonist Regi Oliver, bassist Huff Wright and drummer Courtney “Big Love”Girlie
takes a major step forward, crafting visionary blues for a new generation offorward
looking fans. Birchwood, who attacks his guitar and lap steel with searing intensity, wrote
and produced all 13 songs on Pick Your Poison His richly detailed, hard
hitting originals run the emotional gamut from the humorously personal My Whiskey Loves My Ex
to the gospel inflected Even The Saved Need Saving to the hard truths of the topical
Corporate Drone and Police State to the existential choice of the title track.
The cutting edge songs are made all the more impactful by Birchwood’s gruff vocals, his untamed
musicianship and his band’s seemingly telepathic accompaniment.
“I write and sing what I know,” says Birchwood, whose innovations are as expansive as his influences.
“This album has a broad reach. It’s for young, old and everyone in between.”
According to Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer, who signed Birchwood to the label
shortly after the bluesman won the 2013 International Blues Challenge and also
the Albert King Guitarist Of The Year Award at the same event, “Selwyn writes smart,
infectious, fresh songs and delivers them with a warm, conversational vocal style and a
fun loving attitude. He’s a killer guitarist, switching between a regular six string and lap steel.
Live, he’s a ball of energy, interacting with the audience like they were in his living room.”
Birchwood’s high octane blues at once deeply rooted, funky and up
to the minute are played with passion and honest emotion.
Victoria Vox in Concert
Sunday Nov 3, 2019
$20 in Advance/ $25 at the Door
Doors open 700pm/ Show 730pm
- the one woman bandWith a passion for songwriting, Victoria Vox began writing songs when she was ten. She furthered her music education at the Berklee College of Music, as a vocal principle with an emphasis in Songwriting. A few years after graduating, Vox took up the ukulele. Her music style shifted to chanson tinged with jazz, which, over the years, has settled in nicely with her pop songwriting flair. She loves to make an audience laugh...and cry. Her songs are genuine, sometimes quirky, spanning a wide array of emotions.
Performing as a solo artist has inspired her rhythmic ukulele playing style (creating her own back-beat). She has also perfected an old jazz-era vocal technique of the "Mouth Trumpet", under the influence of trumpet icon, Chet Baker. The Mouth-Trumpet enables her to take vocal improvisational solos without scatting or using words. Depending on the setting, she pairs the rhythmic uke and mouth trumpet with her electronic-looping skills (to create ostinato bass lines and harmonies) while creating a full sound, atypical to the stereotype of "ukulele music".
Her 10th album, Colorful Heart, is consistently eclectic, as her previous albums, however, a new sound is achieved in her songwriting. Anything is possible with a ukulele, and Victoria Vox is proof.
Sunday Nov 3, 2019
$20 in Advance/ $25 at the Door
Doors open 700pm/ Show 730pm
- the one woman bandWith a passion for songwriting, Victoria Vox began writing songs when she was ten. She furthered her music education at the Berklee College of Music, as a vocal principle with an emphasis in Songwriting. A few years after graduating, Vox took up the ukulele. Her music style shifted to chanson tinged with jazz, which, over the years, has settled in nicely with her pop songwriting flair. She loves to make an audience laugh...and cry. Her songs are genuine, sometimes quirky, spanning a wide array of emotions.
Performing as a solo artist has inspired her rhythmic ukulele playing style (creating her own back-beat). She has also perfected an old jazz-era vocal technique of the "Mouth Trumpet", under the influence of trumpet icon, Chet Baker. The Mouth-Trumpet enables her to take vocal improvisational solos without scatting or using words. Depending on the setting, she pairs the rhythmic uke and mouth trumpet with her electronic-looping skills (to create ostinato bass lines and harmonies) while creating a full sound, atypical to the stereotype of "ukulele music".
Her 10th album, Colorful Heart, is consistently eclectic, as her previous albums, however, a new sound is achieved in her songwriting. Anything is possible with a ukulele, and Victoria Vox is proof.
THE RECTIFIERS
-SHAUN HOPPER/JKLEIN/CHRIS BARBOSA
NOVEMBER 16, 2019
$15 IN ADV/$20 AT THE DOOR
730PM DOORS OPEN /SHOW 800PM
Shaun Hopper is at first glance an unassuming presence, a true southern gentleman whose humility stands in stark contrast to the prodigious talents he unveils on stage. An unparalleled master of the fret-board. Merging complex melodies, harmonies and bass lines along with a one-of-a-kind mix of percussive elements, he captivates everyone within earshot. Whether his listeners are guitar enthusiasts or not matters little, within a few seconds they soon realize that they are listening to a true virtuoso. Hopper's original compositions and arrangements of pop tunes are infused with all the cutting edge techniques and flavorings embraced by the new breed of You-Tube sensations, including influences like Adam Rafferty, Andy McKee and Don Ross. Yet, it is his traditional and schooled "approach" to music which keeps him unquestionably steeped in, and inspired by, the greats. Influences include guitar legends; Chet Atkins, Andres Segovia, Tommy Emmanuel, George Benson, Michael Hedges, Martin Taylor, Buster B. Jones, Pete Huttlinger and Leo Kottke, just to name a few. The final result is a signature style which crosses over the full range of musical genres; Folk, Classical, Celtic, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Blues and Percussive-New Age.
Chris Barbosa is a dynamic instrumentalist from the Tampa Bay Region
who has performed in many bands, orchestras, television shows, competitions, and venues across Florida and nationally. He taught himself piano at age 10 and continued to learn the viola and violin throughout his schooling years. He eventually attended Florida State University majoring in Music Performance. Chris has a natural ability to improvise and a strong empathic power of expressing his musicality while continuing to strive further for virtuosity and depth.
J. Klein is a singer songwriter from banks of the banks of the Mississippi. Great grandson of Paul Turner and the Green Valley Ranch Hands. He has a sound steeped in blues, folk, country and rock. Cutting his teeth in dive bars from Chicago to Memphis. He has graced the stage with acts such as Kenny Loggins, The Blue Sky Riders, Tim Reynolds, Martin Sexton, John Hiatt and many more. Klein’s soul infused vocals and clean rhythm guitar creates a melodic experience that embodies Americana.
-SHAUN HOPPER/JKLEIN/CHRIS BARBOSA
NOVEMBER 16, 2019
$15 IN ADV/$20 AT THE DOOR
730PM DOORS OPEN /SHOW 800PM
Shaun Hopper is at first glance an unassuming presence, a true southern gentleman whose humility stands in stark contrast to the prodigious talents he unveils on stage. An unparalleled master of the fret-board. Merging complex melodies, harmonies and bass lines along with a one-of-a-kind mix of percussive elements, he captivates everyone within earshot. Whether his listeners are guitar enthusiasts or not matters little, within a few seconds they soon realize that they are listening to a true virtuoso. Hopper's original compositions and arrangements of pop tunes are infused with all the cutting edge techniques and flavorings embraced by the new breed of You-Tube sensations, including influences like Adam Rafferty, Andy McKee and Don Ross. Yet, it is his traditional and schooled "approach" to music which keeps him unquestionably steeped in, and inspired by, the greats. Influences include guitar legends; Chet Atkins, Andres Segovia, Tommy Emmanuel, George Benson, Michael Hedges, Martin Taylor, Buster B. Jones, Pete Huttlinger and Leo Kottke, just to name a few. The final result is a signature style which crosses over the full range of musical genres; Folk, Classical, Celtic, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Blues and Percussive-New Age.
Chris Barbosa is a dynamic instrumentalist from the Tampa Bay Region
who has performed in many bands, orchestras, television shows, competitions, and venues across Florida and nationally. He taught himself piano at age 10 and continued to learn the viola and violin throughout his schooling years. He eventually attended Florida State University majoring in Music Performance. Chris has a natural ability to improvise and a strong empathic power of expressing his musicality while continuing to strive further for virtuosity and depth.
J. Klein is a singer songwriter from banks of the banks of the Mississippi. Great grandson of Paul Turner and the Green Valley Ranch Hands. He has a sound steeped in blues, folk, country and rock. Cutting his teeth in dive bars from Chicago to Memphis. He has graced the stage with acts such as Kenny Loggins, The Blue Sky Riders, Tim Reynolds, Martin Sexton, John Hiatt and many more. Klein’s soul infused vocals and clean rhythm guitar creates a melodic experience that embodies Americana.
Sunday Nov 24, 2019
$10 in adv/$15 at the door
4:30 door /5:00 concert
Come and Enjoy a Sunday Funday in the Happy Garden Bar
and bring your ukulele for group serenading prior to the show!!
Alaska—the Final Frontier. Alaska has captured imaginations ever since Thomas Jefferson purchased it from the French for two cases of whiskey and a buckskin pouch of glass beads. And now, with the birth of the interwebs and the dawn of the reality TV age upon us, people once again turn their eyes northward. They are enthralled with Alaska, but is what they see really reality?
A native son of New England, professional ukulele player, and natural blonde, Ukulele Russ turned his wandering eye northward. After touring on and off with booze hall bands and B-list rap troops for several years, he packed his things and made the move to The Great Land. He rented a small, dry cabin with his fiancée just outside of the Fairbanks city limits, bought a compact car known for its fuel economy and ability to corner well on icy roads, and hit the streets of “Jefferson’s Folly” to hunt for a job with only 6 dollars left to his name. He was a man on a mission and broke.
Unable to comprehend how the ukulele could be seen as anything other than stringed testosterone, Russ set out to expand people’s minds and open their hearts to the subtle sweetness of what Shakespeare often referred to as “those bitchin’ little Hawaiian guitars.” By locking himself away in his dark, tiny cabin he has developed his own unique style of “ukuleleing,” discovering that they can in fact be used to create music other than the songs you hear at the Honolulu airport, and he has been capturing audiences’ attention ever since. From rock and roll to funk, bluegrass to hip-hop, Russ takes the ukulele into uncharted waters and has compiled a selection of humorous stories and multi-genre songs about Alaska and the people who call it home.
Learn just how “real” things can get with the ukulele player Gene Siskel once described as “that homeless looking guy hanging out in the parking lot by my car.” Ukulele Russ is a wild man—a dude who chooses to drive a Cooper Mini in a Mac Truck world, an hombre who opts for a tacquito over the burrito grande. He is playing it fast and loose in a guitarist’s jungle with his show “The Last Ukulele Frontier,” which contains the secret history of 49th state, and a true account of Russ’s life in the north, all set to piano ukulele music, telling the stories of a musician’s survival in the subarctic.started in New England. Fled the recession to the frontier of Alaska. And now after a year hiatus he is back entertaining crowds on both sides of the North American continent. Currently residing under the midnight sun in the interior of sub-arctic Alaska.
Songs you love. Songs you hate. Songs you love to hate. He is a little bit of everything wrapped up into one long haired country boy who is quick to judge and tell you all about it with a ukulele.
CHECK WEBSITE FOR UPDATED GIG LISTINGS!!! www.ukuleleruss.com
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Richard Gilewitz and Tim May in Concert
Thursday December 5, 2019
Door 630pm /Show 700pm
$25 in advance/$25( at the door if available)
- Brace yourself for a rousing show of bluegrass and the blues, then settle down to the classical only to be sprinkled with a bit of folk, pop, and somewhere in between. Those familiar with this duo will be delighted with their constant banter and magnificent musicianship. Their joint CD release Sharky will be available for sale.
Richard Gilewitz's Website: http://richardgilewitz.com
Tim May’s Website: http://www.timmaymusic.net
Review of the CD ’Sharky’ that Richard and Tim recorded together
Roots Music Report: Album ReviewAlbum Review of Sharky by Richard Gilewitz & Tim May
ticket links come soon Stay Tunes
DECEMBER 8, 2020 Freddie and Francine in Concert more info soon
JANUARY 22, 2020 ERIC TESSMER $20 IN ADV/$25 AT THE DOOR- 700PM DOORS OPEN /SHOW 730PM
DECEMBER 8, 2020 Freddie and Francine in Concert more info soon
JANUARY 22, 2020 ERIC TESSMER $20 IN ADV/$25 AT THE DOOR- 700PM DOORS OPEN /SHOW 730PM
watch these dates for future shows
jan11--jan 24-Jan 25-Jan 26-Jan 30 and more!!
