Guitarist/composer Leo Kottke is one of the foremost finger-style guitar players in the world and he has the degree to prove it. In 2008, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts awarded Kottke a doctorate in performance music for redefining the potential of the guitar. “Kottke is an American musical icon who has...
Event Times: 6pm and 8:30pm The very best way to start the holiday season is with a White Christmas…a Peter White Christmas. The legendary guitarist returns to Stuart to usher in the holidays with saxophonist extraordinaire Mindi Abair and multi-instrumentalist Vincent Ingala. For contemporary jazz lovers and lovers of Christmas, it doesn’t get any better...
Event Times: 6pm and 8:30pm The very best way to start the holiday season is with a White Christmas…a Peter White Christmas. The legendary guitarist returns to Stuart to usher in the holidays with saxophonist extraordinaire Mindi Abair and multi-instrumentalist Vincent Ingala. For contemporary jazz lovers and lovers of Christmas, it doesn’t get any better...
Welcome to the world of timeless melodies and unforgettable performances. Remember a time when two great entertainers, Bobby Darin and Paul Anka, wowed audiences with the soundtracks of our lives. They were showmen in the best sense of the term. Now be prepared to be mesmerized by the captivating vocals and magnetic stage presence of...
The first time Acoustic Alchemy came to the United States, the British group arrived courtesy of Richard Branson. It was the mid 1980s, and they answered an ad in a London paper for in-flight entertainment on Virgin Atlantic. They went to an audition and won first prize, a return flight to London. “We got the...
The trio that makes up These Guys Worldwide is as comfortable on a cruise ship as they are in Las Vegas. Singing songs from every genre from rock ‘n roll to funk, disco, barbershop, jazz, pop, or Motown, These Guys will thrill you with the music of Chicago, Ben E. King, The Young Rascals, Earth,...
She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2017 by her sister, Loretta Lynn. The Academy of Country Music recognized her with a 2016 Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award for her lifetime achievements in country music. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Indeed, Crystal Gayle has been honored by country music...
Dan Gasser, the lead singer and pianist of Elton Dan and The Rocket Band, first saw Elton John at Caesars Palace. Since then, he has seen him 26 more times, including seven times during his final “Yellow Brick Road” tour. Gasser has been a fan of John’s music and his humanitarian work for many years,...
Growing up in the early 1990s in the muddy potato fields of Boise, Idaho, John Nemeth was drawn to the hard-edged hip-hop sound and rock bands of the day. Boise, Idaho is not usually thought of as a home of the blues, but it was where Nemeth grew up, the youngest son of a miner...
There is a wealth of history behind The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social Aid and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions. Social aid and pleasure clubs dated back more than a century, to...
She’s the great-granddaughter of Teddy Roosevelt. He’s the great-grandson of Russian Cantor Yacov Sanzofsky. Lovingly known as M & M, husband and wife Melinda Jackson and Michael Kessler have been working together for more than 30 years as producers, directors, writers, composers, choreographers, and, oh yes, performers who have appeared on Broadway, in Las Vegas,...
Jassen Allen began singing at church in Iowa. A music teacher took him under her wing, hoping the young Black man would become another Simon Estes, Iowa’s famed African American bass-baritone. The teacher convinced Allen to enter talent shows at the Iowa State Fair. “I never won the talent shows, but I got better and...
Get ready for our community’s red-carpet event of the year! Shining a light on the arts, the Marties put center stage not only groundbreaking artists, but also philanthropists, volunteers, and leaders that inspire passion for the arts in our community. What to Expect • Thrilling live performances that showcase the incredible talent of Martin County....
Chicago is home to the blues. So many great artists have come from the Windy City, among them Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, a group that has been standing tall among Chicago blues greats for more than 30 years. The band’s big sound, fueled by Lil’ Ed’s rollicking slide work and deep blues string...
Experience the magic of Joanne Shaw Taylor and her incredible band as they deliver a powerhouse performance featuring tracks from her latest album, Heavy Soul, and upcoming release, Black & Gold. Renowned for her exceptional guitar work and soulful songwriting, Joanne’s vocals soar as she blends blues, rock, soul, and pop. The show also features...
When your teacher and mentor is iconic blues guitarist Albert Collins, you listen. That’s what guitar virtuoso and soul-deep singer Coco Montoya did when Collins told him to “Just play what you feel, be real about it and enjoy yourself.” In a career spanning more than five decades, Montoya has followed that advice. Self-taught and...
It’s a long way from the mean streets of the Brazilian favelas to the tree-lined campus of an Iowa university, yet that’s the extraordinary journey musical twins Walter and Wagner Caldas made. The thirty-something-year-olds got their first instruments, violins, from their father, who had a small woodshop and made instruments for a local orchestra designed...
The Henhouse Prowlers are brand ambassadors, and the brand is the universality of music. The bluegrass band began life nearly two decades ago in Chicago, and its mission has always been to balance entertainment and education. Members Ben Wright on vocals and banjo, Jon Goldfine on vocals and guitar, Chris Dollar on vocals and guitar,...
