Spring Kids Fest is Saturday, May 18 and we invite you and especially your little ones to join us for the free festivities. Prepare yourself during the hours of 10:30am and 1:30pm for a double dose of live music, arts and crafts, games, eats and treats, face painting, storytelling, movies and so much more! Make… Read more
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Photo Courtesy of Michael Weintrob A decade evolved from their debut at 2003′s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Dumpstaphunk offers fans an unforgettable live experience steeped in the Big Easy tradition of a good time. The quintet features Ivan Neville on vocals, B3 and Clav, the double bass attack and soulful voices of Tony… Read more
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Dafnis Prieto photo courtesy of Herny Lopez Cuban born drum virtuoso Dafnis Prieto is joining the Mad. Sq. stage with his accomplished sextet including Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Felipe Lamoglia (alto/soprano saxophones), Manuel Valera (piano), and Johannes Weidenmueller (bass). The Wall Street Journal says, “[Prieto] has transformed Afro-Cuban rhythms … These pieces are emotionally charged and stylistically… Read more
Photo Courtesy of Merri Cyr ERIN MCKEOWN Erin McKeown has been touring the globe for the last 12 years as a writer, performer, and multi-instrumentalist with eight full-length records and three EPs under her belt. McKeown’s compelling and energy-packed stage show teamed with her seemingly effortless ability to bridge genres has garnered her international acclaim…. Read more
Photo Courtesy of GLINT Studios Ben Sollee, a Kentucky native known for his thrilling cello-playing that incorporates new techniques to create a unique mix of folk, bluegrass, jazz and R&B. Sollee possesses rough, smooth-smoky vocal stylings and a knack for intricate arrangements that has brought about comparisons to Sufjan Stevens. Sollee shares himself completely with his… Read more
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THE GRASCALS The Grascals are among the most beloved and acclaimed bands on today’s bluegrass scene, having won SPBGMA’s Bluegrass Band of the Year award in 2010, the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Emerging Artist of the Year award in 2005 and earning its Entertainer of the Year honor for both 2006 and 2007. Vocally, the… Read more
Photo Courtesy of MaryLynn Gillaspie Rene Marie, the award winning singer whose style incorporates elements of jazz, soul, blues and gospel, has quickly become a heroine to many; a woman of great strength exuding stamina and compassion; often explaining how finding her voice and self through singing gave her the courage to leave an abusive… Read more
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Photo Courtesy of Jimmy Katz Clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. Anat has been voted Clarinetist of the Year six years in a row by the Jazz Journalists Association, as well as winning 2012’s Multi-Reeds Player of the Year award. Not to… Read more
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Suzanne Vega kicks off the 2013 Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series. Vega is an American singer-songwriter of rare poetic genius and emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s. Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observed the world with a clinically poetic eye,” Suzanne’s songs have always… Read more
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Saturday’s concert on the Oval Lawn was a hit! Moving from its usual Studio Series location, the Lawn was the site of an unforeseen reunion between our headliner and opener. Vance Gilbert and Caleb Hawley reunited for the first time in years here on the Mad. Sq. stage. Caleb Hawley, Gilbert’s former student, had the… Read more
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