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Menucha's Blues Staff Concert
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No less an authority than legendary Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen admiringly described MARY FLOWER as "a national treasure in your own backyard." Indeed, the internationally renowned award-winning Portland, Oregon-based singer/guitarist/songwriter is a prodigious talent whose seasoned skills have established her as one of America's foremost roots performers. Flower combines deep historical knowledge with a restless creativity that keeps her music evolving into new creative territory while echoing influences from Piedmont to the Mississippi Delta, with additional stops at ragtime, swing, folk, and hot jazz. https://maryflower.com/
KRISTINA OLSEN is a superb multi-instrumentalist and an award-winning songwriter with a big bluesy voice. Kristina has audiences around the world coming back for more. Her mix of powerful songs, ranging from sassy bottleneck blues to lilting ballads to swing jazz to raunch and roll (as well as her hilarious storytelling), makes for a diverse and satisfying musical experience. In 2016, she released her 15th recording, Sweet Stillness. Her songs have been recorded by Eric Bibb, Fairport Convention, Mary Coughlan, Maddy Prior and Mollie O’Brien. She has been a session player for Michelle Shocked, Rikki Lee Jones and Mary Coughlan. With a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in guitar and interdisciplinary studies, she loves teaching at music camps.
MAMIE MINCH's honest, deep singing voice and old-school guitar walloping become a vessel for her toughness and pathos as she delivers timeless performances that can rile, groove, soothe, and understand. If you’ve been lucky enough to see Mamie perform in New York City or somewhere else in the wide world, then you know: there are some things a person is meant to do.
GUY DAVIS is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, Actor, Author, and Songwriter. Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Rap, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on and address the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events and everyday life struggles. His background in theater is pronounced through the lyrical storytelling of songs “God’s Gonna Make Things Over” about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, “Welcome to My World,” and “Got Your Letter In My Pocket”. His storytelling is sometimes painful, deep, and real, an earthy contrast to modern-day commercial music, meant to create thought, underlined by gentle tones from his guitar or banjo fingerpicking.
Artichoke Music is producing this concert in conjunction with Alberta Abbey and Soundstage Events w/ Elevate Unity. The evening will feature a full bar and superb Creole and Cajun food provided by Southern Grill Catering.