Thursday, July 15, 2010 - Jen Lowe
Friday, July 16, 2010 - The Gourds
Saturday, July 17, 2010 - Carbon Leaf
Sunday, July 18, 2010 - Rendezvous Orchestra
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Jen Lowe
Having toured with prestigious national and international artists, Lowe is a journey-woman through and through; armed with a beaten-up backpack stuffed with sentimental keep-sakes of a woman both beloved and scorned. The songs on her debut solo CD, “From the End of this Hallway”, play like bittersweet battle-cries of a great victory won against fallen relationships and personal struggles in a coming-of-age war. And when the dust settles, there’s the lone voice of Jen’s soul, swaying gently, beautifully, between each song like a feather dropping from the heavens between the limbs of Oak trees.
Jen’s eternal search for balance and connection in her life comes through strongly in her writing and performance. Never taking herself too seriously in life or on the stage, you will often find her giggling and at ease as she tells a funny anecdote or reaches into her soul to share the darker parts of her journey. She is a true natural performer, whether she’s pounding ferociously on a djembe or gently finger-picking her old guitar; as a multi-instrumentalist, Jen’s shows are spontaneous, fun and never predictable.
Website: http://www.jenlowe.com/
Friday, July 16, 2010
The Gourds
Austin, Texas' The Gourds have never been much on sentiment. Since the band started defining Gourds Music, as it has come to be known, with Dem's Good Beeble in 1997 and the quirky Stadium Blitzer in 1998, they have chugged through America fueled by music and a near-pathological need for a good time. And while songwriters Kevin Russell and Jimmy Smith have written the most dense, reference-laden country songs of the last 10 years and almost single-handedly made a place for deep thought in a genre of "Honky Tonk Badonkadonks" they have, for the most part, shied away from the tear-in-my-beer ballads that made country music a commercial powerhouse over the last 50 years.
Website: http://www.thegourds.com/
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Carbon Leaf
Carbon Leaf hails from Virginia, the same musically fertile purlieu that nurtured the likes of the Dave Matthews Band, Bruce Hornsby and Jason Mraz. Their sound is a blend of influences. Carbon Leave inspires an aura of warmth with music punctuated by diverse instruments including bouzouki, mandolin, upright bass, violin, penny whistle, B3, Rhodes, banjo as well as acoustic and electric guitar. The band has recorded seven albums, releasing four on their own and three through the indie label, Vanguard Records. Carbon Leaf was the first unsigned band to ever perform on the American Music Awards and win, capturing the award for the Coca Cola New Music Award.
Website: http://www.carbonleaf.com/
Sunday, July 18, 2010
The Rendezvous Chamber Orchestra
Classical musicians from across the region and the country will gather to present "Classical Rendezvous in the Park", East City Park, Moscow, July 18, 2010 at 6 pm. Admission charge is $10.
Maestro Yacov Bergmann returns with a delightful nature-inspired program including Midsummer's Night Dream Overture by Mendelssohn, Violin concerto #4 by Mozart featuring Philip Wharton, Cantus Articus (Concerto for Birds) by Rautavaara, Pastorale Suite by Lars Eric Larson, plus Percussion Chamber Music during intermission.