Friday,
February 12, 7:30pm
Monroe Crossing
Performance next door at the STATE
THEATRE in Zumbrota
$18/$20 at door
“One of the most entertaining, crowd-pleasing acts in
bluegrass.” — Larry Kuhn, California Bluegrass Association
“I dare ANYONE to watch Monroe Crossing and not get happy!” — D. A. Callaway, Silver Dollar City
Called "the Midwest's Premier Bluegrass and Gospel Quintet," Monroe Crossing plays an upbeat blend of classic and traditional bluegrass, bluegrass gospel and heartfelt originals. Crossings at Carnegie brings them back to the stage for a tenth year anniversary performance at Zumbrota's State Theatre.
Named in honor of Bill Monroe, "The Father
of Bluegrass," Monroe Crossing plays an average of 125 shows a year
at major venues & festivals across the country. They are known both
for their dynamic stage show and for the warmth they share on and off stage--interacting
with one another and the audience, and always
honoring requests after intermission.
Currently, Monroe Crossing are touring in support of their brand new CD, “Heartache & Stone.” Inspired by Minnesota’s deep bluegrass roots, this album features seven originals, and songs from four other Minnesota songwriters, including pop rocker Prince (who was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame the same year as Monroe Crossing).
The Louisville Music News said recently: “....This
band understands and respects the musical principles laid
down by Bill Monroe.... ‘Heartache & Stone’ represents their
best effort to date....Arrangements are fresh and creative....All in all,
it is an enjoyable project loaded with satisfaction.”
Monroe Crossing has released
10 CDs in ten years, will make their 1000th concert appearance in 2010,
and
they still have the original five band members--a feat virtually unheard
of in bluegrass music, or in any genre for that matter.
What's the secret to their longevity and success?
According to guitarist and singer Art Blackburn, “It’s no secret
really. Hard work and dedication, and we all share a love for bluegrass
music and for performing on stage. We appreciate each audience, large or
small, and understand that we’re there for them, not the other way
around. We have a great variety in what we play, and we have a blast on
stage, and that comes through to the audience. Folks always go home after
our concerts with a smile on their face, and that’s why we’ve
been able to keep doing
what we do, because people want us to come back again and again–what
could be more gratifying than that?”
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Friday,
February 19, 7:30pm
Accordion-O-Rama!
~ in honor of Larry Malmberg ~
DAN NEWTON
DEE LANGLEY
DAN TURPENING
BOB WALSER
$18/$20 at door
Four accordions. One stage. Serious squeeze.
The players include Accordion heavyweights indeed: "Daddy Squeeze" Dan Newton (Café Accordion Orchestra), Dee Langley (Orkestar Bez Ime and Wild Hollow), Dan Turpening (Dan Dan the Accordion Man) and Bob Walser (folklorist and ethnomusicologist for the Elphinstone Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland).
The concert will be a round robin of performances, with each talented performer showcasing music from around the world – from Cajun and Zydeco, to Tex Mex, to Irish and French Café. As the night unfolds, you’ll hear duets, trios and improvisations in an enlightening evening that will prove that, yes, accordions can rock!
Dan Newton, Busking
Dee Langley
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Sunday,
February 28, 7pm
My Sweet Patootie
$15/$17 at door
“A world of string wizardry”
- Mark S. Tucker, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange (FAME)
My Sweet Patootie is more fun than drinking martinis at a tractor pull! They are the “li’l big band” that’s busy ripping up the pea-patch with their very own strain of hayseed jazz. Armed with fiddle, finger-style guitar and two voices, My Sweet Patootie is an old-fashioned shotgun wedding of cool uptown swing and rural Ontario grit.
Based in Mount Forest, Ontario, Terry Young (guitar & vocals) and Sandra Swannell (fiddle & vocals) met as soloists touring and recording with Canadian Folk Music Award winning veteran roots-group Tanglefoot. They soon discovered a mutual love of big bands and swinging country blues. Thousands of miles and shows later, when Tanglefoot made the decision to trade in a life of touring for shuffleboard and wearing pants up to their armpits, Terry and Sandra changed into their zoot suit and party dress to re-emerge as My Sweet Patootie. They had one goal, to produce fun music with deadly playing. While their new sound is a complete departure from Tanglefoot, Terry and Sandra deliver a stage show packed with the same amount of energy, charm, wit and humour.
Sandra and Terry are both long established
artists in the Canadian folk-roots community. Terry Young's dexterity and
aggressive approach to his finger style guitar work is described as a "virtuosic"
by BBC critic James Harrox, and "jaw dropping" by FAME's Mark
S. Tucker. He is a skilled multi-instrumentalist (mandolin and banjo) and
holds a bachelor of music degree in voice from the University of Western
Ontario.
When Sandra Swannell recorded with the legendary Stompin’ Tom Connors
in 2005, she was in the middle of writing a suite of musical sketches for
string orchestra. After years of juggling the folk world with classical
(principal violist of the Georgian Bay Symphony), she finally grabbed her
fiddle and jumped the fence into the roots music world for good.
My Sweet Patootie uses a light-hearted satirical approach to their songwriting as a vehicle to explore life in rural and small town Ontario. Material is drawn from the unknown and unsung characters and obscure events that explore the quirky side of rural Canadian sensibilities, such as self-deprecation, understatement, eccentricity and principle. They tackle everything from urban social-political pressure on rural areas, poverty, the environment, all the way down to singing dogs, aging and how to get rid of someone you don’t like.
Patootify yourself at their website!
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Friday,
March 5, 7:30pm
George Maurer
& Kevin Steinman
$18/$20 at door
"George Maurer’s latest collection of music, “Songs
from the Wayward Journey,”
is a shining example of the composer and pianist’s vast palette of
musical abilities."
-St. Cloud Times
Kevin Steinman [is] the most likable singer/songwriter I have
ever listened to.
He’s not violating the power of the guitar and voice to put out cookie-cutter
crap.
I imagine his music was written in a quiet room in his cottage in the middle
of, say, a forest.
His lyrics are sweet and honest; his music is not boastful or showy,
yet it holds your attention ransom until its demands are met.
- The Bang Project, Syracuse, NY
Pianist/Composer George Maurer and singer/songwriter Kevin Steinman come to Crossings for their first appearance here together for an evening of compelling new songs on love, life, and humor. Special guest Jeff Engholm will add his fluid bass and vocals, Troy Spencer will bang them into line on drums, and Laura Sewell will round them up on cello.
Kevin Steinman is an indie-folk musician from Minneapolis who's music has been compared to Rufus Wainright and John Mayer. He'll be dazzling us with his guitar and vocals.
George Maurer, at the piano, just sounds like..... the inimitable George Maurer.
Pop, folk, gospel, rock, and a bit of jazz make up this evening's palette of styles.
Featured will be material from Kevin's CD "Things to Keep In Mind While Balancing." If Kevin Steinman were a soup, the back of his can would read: "Sizzling hot, rich, diverse, classic, but with a twist. Suits all tastes and occasions."
George Maurer's newest CD release is called "Songs From the Wayward Journey". A diverse array of musical styles erupts from George's latest compilation of eclectic compositions. Be-bop bumps into ballet, music-theater tangles with pop music, and poetry gets infused with jazz on this musical journey that includes everything from a film score to an industrial rock anthem for the St. John's University football team.
Visit their websites to hear more:
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BLUEGRASS
SUNDAYS:
Crossings
at Carnegie is proud to announce their concert series called “Bluegrass
Sundays.”
Sponsored in part by MBOTMA
The
concerts will be held on the first Sunday of each month, snug in the middle
of the afternoon.
There are so many talented bluegrass-style bands around, but few places
for them to play.
Our goal is to provide a venue for “local” Bluegrass bands to
perform, in addition to an inexpensive opportunity for us to hear them!
Family friendly. Kids under 10, free-will.
Sunday,
March 7, 2-4pm
Sweet North
Progressive
Bluegrass and Americana
$10 admission. Kids
under 10: free will offering
Sweet North was formed in 2009 with experienced musicians from Cannon Falls, Northfield and Red Wing, Minnesota. The band plays acoustic instruments typical of a bluegrass band, with the exception of a banjo. (Sorry banjos!)
Four of the members first played together at a private party. It worked so well that they decided to keep getting together, and have done so weekly since August 2009. In November 2009 the lineup was completed when John Reed started playing violin with them.
The musical performance history of the band includes rock, country, jazz, blues, folk and classical. The band currently explores professive Bluegrass and Americana, and you'll find their current song list contains much of that type of music.
The Sweet North Band consists of Sandy Jensen on vocals & Octave Mandolin; Doug Duncan on vocals & Acoustic Guitar; Tom Erickson on vocals & Upright Acoustic Bass; Tom Sampson, Mandolin, and John Reed on vocals, Violin & Viola.
Visit their website for even more!
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Sunday,
March 7, 7pm
Slide
$28/$30 at door
“This band is taking Irish music to a new place.
Their music will touch people far beyond the realm of traditional music”
-Donal Lunny
“Powerhouse quintet of traditional musicians with attitude…
bringing drawing room grandeur and high spirits together” -Siobhán
Long, Irish Times
Slide is named after the liveliest and most exciting of the tune rhythms from the South of Ireland. Consisting of the youngest acclaimed artists from bands that have stretched across a few generations, Slide collectively have honed an electrifying fresh sound building on their deep roots and teaching expertise in Irish Traditional Music.
From mesmeric trance to nail biting energy slide entice the listener on a journey of musical exploration. Be it a live performance or a carefully crafted recording slide will undoubtedly leave you on a high while taking you from sorrowful reflections to points of high spirited energy in between.
Slide have braced many of the main stages &
festivals at home and abroad; from the National Concert Hall, Ireland to
the Cambridge Festival, England and from the headline act of the German
Folk Festival Tour to the Inerceltic Festival of L’Orient, France
through to the renouned festivals of Whetland MI and Dublin OH in the USA.
In its insightful second album Harmonic Motion,
Slide celebrates self-exploration and collective innovation in a series
of self-penned songs that drew critical appraise. The record showcases a
variety of clever arrangements – from sensitive whistle harmonies
to driving, high-powered strings – and captivating lyrics that Irish
Music Magazine calls “inventive and provocative.” The publication
adds, “The melodies and musicianship are first-rate. …[Slide]
can sing, they can write, they can dance across fingerboards and piano keys,
buttons, and bows, and by crikey they can play.”
From IMM ‘best newcomers 2001’ to Music Network’s ‘Young Musicwide award winners 2006’ to Arts Midwest 2008 selected Spotlight Showcase, Slide continue to encapsulate and develop the ever growing, living tradition.
Visit Slide's website for excitement!
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Sunday,
March 14, 7pm
Storyhill
Performance next
door at the STATE
THEATRE in Zumbrota
$22/$24 at door
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Saturday,
March 20, 7:30pm
Brian Wicklund & the Fiddle Pals
$15/$17 at door
HEY MUSICIANS!
Music Workshops with Brian Wicklund, Joe Cruz and Kevin Rowe:
Saturday, March
20
A
rare opportunity to learn new techniques
and expand your possibilities:
Fiddle, Mandolin, Guitar, and Bass
A one-day workshop with three masters of the craft
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Saturday,
March 27, 7:30pm
Collective Unconscious
perform the
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
classic in its entirety
Déjà
Vu
Performance next
door at the STATE
THEATRE in Zumbrota
$24/$26 at door
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Saturday,
April 3, 7:30pm
Claudia Schmidt
$16/$18 at door
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Saturday,
April 10, 7:30pm
Ann Reed
$14/$16 at door
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Saturday,
April 17, 7:30pm
Jon Vezner
w/ Caleb Hawley
$14/$16 at door
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Wednesday,
April 21, 7:30pm
Cadillac Sky
Performance next
door at the STATE
THEATRE in Zumbrota
$18/$20 at door.
Students w/ID: $15
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Fri,
April 23, 7:30pm
Peter Mulvey
with Brianna Lane
$16/$18 at door
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Fri,
April 30, 7:30pm
Kevin Kling
with Simone Perrin
$20/$22 at door
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Sat,
May 15, 8pm
Peter Mayer
$16/$18 at door
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Fri,
May 28, 8pm
Bruce Molsky
& Ale Möller
$18/$20 at door
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