This highly anticipated annual exhibition features affordable fine art and gig posters by four renowned graphic design artists.
James Flames | Asheville, NC
Gary Houston | Voodoo Catbox | Portland, OR
Dan McCarthy | East Falmouth, MA
Mark McDevitt and Robert Lee | Methane Studios | Atlanta, GA
Kat Wright, whose voice is both sultry and dynamic, delicate yet powerful; gritty but highly emotive and nuanced, has been described as “a young Bonnie Raitt meets Amy Winehouse”. Add to that voice enough stage presence to tame lions, and the combination of feline femininity proves immediately enchanting. There’s soul flowing in and out of her rock ‘n’ roll with a serpentine seduction. Some of soul music’s sweet, grand dames belt, shout, seethe, and succumb, while Wright sings gently like a heartache’s apology. It’s funky in spots and beautiful all over. And it hurts a little … like it should.
Parsonsfield, folk rock favorites known for their rich harmonies, vibrant songwriting and energetic live performances, take to the road this December with their Holiday Acoustic Tour. The quintet, praised for making “the most jubilant and danceable indie roots music this side of the Carolinas” (NPR), will perform stripped-down, intimate shows, breathing Americana rock into their favorite holiday tunes and sprinkling their own songs with holiday flair. Continue reading
Few musical artists résumés list membership in a band inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame; fewer still can lay claim to being a founding member of the seminal band credited with creating Country Rock; and only one artist can include all the above in addition to being one half of the most successful duo of the 1970s. When chronicling the current commercial and critical success of artists like Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, and the pairing of Alison Krauss & Robert Plant for 2009’s Album Of The Year Raising Sand, it is not overstating things to say a direct line can be drawn back to Jim Messina’s legacy with Buffalo Springfield, Poco and Loggins & Messina. Continue reading
Crash Test Dummies Celebrate 25th Anniversary of “God Shuffled His Feet”
Fall River native, Michael Troy, has written amazing songs about his home town, people who have touched him and life itself, in the way he knows best…through his ability to combine his music with storytelling. He would tell you he has lived many lives as a mill worker, fisherman, laborer and carpenter, however he has always come back to his first love, music. Continue reading
Synesthesia
The Music Inspired Portraits and Mindscapes of Lennie Peterson
Join us for a Talk & Gallery Reception on Wednesday, September 5 from 7-9pm which will feature live music by guitarist Mark Campbell and bassist Tim Paul Weiner, accompanying Lennie Peterson as he creates a large composer portrait in front of his audience.
At the end of the 45-minute minute presentation, Peterson will join Campbell and Weiner to perform a closing piece. A one-hour reception in the gallery immediately follows the talk. Admission is free and open to the public and will include refreshments.