2011
Concert Series

All shows start at 8pm (doors at 7:30)

To mail checks for tickets or any other correspondence, please send inquiries to:
Listen Live Music
PO Box 50
Old Zionsville, PA 18068


February 26th - 8pm
Lori McKenna with Mark Erelli

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The sweetest singer songwriter you are ever gonna meet! She is critically acclaimed for her work as a song writer, and heavy hitters like country star Faith Hill have recorded a pile of her songs. Faith is great, but no one sings Lori's songs like Lori.....come see why we love her! Keith Urban features one of Lori's songs on his new album!

Gifted folk singer-songwriter Lori McKenna brings her soothing voice to our stage as part of her 2011 tour. McKenna began her career in the Boston coffeehouse scene, but quickly rose to the top as her 1998 self-released debut; Paper Wings & Halo earned her performances at the Newport Folk Festival and Lilith Fair. She has since released four more albums to critical acclaim and made several contributions including a cover of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" and a song titled "I'm Workin’,” recorded by Tim McGraw on his Let It Go album. Country star Faith Hill says Lori’s writing is “masterful with a pureness that is completely unaffected. The songs are such a great combination of depth and realness… there's just this indescribable collision of innocence and honesty in her writing.


Discovered at an impromptu 3 am hotel room jam at a music conference when just 23 years old, Mark Erelli finished up a graduate degree in evolutionary biology shortly after his self-titled debut was released in 1999.  He has won several prestigious awards, from the Kerrville New Folk contest in 1999 to the 2006 International Song Contest, where a song he co-wrote with Catie Curtis bested 15,000 entries to win the grand prize.  For the past 10 years, he has maintained a rigorous, international touring schedule, sharing the stage with Dave Alvin, Gillian Welch, John Hiatt and others, as well appearing at many major folk festivals, including Newport, Philadelphia and Shrewsbury (UK).  In recent years, Erelli has gained notoriety as a multi-instrumentalist sideman, accompanying artists such as Lori McKenna and Josh Ritter everywhere from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry to London's Royal Albert Hall.  Erelli has seven records to his name, including collections of western swing (Hillbilly Pilgrim), lullabies (Innocent When You Dream) and songs of stirring social conscience (Hope & Other Casualties, WUMB Folk Radio's #1 record of 2006).  In 2009, he was one of eight artists invited to the UK to take part in the Darwin Song Project, a collaborative release featuring songs inspired by the life and work of Charles Darwin.   Mark Erelli is anticipating two new releases for 2010, a collection of murder ballads recorded with Jeffrey Foucault called Seven Curses, and Little Vigils, his ninth full-length studio record.

March 26th - 8pm
Robin Bullock
and guitar clinic

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Robin is a prolific composer and multi-instrumentalist, whose virtuosity on guitar, cittern and mandolin blends the ancient melodies of the Celtic lands and their vigorous Appalachian descendants into one powerful musical vision.  The 17th-century harp tunes of legendary Irish bard Turlough O'Carolan, the spirited jigs and reels of rural Ireland, the haunting ballads of the southern Appalachians and evocative original compositions all find a musical common ground in Robin's music, where lightning-fast fingerwork one moment is perfectly balanced with tender, quiet intimacy the next.  A warm, friendly presence onstage, Robin effortlessly creates a magical world for the audience with his multi-instrumental wizardry, taking them on a journey to the heart and soul of Celtic and American traditions.

"Celtic guitar god." - Baltimore City Paper

"Breathtaking...brilliant technique, always in service of the music."  - Guitar Player

"A musician whose technical skill and stylistic expertise are second to none...a time-served folkie of the highest calibre." - Classical Guitar (UK)

Robin will also be holding a limited seating guitar clinic from 4-6pm.

April 23rd - 8pm
Lucy Kaplansky
with Dave Fry

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A very special evening with Lucy Kaplansky

Fusing alt-country, roots rock and folk, Lucy Kaplansky presents her songs with warmth, power and a gorgeous, evocative voice. Blend all that musical talent with funny stories, cogent remarks, and self-effacing wit and you have a deeply satisfying night of entertainment.
     Lucy has released five solo albums on Red House, two of which have received the top award from the Association For Independent Music in the pop category.

 
The daughter of the famed Polish-Canadian mathematician Irving Kaplansky (who once wrote a song based on the first 14 digits of pi that his daughter has been known to perform) and raised in Chicago, Lucy began as a professional psychologist, switching courses a decade later to become a full-time singer/songwriter.     She has worked with Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin and toured America and Europe on her own, as well as with Dar Williams and Richard Shindell as Cry, Cry, Cry and most recently a joint project with John Gorka and Eliza Gilkyson called Red Horse.

This sweet-voiced songwriter and song interpreter comes to LLM for the first time. Lucy Kaplansky's solo performances will draw from her deep repertoire as well as from new material.

"A truly gifted performer with a bag full of enchanting songs." - The New Yorker


"Bold, vibrant...Kaplansky's vocals seem to glide into the heavens." - Boston Globe

"'Low-key explorations of the deeply personal' -- Hartford Courant"

May 28th- 8pm
Angel Band
with Chasing June

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"The arrangements are spectacular. Watch out Dixie chicks, these gals are my pick for the next big female folk/country thing." Tony Mastrianni, Media General

With their mix of folk, roots, blues, country and gospel, this big voiced, good-time gal band catches hold of you...and won't let go! Their recently released sophmore album, Bless My Sole, is a delicious, rootsy, bluesy stew delivered with a dash of hot sauce. In the words of band leader Nancy Josephson, "Our songs speak to who we are as a band: strong, grateful and full of power."
     Nancy Josephson, Kathleen Weber and Aly Page are Queens of the Harmonies with a super backup band of Nate Grower (David Bromberg Quartet) on fiddle, Marc Moss on guitar, Josh Kanusky drums, and Bob Taylor on bass. 

June 25th- 8pm
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart
with Peter Scapegrace

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Somewhere along the way country music took a turn. What used to be pure and simple is now too often watered-down, prefabricated pop music. Enter Stacey Earle. This San Antonio native, sister of legendary rocker Steve Earle, has made a return trip to yesteryear by offering traditional, stripped-down country music. Her twangy, unguarded, bittersweet singing, reminiscent of Nanci Griffith's, is like a breath of fresh air. Joined by her husband, former Steve Earle guitarist Mark Stewart, the duo never fails to provide a captivating, uplifting, and emotionally moving concert.  

Stacey and Mark have been making music together since meeting in Nashville in 1991. Before that, Stacey had toured as a guitarist with her brother Steve Earle's band before returning home to focus on songwriting, while Mark had earned a reputation as an ace sideman since his teen years playing in local honky-tonks.
     Together they've created a body of twangy, bittersweet country music delivered with beautiful harmonies and simple acoustic guitars. Stacey's unaffected southern charm is irresistible and sweeps audiences along on a ride that is part joy, part tears, part righteous hope. Together they've won over audiences at major music festivals and in clubs coast to coast.

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We have one community open mic and one national act concert per month at our home base.  Other events like festivals, community days and farmers markets are also possible.

Our Home base is:
5671 Chestnut Street, the new Upper Milford Township Municipal Center, formerly the King's Highway School  in Zionsville, PA

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MISSION STATEMENT

Listen Live Music, Inc. is a non-profit community music organization. This corporation of volunteers fosters artists and audiences alike, providing a stage on which to perform and affordable shows close to home for the appreciating public to enjoy. Through a series of concerts and community open mics, we are dedicated to promoting public awareness and appreciation of both local and national acoustic performers. 


We host a community acoustic open mic and one national act concert a month.  Opening acts for the national shows are often chosen from performers at our local events. Join the mailing list to keep updated. Events are held at the beautifully renovated Upper Milford Municipal Center (formerly Kings Highway School), 5671 Chestnut Street, Zionsville, PA (just outside of Emmaus). Please note, this is not our mailing address. Great room, pro sound system, nice stage, great talent....join us to play or listen.

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This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and from the Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation

Special Thanks to Upper Milford Township for allowing us to rent the great space we use at the Upper Milford Municipal Center.
 

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