A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation, supported by WFUV
With special guest Teddy Thompson

We are thrilled to welcome Richard Thompson back to the Music Hall! Richard is a critically acclaimed, prolific songwriter (Ivor Novello Award), recipient of BBC's Lifetime Achievement Award and was named one of Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 20 Guitarists of All Time for his acoustic and electric virtuosity. Robert Plant, REM, Elvis Costello, Los Lobos, David Byrne, Del McCoury, Bonnie Raitt, and many others have recorded his work. Consistently extolled as a dazzling live performer, Thompson's live-tour CD Dream Attic received a 2011 Grammy nod. Richard’s son Teddy Thompson opens the evening. Teddy recently released his fourth album Bella. Recorded in New York City and produced by David Kahne (Regina Spektor, Paul McCartney, the Strokes).  
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JIMMY BEAUMONT & THE SKYLINERS

THE HAPPENINGS

THE CRYSTALS

LENNY WELCH

VITO PICCONE & THE ELEGANTS

The Happenings

Hosted by Radio Personality JOHNNY Z

 

 

Presented by AM productions.
Wanda Sykes has been called "one of the funniest stand up comics" by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. Seen on several television shows, such as her own late night talk show on FOX, “The Wanda Sykes Show” and her HBO stand up special “I’ma Be Me”. She also appeared in the CBS comedy “The New Adventures of Old Christine” as “Barb”. Her first HBO comedy special “Wanda Sykes, Sick and Tired” debuted in October 2006 and was nominated for a 2007 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. 

 

A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation, supported by WFUV
An evening with two critically acclaimed songwriters. Iris DeMent, the last of 14 children, born in Arkansas and raised in Southern California, grew up immersed in gospel music and traditional country. Her album, My Life, earned a Grammy nomination in the Contemporary Folk category. Her 1996 album The Way I Should addressed political as well as personal themes and earned a Grammy nomination, as well. She is best known for her timeless hit “Our Town”. Susan Werner has been dubbed by NPR as the “Empress of the Unexpected”. She confirms her reputation as an artist changeable as the weather with her newest recording  Hayseed . Paying tribute to American agriculture and to her Iowa farm roots. She has toured the nation with acts such as Richard Thompson, Keb Mo, and Joan Armatrading, and was featured in a 1998 Peter, Paul, and Mary PBS special as one of the best of the next generation of folk songwriters.

 

Phish bassist Mike Gordon tours in support of his fourth solo studio album, Overstep, to be released February 25th on ATO Records. Most artists have a fixed ritual or routine that they rely on to inspire their efforts from concept to fruition. Gordon tends to establish general goals, and then eschew routines for creative experiments.  One of his goals for Overstep was to trust himself to relinquish control, which he accomplished by sharing songwriting duties with guitarist and longtime collaborator Scott Murawski, and by handing over the producing reins for the first time in his solo career to Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Uncle Tupelo, Pixies). The result is a diverse but tightly knit family of sturdy rock numbers that manages to sound grounded but sophisticated at the same time, and raw but carefully considered.