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Acoustic Music Concert Series
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Thanks to these performing artists for a wonderful spring season of concerts:
[click here to see photos of the concerts]
Ken Bloom
To the delight a sold-out house, Ken Bloom performed on the concert zither, Northumbrian-smallpipes, guitar, clarinet, bowed dulcimer and minstrel banjo. His concert included traditional American music, swing, a bal-musett, Celtic and Eastern European selections.
www.bolick.net/bloom/
www.boweddulcimer.com/
Port Righ
The Celtic duo of Jo Morrison on harp and Wayne Morrison on the shuttle pipe and concertina gave a concert of mostly traditional Scottish music with original compositions by Jo Morrison.
www.portrigh.com/
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
Bottleneck blues guitar, banjo, spoons piano and lovely vocal harmonies filled the night when Sparky and Rhonda Rucker closed the spring acoustic music sereis of CCA. They brought songs, history and folk stories from the Amerian tradition.
www.sparkyandrhonda.com
Scroll down to see the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 concert schedules.
Ticket Information is available at the bottom of this page. |
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FALL SERIES SERIES
Blue Rhythm Boys
Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Blues and Hot Club Swing
Blending the blues of Mississippi John Hurt with the "hot club" swing of Django Reinhardt, The Blue Rhythm Boys have delighted audiences with their tight vocals and hot guitar playing since 1997. Tom Mitchell, Jim Stephanson and Ralph Gordon bring authenticity and originality to their own smoky mix of hot jazz, blues and hokum.
www.yellowcarmusic.com/bluerhythmboys/ |
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North Sea Gas
Saturday, October 4, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Scottish and Irish Music
Performing for 27 years and with twelve albums to their credit, North Sea Gas has received six Silver Discs and one Gold Disc from the Scottish Music Industry. Thei r exciting blend of Scottish and Irish music has appealed to audiences all over Great Britain, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Canada and the United States.
http://nsg.gplrank.info/ |
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Greg Trooper
Saturday, November 1, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Troubadour and Singer-Songwriter
In a review of his live album 'Between A House And A Hard Place', music critic Barry Mazor said that Trooper "sings with a clarity of purpose and a variety of effect that few in the acoustic world match." Billboard magazine has called him "an artist of considerable insight and passion." Nashville music critic Robert K. Oermann has said Trooper's "songs and delivery grab you by the throat." Fans know a voice of grit and experience singing songs in which they recognize themselves. Trooper's music feels equally informed by Memphis soul, Greenwich Village folk and Nashville twang. His songs have been recorded by Vince Gill, Steve Earle, Billy Bragg and Robert Earl Keen, among others.
www.gregtrooper.com |
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SPRING SERIES
Bryan Bowers
March 2009 Exact date not yet firm
American Folk Music
Over three decades, Bryan has been to the autoharp what Earl Scruggs has been to the five-string banjo. The quality of his performance and uniqueness of his creativity have won him induction into Frets Magazine's First Gallery of the Greats alongside other luminaries, such as Chet Atkins, David Grisman, Stephan Grappelli, Itzhak Perlman, and Tony Rice. In 1993, Bryan was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame where he joined other legendary performers including Maybelle Carter, Kilby Snow, and Sara Carter.
A Washington Times review described a Bryan Bowers concert by reporting that: "...This man makes more music from an Autoharp than you can imagine from a 12-string guitar and a harpsichord combined. He has more stage presence and charisma than any stage performer in recent memory."
People Magazine had this to say: "Bowers is widely regarded as the leading virtuoso on the autoharp... Bowers also has distinct gifts as a singer and songwriter."
www.bryanbowers.com |
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Guy Davis
Saturday, April 18, 2009 7:30 p.m.
The Blues
Whether Guy Davis is appearing on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” or nationally syndicated radio programs such as Garrison Keillor’s, “A Prairie Home Campanion”, “Mountain Stage” or David Dye’s,“World Café”., in front of 15,000 people on the Main Stage of a major festival, or teaching an intimate gathering of students at a Music Camp, Guy feels the instinctive desire to give each listener his ‘all’.
Like the best early bluesmen, Guy Davis is, at heart, a storyteller. A master at setting intimate, richly nuanced tales to stomping acoustic blues backing, often with folky accompaniment from mandolin, banjo, and accordion, he helped revitalize the state of country blues in the 1990s with a string of critically acclaimed albums for Red House Records.
www.guydavis.com/ |
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TICKET INFORMATION
Concert Series Ticket: $40
Individual Concert Ticket: $15 in advance, $18 at the door
Student Ticket: $5 per concert
Advance tickets can be purchased:
By mail (Send check to CCA, PO Box 257, Chincoteague Island, VA 23336) Tickets will be held at the door.
Online through the CCA store. Click Here.
Or from these outlets (beginning two weeks before the concert and up to the day before)
Egret Moon Artworks
4044 Main Street
(757) 336-5775
H&H Pharmacy
6300 Maddox Boulevard
(757) 336-3115
Island Cottage Collection
6361 & 6208 Maddox Blvd
(757) 336-5636
(757) 336-0041
Psychotronic Music and Movies
4102 Main St.
(757)-336-0048
Sundial Books
4073 Main Street
(757) 336-5825
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