DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM / CONCERT STARTS AT 7:30 PM
SWEETIE / SNACKIE POTLUCK / COFFEE / TEA / FREE...
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AN ARTIST AND MAYBE GIVE A LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC? LEFT CLICK THEIR NAME OR WEBSITE...
CLAUDE BOURBON . FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH
" A BREATHTAKING ACOUSTIC FUSION OF BLUES, JAZZ FOLK CLASSICAL & SPANISH GUITAR FROM A STUNNING GUITAR VIRTUOSO" ALTADENA NEWS, USA TRAINED FOR MANY YEARS IN SWITZERLAND & HAS PERFORMED & STUDIED ALL OVER THE WORLD, HAS CRAFTED AN INSPIRED FUSION OF CLASSICAL & BLUES, WITH ETHEREAL EASTERN INFLUENCES, SPANISH & LATIN ELEMENTS WITH STRAINS OF WESTERN FOLK.
A DOUBLE CD WITH 34 ARTIST WHO HAVE PLAYED AT WILDWOODSOUNDS
37 GREAT SONGS.
$10 + shipping
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TINDERBOX / TUESDAY, MAY 11TH
TRAVELING FROM ENGLAND TO THE STATES TO PERFORM, TINDERBOX IS DEFINITELY AN ACOUSTIC DUO TO LOOK OUT FOR! WITH MONIQUE'S POWERFUL VOICE AND DAN'S DELECTABLE GUITAR STYLE THIS WILL SURELY BE A EVENING OF FINE MUSIC...
EMPTY POCKETS / FRIDAY, MARCH 12TH
THE MUSICALLY DYNAMIC TRIO THAT IS EMPTY POCKETS BLENDS TRADITIONAL CELTIC MUSIC FROM IRELAND, SCOTLAND, AND GALICIA, SPAIN, WITH CONTEMPORARY RHYTHMS THAT COMPLEMENT THE NUANCES AND SOPHISTICATION OF THEIR MUSIC.
BROOK ADAMS / FRIDAY, MARCH 19TH
A MAN AND HIS CHICKEN. COME HEAR BROOK PLAY THE FAB FOUR ON A FABULOUS FOUR STRING. HEAR THE ENTIRE ABBY ROAD ALBUM PLAYED WITH NOTHING BUT A UKULELE...PLUS A FEW OTHER THINGS YOU MAY NOT EXPECT TO HEAR ON A UKE...
THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND / TUESDAY, JULY 6TH
STRAIGHT FROM LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK COMES TWO MAN MUSIC FOR ALL SENSIBILITIES....
BILL HEARNE TRIO / FRIDAY, APRIL 23 RD
HONKYTONKS, ROADHOUSES, EMPTY WHISKEY GLASSES, UNREQUITED LOVE ARE THE BRICK AND MORTAR OF COUNTRY MUSIC AND THERE ISN'T A BETTER MASON THAN BILL HEARNE.... A NEW MEXICO ICON!
FREEBO / FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH CONCERT
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH / SONG WRITING WORKSHOP
FOR 30 YEARS, FREEBO PLAYED BASS ON RECORDINGS AND TOURED WITH SOME OF THE GREAT ARTIST OF OUR TIME.--PEOPLE LIKE BONNIE RAITT (10 YEARS), JOHN MAYALL, CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH, MARIA MULDAUR, RINGO STARR, MICHELLE SHOCKED, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT, DR. JOHN & MANY OTHERS...
WILLSON & McKEE / FRIDAY, APRIL 9TH
WHAT CELTIC MUSIC BECOMES WHEN IT SETTLES COMFORTABLY IN THE WEST...
MOUNTAIN HOLLER / SATURDAY, APRIL 17TH
"MOUNTAIN HOLLER IS STEEPED IN TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS ALONG WITH A GOOD DOSE OF MORE CONTEMPORARY INFLUENCES AND FLAVORING. PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH WHAT IS BECOMING THE DISTINCTIVE COLORADO SOUND, TIGHT HARMONIES AND TASTEFUL INSTRUMENTALS AND YOU'VE GOT AN EVENING OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC THAT YOU WON'T SOON FORGET...
KAILIN YONG / WITH PEACE PROJECT
THURSDAY, APRIL 29TH
JESSICA FICHOT / FRIDAY, MAY 7TH
JESSICA TAKES THE LISTENER ON A TWISTING JOURNEY OUT OF THE FRENCH CHANSON TRADITION, INTO THE LANDS OF GYPSY JAZZ, CHINESE AND LATIN AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC, THROUGH THE CLASSIC AMERICAN REPERTOIRE, AND OFF INTO THE WILDERNESS OF HER IMAGINATION...
RUSS CHAPMAN / FRIDAY, JUNE 11TH
WITH LYRICAL WIT AND MEDICINE -SHOW SENSIBILITY, RUSS CHAPMAN STOMPS AND SINGS HIGHLY ORIGINAL MUSIC DRAWN FROM THE DEEP WELL OF AMERICANA-WITH A BLEND OF FOLK-BLUES, EARLY SWING AND NEW ORLEANS 'SWAMP MUSIC'.
JAIME MICHAELS / WEDNESDAY, JULY 14TH
ENERGETIC AND FUN, JAIME WILL CAPTIVATE YOU WITH HIS GUITAR WORK AND STAGE PRESENCE, WITH LYRICS BOTH SELF-DEPRECATING AND FROM THE HEART. HE MAKES AN INSTANT CONNECTION WITH HIS AUDIENCE. A REAL DELIGHT...
FISHTANK ENSEMBLE / FRIDAY, JULY 30TH
COLCANNON / SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH
FOR THOSE IN NEED OF HAVING THEIR DERVISH WHIRLED, THE BAY AREA'S FISHTANK ENSEMBLE ARE THE ROMPIN', STOMPIN LEADERS OF CROSS-POLLINATED GYPSY MUSIC. THEY PLAY SO FAST IT BLURRRES THE SENSES...
RICHARD REED / FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH
RICHARD REED IS A CONSUMMATE FINGER STYLE BLUES AND JAZZ ACOUSTIC STEEL STRING GUITARIST. HE HAS TAKEN THE BEST OF THE CLASSIC BLUES ARTIST SUCH AS MUDDY WATERS, T-BONE WALKER, JIMMY REED AND ROBERT JOHNSON AND OTHERS AND RECREATED THEIR MUSIC IN A REFRESHING NEW YET AUTHENTIC STYLE OF VOCAL AND GUITAR MUSIC. RICHARD TEACHES AND PERFORMS AT SWALLOW HILL IN DENVER.
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IN THIS HYBRID WORKSHOP, FREEBO WILL EXPLORE THE CREATIVE PROCESS, HOW WE ARE BORN WITH PURE CREATIVE POTENTIAL, HOW WE'RE GRADUALLY PUT IN A NON-CREATIVE BOX BY FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND SOCIETY, AND HOW WE CAN RECLAIM OUR INNER CHILD AND ACHIEVE THE CREATIVE GOALS OF WHICH WE'VE SO OFTEN DREAMED.
HE WILL GIVE YOU SPECIFIC TOOLS AND HINTS FOR YOUR SONG WRITING, SONG ARRANGEMENT AND PERFORMING, ALL WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HONORING YOUR SPECIAL GIFTS AND GIVING YOURSELF PERMISSION AND THE COURAGE TO BECOME THE ARTIST/MUSICIAN YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.
IN A WORLD OF JUDGEMENT AND CRITICISM, WE ARE FILLED WITH THE VOICES OF OTHERS TELLING US HOW TO BE. FREEBO WILL HELP YOU FIND YOUR OWN VOICE, FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY. ALONG WITH THE CRAFT OF SONG WRITING, HE WILL ALSO HELP YOU TO SHAPE YOUR SONG WITH ARRANGEMENT, CHORD SUBSTITUTIONS, AND PHRASING IDEAS.
AND IN PERFORMING YOUR SONG, FREEBOW COVERS THE TOPICS OF FEAR, PREPARATION, TOOLS, TIMING AND COMMUNICATION. HOW DO YOU CONNECT TO YOUR AUDIENCE? HOW YOU BECOME ONE WITH THEM.
CREATIVITY & SONGWRITING WORKSHOP / SATURDAY, 10 AM
$35 / IF YOU CAME TO PERFORMANCE $25
YEARNING FOR MORE CREATIVE EXPRESSION, HOW EVER, HE BEGAN A PROCESS OF DEEP INNER DISCOVERY AND HAS NOW EVOLVED INTO AN AWARD-WINNING SINGER/SONGWRITER, HAVING WON THE 2008 POIS AWARD FOR BEST SONG IN THE MOST UNUSUAL CATEGORY, THE '07 LOS ANGELES MUSIC AWARDS BEST FOLK ARTIST, AND THE '07 SOUTH FLORIDA SONG WRITING CONTEST, AS WELL AS BEING NOMINATED IN 5 CATEGORIES IN THE JPF AWARDS WITH TWO SONG IN THE TOP 10 OF THE USA SONG WRITING CONTEST.
FREEBO'S SONGS EMBRACE STYLISTIC ELEMENTS FROM ALL THE MANY MUSICAL GENRES HE HAS PLAYED THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, BUT THEY ARE UNIQUELY HIS OWN. AND HIS LIVE SHOW, PERFORMED ON ACOUSTIC GUITAR, FREEBO CREATES A UNIQUE, INTIMATE, AND INCLUSIVE ATMOSPHERE WITH HIS AUDENCE.