All
concerts are held Saturday nights at 8:00 pm
$20 for adult non-members, $15
for adult SNCA members with ID, and $8 for kids 6-17 (plus tax)
Visa and Mastercard accepted.
Reservations
recommended.
Tickets are now available online at www.snca.tix.com
Or call 706-878-3300 during
box office hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–5:00
Gretchen Peters has written hit songs
for Martina McBride (Independence Day) and Faith Hill
(The Secret of Life) and has also been recorded by
Bonnie Raitt, Neil Diamond and Trisha Yearwood. Her
enchanting voice will give you chill bumps. A great
songwriter and performer.
February
16
— Cosy
Sheridan (Kristin Sweetland opens)
Cosy has been described as ..."a
very funny and enormously amiable entertainer, with
a keen and wicked eye for the excesses of our fast-food,
tv-happy and noisome culture?" and as "a
Buddhist monk in a 12-step program trapped in the body
of a singer-songwriter. " Don’t miss her!
"Basically, I tell true stories
about friends and family," David says. "Basically
true…or," he adds after a pause and a smile, "stories
I made up about friends and family." Don’t
miss these affectionate remembrances of a rural Southern
upbringing, delivered on mountain dulcimer or guitar.
April
19 — Double Bill Tim Grimm / Michael
Reno Harrell (featuring Steve Welsch – fiddle,
Lee Hiers – dobro and Don Porterfield – fretless bass)
Tim Grimm has been called “an engaging,
perceptive songwriter, highly literate, subtly
nuanced and inventive while retaining a traditionalist’s
love for classic country folk and bluegrass. With
Appalachian mountain roots running generations
deep, you can see where Michael's love for story
telling arises. His songs have been described as
'Appalachian grit and wit".
Susan Werner has become one of the defining
artists of the folk music genre. Her songs effortlessly
slide between folk, jazz and pop, and are delivered
with a sassy wit and classic midwestern charm. One
of our best songwriters and a great performer. Get
your tickets early!
"Music is sacred ground," David
says. "It's a place where you have to tell the
truth about what you've been through, who you are,
and where you're going. I love how a good song can
show you the world through someone else's eyes in three
minutes." We are very proud to present this amazing
performer.
Pierce Pettis is one of this generation's
most masterful songwriters. His music is distinguished
by his uncanny ability to capture the universal
in human experience by drawing on the humor and
trials in daily life. Pettis' music can simultaneously
pull on our hearts and keep us laughing.
Stacey is the sister of Steve Earle,
and husband Mark, a former member of Steve’s
band. Their songs are the diaries of their life good
times and bad, completing the love they have. Don’t
miss this mesmerizing duo.
Billy calls his music “junkadelic” because
he plays “repercussion” on found instruments.
A nice way of saying that he uses junk to make the
most original music you’ve ever heard. He’ll
have you all “bangin’ and sangin’” along
with him.
Superb musicianship and showmanship,
award-winning songwriting, and a strong sense of tradition
has made them, as Dirty Linen Magazine said, "one
of the most polished, inventive, and entertaining shows
on the circuit." . Get your tickets early, they
always sell out here!
Both of these guys are GREAT writers.
Both use tongue-in-cheek humor to grand effect. Craig
Carothers is from the Great Northwest and now lives
in Nashville. John William Davis says “I am
the disreputable offspring of Baptists and bootleggers
who infest South Georgia“. This will be a terrific
show, not to be missed!
New
Compilation CD!
Copies of Evening
Star Compilation, Vol. II are now available at the Center
Gallery and cdbaby.com.
Like the first volume, the CD includes live tracks from previous
radio shows, plus a story by Andy Offutt Irwin. The CD, which
is a fund-raiser for the Center, is available for $20 and once
again we will sell 6 for $100. Additionally, for members only,
if you buy the new CD at the Center Gallery for $20, you may
purchase a copy of Vol I. for only $12. For non-members, Vol
I. will be $15 with a purchase of the new one. (Discounts apply
only to purchases from the Center Gallery.)
Here is the list of tracks:
1 Jonathan Byrd — The Young Slaver
2 Richard Shindell — Wisteria
3 Annie Gallup — Circle / James
4/5 David Massengill — Intro / Number One In America
6 Jules Shear — Mercy
7 Louise Taylor — Maps Of Venice
8 Chris Rosser — Natural Wonder
9 Susan Werner — Barbed Wire Boys
10 Joe and Tree Brunelle — February Angel
11 Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen — Restless Wind
12 Anais Mitchell — Shenandoah
13 Ray Bonneville — Don’t Look Back
14 Billy Jonas — Zack’s Walk
15 Small Potatoes — Big ‘Ol Prairie Moon
16 Andy Offutt Irwin — Evening Star Theme
17 Andy Offutt Irwin — Story — Francine
The Evening Star Radio Show
will air weekly on Sunday afternoons at 4 p.m. between “A Prairie
Home Companion” and “All Things Considered.” It features previously
taped performances hosted by our own Andy Offutt Irwin. Please
tune in your nearest GPB station and give us a listen!
This
program is funded in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts
through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly
and by the National Endowment for the Arts
