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| Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m. |
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Artisphere at Centre Stage
Centre Stage is proud to partner with Dryridge Productions to present three days of acoustic music at Centre Stage for Artisphere weekend. Ray Guenthner, founder of Dryridge, also is responsible for the popular Acoustic Seen concert series held at the Coffee Underground in downtown Greenville. Cash-only admission to these concerts will be charged at the door and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. No reservations will be accepted. All proceeds go to benefit the artists and Centre Stage.
April 18 - 8:00 p.m - Tres Cincos
Admission: $10
Tres Cincos is an acoustic trio from South Carolina. Comprised of former members of alt-country bands "Seconds Flat", "The Mother Truckers", and "Six String Drag", Tres Cincos performs a wide repertiore of Americana music. Members are Larry Hoskinson, Niel Brooks, and Matt Dingledine.
Although Hoskinson and Brooks have been active songwriters for many years, Tres Cincos focuses on both original music and classic americana. Artists covered by the group vary from performance to performance, but usually include: Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Iris Dement, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, The Beatles, Gram Parsons, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk. You may visit the artists' individual 'myspace' pages here:
Matt Dingledine
Larry Hoskinson
Niel Brooks
April 19 - 8 p.m. - Songwriters Night
Admission: $5
8:00 p.m. - Jonathan Edwards Songs about life, the blues, and love. Original and timely music that folks fall in love with.
8:30 p.m. - Wasted Wine A chamber folk duo that blends elements of American folk, European art song, hip-hop, country, southern gospel, and contemporary classical music employing upwards of a dozen different instruments
9:00 p.m. - Andrea Miller "After falling under the spell of her throaty blues vocals you might find yourself haunting the venues where she performs." -- James Shannon, The Beat.
9:30 p.m. - Aaron Berg Poetry refracted by the collision of an ambient wrecking ball with a lucid foundation in American folk reaching as far back as Woody Guthrie and John Lee Hooker.
10:00 p.m. - Niel Brooks Post modern folk. “The last of the Late-night poets. Niel Brooks has found his element …”
April 20 - 2:00 p.m - Long Mountain Ramblers
Admission: $10
Steve ‘n’ Dean (a.k.a. Long Mountain Ramblers) is a duo of passionate folk musicians with a mission: To engage audiences with hundred-year old music of the Southern uplands that is so emotive that it will touch the heart and soul of all who hear. They blow away a century's worth of dust and deliver a performance that is fused with high energy, yet permeated with the sweet soul of the South. Their energy is contagious and their dedication to tradition is obvious.
This eclectic duo of folk musicians consists of Steve McGaha, noted upstate blues guitarist and 2003 winner of the prestigious Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award (South Carolina’s highest recognition for the traditional arts) and Dean Watson, folk historian, banjoist, and recognized authority on South Carolina upcountry folk music.
Steve and Dean are truly old friends, having played together previously with two popular folk music ensembles, the Nickpickers from Pickens, SC and the Weasel Creek String Band. As Weasel Creek they opened for Edwin McCain at the Peace Center several years for his annual Christmas show and were featured in several shows at the Porter Center for the Performing Arts at Brevard College. Steve was recently featured in a performance before a joint session of the South Carolina legislature. and Dean is currently working with a team from the South Carolina Arts Commission to produce a CD and concert series of upcountry folk music.
They present a mixture of old time folk music along with regional gospel and blues. Their performance varies from the bodaciously raucous rendering of “Wild Hog in the Woods”, an American version of a sixteenth century English tune from Arthurian legend to the solemn and sacred “holy blues” song entitled “Blessed Be The Name”. They will also perform a Celtic march from the Shetlands entitled “Nancy”(or Jim Clark hornpipe) as well as an original African American version of “Frankie and Albert”……. Enjoy!
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