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Keb’ Mo’ Tickets & Info
Appearing: October 29, 2007 SOLD OUT
A singer-songwriter and guitarist who is a living link to the seminal Delta blues. A Grammy Award Winner for"Best Contemporary Blues Album" award at 47th Annual Grammy Awards for his album, Keep It Simple.
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Del McCoury Tickets & Info
Appearing: February 10, 2008
For more than 30 years, Del McCoury has been actively playing Bluegrass music. Since his apprenticeship as a guitarist and singer with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys in the '50s, he has played with some of the best bands in Bluegrass. In the early 60's he formed his own band, The Dixie Pals, and went on to establish himself as one of the most distinctive and recognizable performers in bluegrass.
Among a number of awards he has received, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) accorded Del the Male Vocalist of the Year three years in a row. Currently Del is touring as The Del McCoury Band with sons Ronnie and Robbie on mandolin and banjo, Jason Carter on fiddle, and Mike Bub on bass.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo SOLD OUT
Appearing: March 4, 2008
A Grammy Award winning, South African a cappella singing group that represents the traditional culture of South Africa and are regarded as the country's cultural emissaries at home and around the world. After Paul Simon met them in South Africa, he included them in his landmark album, “Graceland,” a project regarded by many as seminal to today’s explosive interest in World Music.
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Anoushka Shankar Tickets & Info
Appearing: March 31, 2008
Anoushka Shantar is a Grammy nominated sitar player who is traditionally schooled in the Indian classical music tradition by the greatest teacher any student could hope to have, maestro and father Ravi Shankar.
Her latests album, Rise, marked a radical departure for Anoushka. Although she still loves performing in the Indian classical realm and continues to work closely with her father, Rise was all about Anoushka finding her own musical voice. On the album she fused East and West using both acoustic and electric instrumentation to take her music someplace altogether new. It received glowing reviews throughout the world and gave Anoushka another Grammy nomination in the Best Contemporary World Music category. Anoushka also became the first Indian to play at the Grammy Awards when she performed a piece from the CD at the pre-telecast ceremony in February 2006.
"Most people are musicians simply because they play a certain instrument; when they play that instrument, the music appears. But Ravi - to me, he is the music; it just happens to be that he plays the Sitar. And it's like that with Anoushka. She has that quality - She is the music." -George Harrison – 1997
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Ballet Folklorico Tickets & Info
Appearing: April 27, 2008
The Ballet Folklorico "Quetzalli" is a group composed of young people who love the traditions of their people expressed through music, songs, and dances characteristic of different ethnic groups. They create their interpretations through technical formation, bibliographical study, and ritual observation.
Established in 1985, this outstanding company has delighted audiences from Europe to Indonesia. Now under direction of veteran dancer Hugo Betancourt, "Quetzalli" has grown to be one of the most popular folklorico companies touring out of Mexico. Wherever they perform, these talented dancers, singers and musicians provide a spectacular and colorful expression of the authentic folklore of Mexico. |
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Greg Brown Tickets & Info
Appearing: May 17, 2008
Back by popular demand, Greg Brown is making a return visit to The Tower. Greg was greeted with such an enthusiastic and energetic response when he first appeared in 2006, that his repeat performance seems a lock. The “come back to Bend, Greg” concert will take place on May 16th at 7p.m. He’s a gifted folksinger who is known for his gravelly voice and for his songwriting, which has been lauded by many and been performed by Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Michael Johnson, Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
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Greg Brown is the sixth, and last, performer of the Francis Hansen & Martin LIVE AT THE TOWER Presented by Jones & Roth Series. |
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| About the Series |
The Tower Theatre Foundation is pleased to present this series of diverse, performing artists to Central Oregon. The historic Tower Theatre is a premier arts and entertainment venue, located in the heart of historic downtown Bend, OR. |
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