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June 11, 2010
Acoustic Adventures Passports (season tickets) are on sale now. You
can purchase them here or call Trudy at 488-0556
To buy a Passport click on the Buy Now Button below
If you purchased Chris Hillman tickets and have not used them for another show
or gotten a refund you can apply those tickets towards your Passport by clicking
the Buy Now Button below
The snow is quickly disappearing, I have garden starts in the greenhouse (but
can pull them back into the safety of the house if necessary) and I'm thinking
spring. I'm also thinking next season though! We have four shows
lined up and they are doozies. The first one is big--Kathy Mattea!
Then it's Dan Tyminski (voice of George Clooney in Oh Brother and guitarist and
singer for Alison Krauss and Union Station). Returning favorites are Karen
Savoka and John Gorka. We'll likely be putting the Passports on sale early
this year, so stay tuned or better yet, get
on our email list!
January 4, 2010
Happy New Year everyone! We have had to cancel the Chris Hillman show,
originally scheduled for January 15. You can call Trudy (488-0556) if you
bought a ticket and would like a refund. Or you may hang on to your ticket
and use it as credit towards a future show. Thank you for your patience.
September 14, 2009
Well I have been fortunate enough to have filled our freezer with blueberries,
halibut, salmon and now moose! Time to start thinking about winter and a
great lineup of acts. Check out www.acousticadventures.com/acts.html
in the next few days to see our entire season and learn how you can buy your
season ticket (Passport). It almost makes you look forward to
winter! -Trudy
February 3, 2009
Cyber Event Awareness Folks!
As I watch the hordes of Red Polls swarming my bird feeder, I'm reminded of the mosquitoes that will be here in a few months. For now, I'll take the lovely birds. And for a much needed infusion of live music in the heart of winter, I'll take WILLY PORTER & NATALIA ZUKERMAN! These two will be performing this Friday, Feb 6 at Pioneer Park Theatre at 8pm.
I have to admit that I wasn't super familiar with these two when we booked them--mostly we were impressed by the rave recommendations of the Anchorage promoter who's had Willy up in the past, and because of frequent requests for him. He has a big following in his home state of Wisconsin and now that I've been listening to his CDs, I can see why. Rather than try to describe his music, you can go to his website and to Natalia's and get a sample there. These two will be a real treat for guitarists fans too. There's links from our webpage at www.acousticadventures.com/acts.html
Meanwhile I'll put out some quotes from the media who say it better than I could...
"Willy Porter was terrific--an acoustic picker with the Olympian speed of Leo Kottke, bolstered by rootsy vocals and twisting, offbeat lyrics that evoked John Hiatt... This audience embraced Porter as though he were already a star" ~Boston Globe
And about Natalia...
“She has nimble fingers capable of picking up to thirty notes per measure, and
when she sings she can switch from scat to swoon in the course of a glissando.”
~The New Yorker
Tickets are available at Grassroots Guitar on College Road, by phone from me at 488-0556, or online at our website.
As always, we are very grateful to sponsors, Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation, Sophie Station Hotel and Dollar Rent-A-Car.
Stay tuned for information about THE BOBS who will be here for a show on March 22! Grammy-nominated a cappella acrobats.... think Manhattan Transfer meets Monty Python meets Jimi Hendrix.
Off to refill the bird feeder! -Trudy
October 16/08
Greetings Cyber Event Folks: With all the financial and political news these days, we are offering a musical bail-out. This month we have two acoustic adventures that should give everyone a chance to experience four great artists. We'll have a concert tomorrow night October 17th featuring an old favorite, Bill Staines from New Hampshire in a double bill with a great young singer-songwriter, Slaid Cleaves from Austin Texas. Staines suitcase of songs includes poignant songs like "River" and cute ones like "All God's Critters Have a Place in the Choir" and he just keeps putting out new songs and albums. Cleaves is riveting... Entertainment weekly says "Cleaves tells gorgeously compact stories in a voice packed with Texas trail dust."
Sept 15/08
Greetings Cyber Event Awareness Folks:
We are happy to announce our Acoustic Adventures season. Passports are available now for $80 each. Starting Sept 21 individual seats will go on sale. We'll likely add a show or two during the season as opportunities present themselves, but we wanted to get the current season ticket out there for these 6 artists packed into 3 double bill concerts. Passports get you the best seat in the hall, a slight discount, and are transferable. And when you buy a Passport you are supporting our efforts and giving us your vote of confidence. We appreciate that and we certainly can't do it without you!
We'll kick things off on Friday, October 17 with Slaid Cleaves and Bill Staines. You're probably familiar with Bill who treats Alaska almost as a second home. He's like an old friend coming back to visit and sing some of his gems for us. Entertainment Weekly sums Slaid up nicely: "Cleaves tells gorgeously compact stories in a voice packed with Texas trail dust." Give him a listen by going to his website
www.slaid.com . Thursday, October 30, we've got Patty Larkin in a double bill with Peter
Mulvey. Both of these artists have drawn international accolades for brilliant guitar playing and highly original, memorable songs. Check them out at
www.pattylarkin.com and www.petermulvey.com
Friday, February 6 the much requested, dazzling guitarist Willy Porter joins forces with Natalia Zukerman in a show that will appeal to fans of fine musicianship and intelligent, thought provoking lyrics. Willy, a near-legend in Wisconsin, produced Natalia's latest and finest album. Plan on a strong solo set from each performer augmented by moments of inspired collaboration. Their websites are
www.willyporter.com and www.nataliazukerman.com
.
All of these shows are at Pioneer Park Theatre and are sponsored by Sophie's Station Hotel, FNSB Parks and Recreation and Dollar Rent-A-Car to whom we are extremely grateful! Information and tickets are at our website
www.acousticadventures.com/acts.html
Other non-Acoustic Adventures events that I'd encourage you to attend are with my friend Esther Golton with her friend and another fine songwriter Danny Schmidt. Details follow.
Whatever you choose to do, enjoy these wonderful Fall days. Thanks for your support as always! -Trudy
Trudy Heffernan
Acoustic Adventures
www.acousticadventures.com
131 Sands Lane, Fairbanks, AK 99712
Danny Schmidt and Esther Golton
TUES 9/16 - at the Alaska Peace Center
An open house potluck, songshare and discussion With Danny Schmidt and Esther Golton - starts at 6:30pm http://www.alaskapeace.org
TUES 9/16 at KUAC Radio, Alaska Live - 89.9FM In-studio interview at 10pm http://www.kuac.org
WED 9/17 - 7pm at the College Coffeehouse, $12 at the door http://www.collegecoffeehousefairbanks.com
Esther Website: www.esthergolton.com Danny Website: www.dannyschmidt.com
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