Acoustic Adventures Passport

Hi Cyber Event Awareness Folks:

We're having a beautiful day here today and it finally feels like summer may arrive, so I want to make this quick and then get OUTSIDE. I just wanted to thank those of you who came out (especially those who came out "on faith") to the awesome Tony Furtado concert. I consider myself fairly jaded from getting to go to so many great concerts and still he totally blew me away! Yikes, what a great instrumentalist and really nice person to boot. That was one of my favorite shows! I hope we can get him back. Even though we lost money on that concert, I consider it an investment in a future concert to have introduced him to some folks.

While I'm still on a cloud from that show, I want to remind you that Bruce Cockburn is coming next Saturday, May 10 to Hering auditorium. This is another artist not to be missed. I keep hearing from people who have seen him in concert who say he puts on a great performance. The guitarists will be amazed at his playing, and he is also a prolific song-writer. He had some hits in the 70's and 80's with "Wondering where the Lions Are" and "If I had a Rocket Launcher" but he has hardly sat back after that. He has 25 albums to his credit and continues to evolve as a skilled lyricist and musician. Primarily a folk/rocker, his music also encompasses other styles including jazz, blues and other world music. This will be a rare solo acoustic show, which pleases me to no end. The last time Cockburn was in Alaska his big Anchorage show sold out (we couldn't get him up here that time) and it looks like that will happen down there again. But I still have way too many good seats. As usual, you can buy online, call me at 488-0556 or get them at Grassroots Guitar. I would hate to be so outdone by Anchorage--I hope you'll consider going and please help us spread the word.

OK, now for the easy sell--John Prine is coming back!! He'll be here Friday, August 22 at Hering Auditorium. Tickets will officially go on sale Tuesday, May 6 at noon. I won't be advertising to the general public for a while to give you folks first dibs. The show sold out last time he was here, so best to get your tickets early if you want to attend.

And for just a wee bit more incentive... if you call me before Tuesday for a Bruce Cockburn ticket or you have already bought one, you may get pre-sale John Prine tickets too! OK now I sound like a mattress salesman. Time to get outside! Have a great weekend. -Trudy

Greetings Cyber Event Awareness Folks and Musicians

I'm just recently back from Juneau's Alaska Folk Festival. We always do the trip by road and usually come back to breakup in full swing in Fairbanks, but here we are enjoying just a bit more winter. It's beautiful, but I'm still looking forward to spring after seeing the crocuses in Juneau.

We have two concerts left for our season and they are both gems. Next Friday, April 25 we will feature TONY FURTADO at Pioneer Park Theatre at 8pm. He is an incredible banjo player and has written some killer tunes on that instrument. His latest album has the slide guitar and song-writing taking the forefront. So if you like bluegrass, blues, songwriting, slide-guitar, banjo, you can't miss this one.

Tony has been described as an acoustic bluesman, slide guitarist, banjo wizard, songwriter with an emotionally riveting voice. He started playing banjo as a teenager and when he was 19 he won the Grand National Banjo Championship at the renowned Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield Kansas. By the time of his second release "Within Reach" he was playing and recording with such luminaries as Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss and Laurie Lewis. 1994's "Full Circle" marked a discovery of his passion for the acoustic blues and slide guitar of musical influences like Ry Cooder and Blind Willie, and the sound continued with 1997"s "Roll my blues Away". Highlights from 1999 to 2003 include releasing a recording with Grammy-winner Dirk Powell and two live albums of Tony and his band. 2007 saw the release of "Thirteen" with a foray into songwriting and singing.

For information and to hear audio clips of Tony's music, check out www.myspace.com/tonyfurtadomusic Also you can tune into Banjo Signal at 8pm next Wednesday on KUAC/FM 89.9 to hear a bunch of Tony's music.

The last concert of the season will be May 10 with legendary Canadian super-guitarist, Bruce Cockburn in Hering Auditorium. More on that later! Also I'll let you know when John Prine tickets go on sale soon to give the Cyber Event Folks first chance at that one. Whoohoooo

As always, please pass this email on to your friends if you think they might be interested.