{"id":43423,"date":"2019-08-01T15:17:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T19:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=43423"},"modified":"2019-08-02T09:05:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T13:05:14","slug":"on-stage-montreal-guitare-trio-returns-to-the-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=43423","title":{"rendered":"On Stage:  Montreal Guitare Trio returns to The Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN\"><strong>By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <\/span><em><span lang=\"EN\">Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9935\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mg3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9935\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mg3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Montreal Guitare Trio<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Montreal Guitare Trio is no stranger to the Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org\/\">http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Canadian band played the venue earlier this year as the opening act for the California Guitar Trio. Now, the Montreal-based threesome \u2013 S\u00e9bastien Dufour, Glenn L\u00e9vesque and Marc Morin &#8212; is coming back to headline a show at Kennett Flash on August 2.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Described by the CBC as the hottest guitar ensemble in Canada, Montreal Guitare Trio (MG3) has quickly established itself as a force to be reckoned with, as well as an interactive force in various musical forms. For more than 20 years, the trio\u2019s virtuosity and creativity and impressive stage presence have been winning over audiences around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe started in 1998 \u2013 21 years now,\u201d said Morin, during a phone interview Wednesday from his home in Saint-J\u00e9r\u00f4me, Quebec. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve been friendly with the California Guitar Trio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cS\u00e9bastien, Glenn and I met in Montreal at the university. We started as a trio after college. We began playing metal and rock and then went to study classical. What brought us together was the love of many kinds of music and blending them together. We were raised in rock and studied classical. We had eclectic tastes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI initially called Glenn about my project. Then, Glenn proposed S\u00e9bastien as the third member. The project was playing the music of (Argentinian composer) Astor Piazzolla, (Brazilian composer) Egberto Gismonti and (Italian composer) Ennio Morricone. Morricone is like our mentor. We always play Morricone. It was already a classical crossover. These composers were classical but not really in the classical world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">MG3 has performed hundreds of concerts throughout North America, Europe, New Zealand and Australia in the most prestigious venues including the legendary Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Rundet\u00e5rnet in Copenhagen and the BB King Blues Club in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Winner of the 2011 Opus Award for \u201cConcert of the Year\u201d in the Jazz &amp; World Music category, Montreal Guitare Trio has<br \/>\nreleased eight albums, including the trio\u2019s two latest ones \u2013 \u201cDanzas\u201d (2017) &amp; \u201cDer Prinz\u201d (2014).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Throughout the years, the trio has collaborated and shared the stage with world-renowned ensembles and artists, such as the Orchestre Symphonique de Qu\u00e9bec, Jorane, Solorazaf and Don Ross.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">MG3\u2019s most memorable collaboration to date is with the California Guitar Trio (CGT), when both ensembles joins forces to brilliantly perform some of the greatest rock classics from The Beatles, Radiohead, David Bowie, a few spaghetti western themes by Morricone, as well as some of their original compositions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe play rock, classical and a lot of ethnic music,\u201d said Morin. \u201cThat\u2019s what keeps it interesting. In our music, you will hear Indian, Arabic, Eastern European and South American. We also play some African based on music from Mali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cEvery album is a wide span of musical interests \u2013 expect the last one which is Spanish-inspired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe like to mix styles. I don\u2019t know how many styles we\u2019ll play at Kennett Flash but there will be many.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Montreal Guitare Trio \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EpXj5iJa3m0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/EpXj5iJa3m0<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at Kennett Flash will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Other upcoming shows at Kennett Flash are Jill Sobule with special guest Cliff Hillis on August 1, and Ben Arnold with special guest Michael Hahn on August 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9936\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cyh-curtis2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9936\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cyh-curtis2-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ching-Yun Hu<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Ching-Yun Hu is a world-famous classical pianist who has studied and lived in cities all around Europe, South America, Africa and North America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">She lists her favorite cities as Taipei, Taiwan, where she was born; Budapest, Hungary; and Philadelphia, which is new her hometown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">On August 2, Hu will give a special performance in her adopted city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Hu, the founder and director of the Philadelphia Young Pianists\u2019 Academy (PYPA), will have her solo debut performance in the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Kimmel Center (Broad and Spruce streets, Philadelphia, 215-731-3333, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimmelcenter.org\/\">www.kimmelcenter.org<\/a>). This concert is the opening of the Seventh Annual PYPA Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI was 14 years old when I came to the states,\u201d said Hu, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from her home in Center City Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI wanted to be a concert pianist. There was no social media then, so it wasn\u2019t easy to get information. I wanted to study to be a concert pianist, so I decided to move here. My mom was for it but my dad was against it. I came to Philadelphia with my sister who was 16 at the time. It was the two of us living by ourselves in Philadelphia. We didn\u2019t have any family here, but my sister\u2019s friends were studying at the Curtis Institute.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Hu used her ingenuity to get money to live and study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI entered competitions and got whatever grants I could,\u201d said Hu. \u201cIf you won a scholarship competition, then there was no tuition. I studied at a pre-college session every Saturday at Julliard in New York \u2013 going back and forth from Philadelphia every weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI just stayed with Juilliard and moved to New York after high school. I eventually got my master\u2019s degree from Julliard. Since then, I\u2019ve lived in Cleveland, London and Hannover, Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cOver the years, I\u2019ve performed all over Europe, in Korea, Japan and China, in Brazil and in Africa. I\u2019ve performed a number of times in Mozambique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cAfter a while, I was searching for a place I wanted to live and put down roots. I decided to come back to America \u2013 to Philadelphia or New York. I chose Philadelphia because Philly feels like home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Just returning from a sold-out world concert tour, Hu will perform the Spanish composer Isaac Alb\u00e9niz\u2019s\u00a0\u201cIberia, Books I and II,\u201d Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin&#8217;s \u201cSonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58\u201d and Chopin\u2019s contemporary, French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan\u2019s\u00a0 \u201cLe festin d&#8217;\u00c9sope\u00a0(Aesop&#8217;s Feast), Op. 39, No. 12.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201c\u2018Iberia\u2019 is a set of 12 pieces written by an impressionist composer named Isaac Alb\u00e9niz,\u201d said Hu. \u201cThey are extremely colorful and, at the same time, very challenging technically. I\u2019m playing six of the 12 pieces \u2013 Books 1 and 2. That will be the first half of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cAfter intermission, I start with Alkan\u2019s piece. Alkan, who lived next door to Chopin, was not very well-known because his pieces are so difficult to play. He was a very mysterious composer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cHis music was very much ahead of its time. The piece I\u2019m playing is a very humorous piece. The reason I chose the piece by Chopin is because it\u2019s a very artistic piece. It\u2019s from his late period. And, it contrasts well with Alkan\u2019s piece.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Ching-Yun Hu \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tVwOPAabnhA\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/tVwOPAabnhA<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at the Kimmel Center will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9937\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dollyrots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9937\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dollyrots-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dollyrots<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\"> The Dollyrots \u2013 Luis Cabezas and Kelly Ogden \u2013just released their ninth album, \u201cDaydream Explosion on July 12 on Wicked Cool Records. Now, they are on tour in support of the new album \u2013 a tour that will have two stops locally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">On August 1, The Dollyrots are sharing the bill with the Pink Spiders at Chameleon Club (223 North Water Street, Lancaster, 717-299-9684,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chameleonclub.net\/\">http:\/\/www.chameleonclub.net<\/a>). On August 2, they will be in Philly with the same line-up at MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 215- 925-6455,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkboyphilly.com\/\">www.milkboyphilly.com<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a><span lang=\"EN\">The Dollyrots <\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN\">have had a family vibe ever since they started \u2013 ever since they went to school together at Pine View Middle School and Sun Lake High School in Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe\u2019re from Land O\u2019Lakes,\u201d said Ogden, during a phone interview Wednesday evening from a tour stop in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. \u201cWe met when we were in eighth grade.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">They both attended New College of Florida where they formed a band called No Chef \u2013 which only lasted a short while. Then, Cabezas and Ogden relocated to the West Coast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe\u2019re living in Tampa now,\u201d said Ogden. \u201cWe have a five-year-old and a two-year-old, so we moved to Tampa because it\u2019s a better place to raise a family. We still also have an apartment in L.A.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Tampa was where \u201cDaydream Explosion\u201d had its start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe recorded the bulk of it in December and January,\u201d said Ogden. \u201cThe way I write, we pretty much record as I\u2019m writing. We have our own studio in our backyard. Then, we brought the tracks to our producer John Fields in Minneapolis. We did the bones at home and then went to John\u2019s studio \u2013 Creation Audio. He added his ideas and played some keyboards. We wrote the song \u2018Flippy in My Red Dress\u201d with him. Once all the songs were done and written, we finished the recording at Pachyderm Studio in Minneapolis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Dollyrots\u2019 family vibe is evident on \u201cDaydream Explosion.\u201d The album\u2019s credits for background vocals list River Ogden Cabezas, Daisy Moon Cabezas, and Katie Ogden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cOur kids sandg on a few tracks,\u201d said Ogden. \u201cAnd, my sister Kelly also sang on the record.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Dollyrots have their own label and have used crowdsourcing campaigns for several of their albums using PledgeMusic and Kickstarter. PledgeMusic recently went bankrupt and that almost was a disaster for the duo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe started the campaign for \u2018Daydream Explosion\u2019 back in December with PledgeMusic,\u201d said Cabezas. \u201cIn January, we found out that PledgeMusic was in trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cSo, we pulled the album even though 70 per cent of the goal was reached. We had to kill the pledge and start our own. We finished the record and sent it to Wicked Cool Records.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Wicked Cool Records is the garage rock label founded by &#8220;Little Steven&#8221; Van Zandt in 2005. The label evolved out of Van Zandt\u2019s weekly syndicated radio show Little Steven\u2019s Underground Garage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe sent it to Wicked Cool so they could play it on their radio show,\u201d said Cabezas. \u201cThey liked and said they wanted to release it on their label.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for The Dollyrots \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vXNdzppor68\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/vXNdzppor68<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at the Chameleon on August 1 will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at MilkBoy Philly on August 2, which also features the Pink Spiders and Alright Junior, will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Other upcoming shows at the Chameleon are Copper Chief on August 2, and Dorothy on August 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Other upcoming shows at MilkBoy Philly are Winnetka Bowling League on August 1 and Carver Commodore, The Dead Flowers, and Dominy on August 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Prior to last year, Matthew Koma had established himself in the world of rock music as a singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9938\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Winnetka-Bowling-League.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9938\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Winnetka-Bowling-League-350x233.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winnetka Bowling League<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">He had two well-received EPs on Interscope Records and had songs he had written covered by such acts as Shania Twain, Tiesto, Hillary Duff, Kelly Clarkson, Zedd, Far East Movement and Carly Rae Jepsen. Koma also has a strong CV as a producer \u2013 especially for EDM artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Last year, Koma opted to head in a new direction and formed a band called Winnetka Bowling League \u2013 a band that makes its Philly debut on August 1 at MilkBoy Philly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Winnetka Bowling League, which already has a radio hit with \u201cOn the 5,\u201d released its second EP in seven months,\u00a0\u201cCloudy With a Chance of Sun\u201d on RCA Records on April 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cAfter years of sharing visions with other people, I got to a point where I didn\u2019t have to do what was strategically right,\u201d said Koma, during a phone interview Wednesday from a tour stop in New York City. \u201cI just wanted to do something that I love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">That something was forming a new band and that band was Winnetka Bowling League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0\u201cI wrote some songs,\u201d said Koma. \u201cI wanted to figure out what the next step in my music career would be. This was very different. I stated playing the songs for friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re in high school, you start a band in an organic way. It gets more awkward when you get older. I put this band together through word-of-mouth \u2013 asking friends for recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cEveryone in the band is from L.A. except my brother who lives in Boston. Our first show was a little under a year ago.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Winnetka Bowling League is a band from L.A. and the California vibe features heavily in its DNA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI moved to L.A. from New York about 10 years ago,\u201d said Koma. \u201cI live in Studio City. I\u2019ve always been a \u2018Valley Dog.\u2019 Ironically, most of the songs on the first EP were written when I was back to New York and thinking about California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWith this band\u2019s line-up, it worked from the very first rehearsal. Fortunately, there was just a magic from the first day. We were lucky to have it work out that way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI write the songs and bring them to the band. My songwriting comes from everywhere. It\u2019s never the same. If I did it just one way, I\u2019d get bored.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">When Koma was a teenager, he was too busy with his music to watch much TV. If he had watched television shows in the early 2000s and saw the show \u201cLizzie McGuire,\u201d he would have seen his future soulmate \u2013 Hilary Duff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI knew of the show but never saw it,\u201d said Koma. \u201cLater, I worked with Hilary on a few songs on her latest record.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Koma and Duff are now engaged and have a young daughter &#8212; Banks Violet Bair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cMy daughter is nine months old now,\u201d said Koma. \u201cShe is everything to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Koma\u2019s other \u201cbaby\u201d &#8212; Winnetka Bowling League \u2013 is also growing at a rapid pace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe have two EPs so far and we\u2019re in the middle of making the third,\u201d said Koma. \u201cI like releasing EPs and not feeling the pressure to do an album. It allows evolution to take place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cIn our shows now, we\u2019re playing songs from the first two EPs. We haven\u2019t put any of the new songs into our set list yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Winnetka Bowling League &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Rh27VnYxJ10\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Rh27VnYxJ10<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at MilkBoy Philly, which has Carroll as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9939\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/grace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9939\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/grace-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Grace<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Rising young pop star Sarah Grace will make her area debut when she headlines a show on August 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.st94.com\/\">www.st94.com<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Millions of people got introduced to the then-15-year-old singer last fall on Season 15 of The Voice. Grace won over the public and judges alike as she made her way through to the semi-final round. Voice Coach Adam Levine hailed her as a \u201cpowerhouse,\u201d and fellow coach Jennifer Hudson praised Sarah Grace\u2019s sassiness, while her coach, Kelly Clarkson, marveled over the teen\u2019s \u201cbig, old-soul voice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Viewers similarly were captivated by the soulful pop singer, who was a Public\u2019s Vote winner during the six-week Live Shows. Her social media followers also grew by 60K (37K on Instagram) after starting on The Voice, and her Week One rendition of Big Mama Thornton\/Janis Joplin\u2019s \u201cBall &amp; Chain\u201d \u2013 which caused three Voice coaches to swivel their chairs \u2013 has racked up over 2.2 million YouTube views in just six months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Now, the young Houston native is spending her summer break from school at Houston\u2019s prestigious High School of Performing and Visual Arts touring the country with her band, The Soul, which includes her younger sister, Reagan, on drums and long-time bassist Daniel Holder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cOur first show was on July 26,\u201d said Grace, during a phone interview Tuesday as she travelled to Pennsylvania from a tour stop in Wisconsin. \u201cWe still have a bunch of shows left. There is one part of the tour where we have eight shows in nine days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Even though she is just 16, Grace has been making music for a while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI always loved singing,\u201d said Grace. \u201cI\u2019ve been singing since I was a baby. As I got older, I wanted to accompany myself. I started with guitar but that didn\u2019t fit. So, I got a piano. My little sister Regan played drums and my dad got a guitar.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Soon, the Graces started a family band. Grace was nine years old when she began performing live at local Houston open mics and coffeehouses. When teen bassist Holder joined the sisters, their group was first called Campfire Soul before becoming Sarah Grace and The Soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI got into music because I had a condition called synesthesia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. A common form of synesthesia is the association of sounds with colors. For some, everyday sounds such as doors opening, cars honking, or people talking can trigger seeing colors. For others, colors are triggered when musical notes or keys are being played.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cMy synesthesia has gone away now,\u201d said Grace. \u201cIt usually goes away when you\u2019re really young but mine stayed around for a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">While. Around eighth grade, it slowly faded away. Do I miss it \u2013 yes and no. It was a unique experience \u2013 but very distracting. I couldn\u2019t read if there was background noise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">In addition to singing, Grace also plays trumpet and Hammond organ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWhen I was in sixth grade, I went with my family to the New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival,\u201d said Grace. \u201cI saw the Shotgun Jazz Band whose lead singer Marla Dixon also played the trumpet. I hadn\u2019t considered playing trumpet before that but, once I heard it being used by a singer, it made me want to learn to play the instrument.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI had started playing piano when I was in fourth grade. Later, I went to a blues jam one night and heard someone playing a Hammond B3. Right then, I knew I wanted to play a Hammond and got a Hammond SK1. On The Voice, I played a Hammond B3.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Grace is a trailblazer &#8212; the first Voice contestant to play trumpet on the show\u2026and the first to play organ. She also was probably the first synesthesia veteran to perform on the show. Now, she is blazing new trails on the road with her band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Sarah Grace \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6s-NRCChB9A\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/6s-NRCChB9A<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at Sellersville Theater, which has Brianna Nelson as the opener, will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $19.50 and $29.50.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Other upcoming shows at the venue are King\u2019s X \u00a0with Sound &amp; Shape on August 2, David Clark\u2019s Songs In The Attic (Billy Joel Tribute) on August 3, The Spouse Whisperer on August 4, Bluegrass Jam In The Bar on August 6, and Nelson Magic Show on August 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chaplinslive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/a>) will present Revalation and Vassal on August 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ardmoremusic.com\/\">www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will host <\/span>Red Baraat on August 1, Hezekiah Jones with special guest Under the Oak on August 2, Splintered Sunlight on August 3 and John Kadlecik and West Philly Fadeaway on August 4.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keswicktheatre.com\/\">www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">An Evening with Glennon Doyle on August 1, Cinderella&#8217;s Tom Keifer #Keiferband on August 2, and Scott Bradlee\u2019s Postmodern Jukebox on August 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Locks at Sona (4417 Main Street, Manayunk, 484- 273-0481, <a href=\"http:\/\/sonapub.com\/\">sonapub.com<\/a>) will present James Hunter (duo) on August 1 and BJ Barham on August 2.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times The Montreal Guitare Trio is no stranger to the Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org). The Canadian band played the venue earlier this year as the opening act for the California Guitar Trio. Now, the Montreal-based threesome \u2013 S\u00e9bastien Dufour, Glenn L\u00e9vesque and Marc Morin &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8457],"tags":[12334,7426,12333,12336,11448,12335],"class_list":["post-43423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-ching-yun-hu","tag-featured","tag-montreal-guitare-trio","tag-sarah-grace","tag-the-dollyrots","tag-winnetka-bowling-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43423"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43426,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43423\/revisions\/43426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}