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By Denny Dyroff,<\/strong> Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/div>\n
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Deni Bonet and Chris Flynn<\/p><\/div>\n

Deni Bonet has become one of the favorites for music fans at Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>).<\/div>\n

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After two scintillating shows last year, Bonet is returning to the popular venue in Delaware County for a concert on June 15.<\/div>\n
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According to Jamey\u2019s website, \u201cWhenever Deni plays our room, the fire department is on high alert as she is incredibly smoking hot on that trademark blue fiddle. A must see!\u201d<\/div>\n

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At Jamey\u2019s this weekend, Bonet\u00a0will perform with her musical partner \u2013 guitarist Chris Flynn.<\/div>\n
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\u201cChris and I have been busy,\u201d said Bonet, during a phone interview Monday from her home in Upper Manhattan. \u201cWe just got back from a road trip to D.C. and Virginia.<\/div>\n
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\u201cChris and I have been doing great. We\u2019re going to Ireland from July 1 to July 9. We\u2019ve got some amazing concerts \u2013 Wexford, Donegal, Cork and a date in Northern Ireland. And we\u2019re playing a big festival in Ireland.\u201d<\/div>\n
Bonet\u00a0takes the violin to places most musicians don\u2019t even dream about \u2013 and gladly takes listeners along for the ride.<\/div>\n
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Bonet\u00a0will be taking the audience at Jamey\u2019s along for the ride \u2013 a thrilling ride that spans musical genres and gets audience members out of their seats.<\/div>\n
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Bonet\u00a0can rock a violin like nobody\u2019s business and writes memorable songs that make you want to listen again and again. For years, Bonet\u00a0has been honing her craft as a violinist, singer, songwriter and performer. Her style\u00a0ranges from pop to roots rock to new folk.<\/div>\n
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On her most recent album release\u00a0\u201cBright Shiny Objects,\u201d she delivers ultra-high voltage, genre-defying brilliance,\u00a0with pure classical training and precision playing.<\/div>\n
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\u201cBright Shiny Objects\u201d was recorded in New York City with the cream of New York musicians, including Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel’s drummer of 30 years), Graham Maby (Joe Jackson), Shawn Pelton (SNL, Rod Stewart), Will Lee (Letterman, Mick Jagger), Steve Holley (Paul McCartney), Ben Butler (Chris Botti) and Matt Beck (Matchbox 20).<\/div>\n
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This was Bonet\u2019s first all-instrumental album,\u00a0and it shows off her skills as a virtuoso violin player, composer and arranger.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe have a new album but we\u2019re just putting it out track by track,\u201d said Bonet. \u201cThe full album is available at our live shows.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe finished the album last year. But the way the music business is right now, we don\u2019t need to put it out as an album. I was offered a deal with the label from my previous album, but I wasn\u2019t interested.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m really proud of this record. We played with a symphony orchestra \u2013 my music. And we had many great players \u2013 Will Lee, Andy York, Leland Sklar, Shawn Pelton and most of the Spin Doctors.\u00a0 They\u2019re buddies. Everybody helped me out.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI worked with this guy named James Frazee. I produced the album, and it was mixed by James and Chris.<\/div>\n
\u201cThe first track was started before the pandemic \u2013 and then the plague hit. I have a studio and I\u2019ve been recording remote for years.<\/div>\n
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\u201cSo far, I\u2019ve put out four singles from the album \u2013 \u2018Why Not You,\u2019 \u2018Off the Record,\u2019 \u2018Always Come Home\u2019 and \u2018I Am In Love,\u2019 which is a Crowded House cover.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Music has taken Bonet around the world to much acclaim and yet she still remains very grounded.<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had a very interesting career,\u201d said Bonet.\u00a0\u201cI grew up in northern Virginia \u2013 Woodbridge \u2013 and got a full ride to West Virginia University.<\/div>\n
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\u201cRight out of school, I got on Mountain Stage. I was part of the original cast. A cool thing \u2013 I went back recently as a full guest.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Bonet\u00a0first came to widespread attention as a founding member of National Public Radio\u2019s premier music show,\u00a0Mountain Stage, where she built a following as a member of the broadcast\u2019s house band along with singing and playing in her own right and backing up artists as diverse as the Indigo Girls, Richard Thompson and Allen Toussaint.<\/div>\n
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In the 90s, Bonet\u00a0relocated to London, where she worked with alternative rock legend, Robyn Hitchcock, including a series of concerts as a duo that won praise from\u00a0USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post\u00a0and\u00a0The Boston Globe. She played on Hitchcock\u2019s album\u00a0\u201cMoss Elixir,\u201d\u00a0and even appeared in the Jonathan Demme concert film,\u00a0\u201cStorefront Hitchcock.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Eventually, Bonet\u00a0decided it was time to go solo\u00a0\u2013 well, almost solo. For several years, Bonet\u00a0has been performing as a duo with Chris Flynn.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI do play with a band occasionally,\u201d said Bonet. \u201cSince the plague hit, I go out mostly with Chris. It\u2019s a duo. He\u2019s not a side guy. We have a chemistry.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe hooked up a few years back. I was asked to play\u00a0the New York Irish Rock Review show at City Winery. I was in the house band and Chris was the musical director. The second year I did it, we hung out a little more and I asked him to do a gig with me. From then on, we started to work together. We\u2019ve played Carnegie Hall four times.\u201d<\/div>\n
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After moving to New York, Bonet\u00a0released an initial EP (titled, simply,\u00a0\u201cEP\u201d) and then her full-length debut,\u00a0\u201cBigger Is Always Better.\u201d The disc, which featured guest appearances from Hitchcock and The Soft Boys\u2019 Kimberly Rew (writer of Katrina and the Waves\u2019 classic hit\u00a0\u201cWalking On Sunshine\u201d), garnered rave reviews.<\/div>\n
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Bonet\u00a0has hosted her own cable TV show,\u00a0\u201cDuets With Deni,\u201d\u00a0a combination of music and chat featuring a series of all-star guests, which was the subject of a rave\u00a0Billboard\u00a0feature. She has performed highly regarded showcases at CMJ and SXSW, and took her act on the road with Lilith Fair.<\/div>\n
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And she\u2019s remained one of the most in-demand session players and sidewomen around, adding her violin to albums by an impressive variety of artists \u2014 from the introspective Sarah McLachlan to techno-metal band Gravity Kills \u2014 and making TV appearances on\u00a0The Today Show, SNL\u00a0and\u00a0Late Night With Conan O\u2019Brien.<\/div>\n
As she established herself as a solo act, Bonet\u00a0impressed artists like Patti Smith, Lisa Loeb, Gin Blossoms, Cracker, Midnight Oil, The Saw Doctors, Fairport Convention, Marshall Crenshaw and Kansas, all of whom have invited her to open their shows. She spent several years touring the globe as the violinist in Cyndi Lauper\u2019s band.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI spent a couple years touring with Cyndi and that was a lot of fun,\u201d said Bonet.<\/div>\n
Bonet, a true globetrotter, also had a fun time in Zanzibar.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI went to Africa \u2013 to Tanzania \u2013 on safari,\u201d said Bonet. \u201cIt was on my bucket list. I was in Zanzibar for a week.<\/div>\n
\u201cOn the next-to-last day, I met some musicians at a traditional dinner. I jammed with these musicians, gave a workshop to teachers, and performed a mini concert.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThey asked me to come back and do a residency. I got a nice size grant and went back to Stone Town for a month. I spent three-and-a-half weeks teaching rock-and-roll, songwriting and violin.\u201d<\/div>\n
In January 2020, Bonet\u00a0returned to Zanzibar to record original music with local Tanzanian band Stone Town Rockerz.<\/div>\n
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Bonet\u00a0plays the violin like no other. Although classically trained, Bonet\u00a0quit the classical world because she hated having to wear black and sit still.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI approach it more like a guitar than a violin,\u201d said Bonet.<\/div>\n
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Bonet\u00a0is also known for her signature bright blue violin.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI was originally given the guitar from the company \u2014 Barcus-Berry \u2013 when I was touring with Cyndi,\u201d said Bonet. \u201cThey gave me violins in every color. Blue is the one that sounds the best.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Bonet\u2019s show at Jamey\u2019s will feature \u201csomething old\u201d (songs from her early albums), \u201csomething new\u201d (tracks from the new LP), \u201csomething borrowed\u201d (a few covers\u201d and \u201csomething blue\u201d (her flashy violin).<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m playing quite a few songs from the new album,\u201d said Bonet. \u201cI have a lot of material \u2013 quite a few albums \u2013 to draw from. I also play a couple covers that are unusual like \u2018Frankenstein\u2019 by Edgar Winter.\u201d<\/div>\n
Video link for Deni Bonet\u00a0\u2013\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/VkjZ7Y7rovs<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The show at Jamey\u2019s on June 15 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. The show will also be available on pay-per-view at a cost of $15.<\/div>\n
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\u201cJazz at Jamey\u2019s\u201d will be presented every Thursday. Every Sunday, Jamey\u2019s presents \u201cSUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH & JAM\u201d featuring the Philly Blues Kings.<\/div>\n
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On June 14, Jamey\u2019s will present \u201cMichael London & Friends\u2014East Meets West.\u201d<\/div>\n
The show features London and his band along with Hindol Chattopadhyay, a master sitarist from India.<\/b><\/div>\n
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London is a Philadelphia musician with a soulful voice and a great touch on acoustic and electric guitars. His latest recordings feature interpretations of classic folk, jazz and soul songs in his own expansive style.<\/p><\/div>\n

London is also a passionate interpreter of Rumi\u2019s poetry, the great 13th century Sufi poet. He offers us a musical window into the ecstatic poems, which reveal and make tangible our connection with the self, humanity, nature and beyond.<\/div>\n
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The band for Friday\u2019s show features Paul Butler on sax and clarinet, Larry Cohen on bass, Bill Marconi on drums and Hindol Chattopadhyay on sitar.<\/div>\n
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Chattopadhyay is considered one of the most engaging, intelligent and talented instrumentalists in contemporary Hindustani music. His masterly conception of the grand design and architecture of the raga has enabled him to innovate with in the instrumental form, and this is especially evident in his creative approach to inventing new ragas.<\/div>\n
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Chattopadhyay created two new ragas, \u201cPitambari\u201d and \u201cAshrusinchan,\u201d both of which were approved and introduced in Indian Classical music.<\/div>\n
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Video link for Michael London — https:\/\/youtu.be\/kXuF78HjVmo<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The show at Jamey\u2019s on June 14 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. The show will also be available on pay-per-view at a cost of $15.<\/div>\n
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If you\u2019re a fan of top-flight bluegrass music performed in a live setting, you\u2019re in luck this weekend.<\/div>\n
International bluegrass music and country music superstar Ricky\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0will be returning to the area for two shows over the next few days \u2013 June 15 at the American Music Theatre (2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, www.AMTshows.com<\/a>) and June 16 for a pair of shows at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, www.st94.com<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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Bluegrass musician\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0has been making music for more than 50 years.\u00a0A 15-time Grammy Award winning singer and multi-instrumentalist,\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0is a Grand Ole Opry member, CMA and ACM Award winner, and has 12 #1 songs to his credit, including \u201cHeartbroke,\u201d \u201cHighway 40 Blues,\u201d \u201cHoney, Open That Door,\u201d and \u201cCountry Boy.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Skaggs\u00a0played mandolin and sang on stage with bluegrass legend Bill Monroe when he was six years old. One year later, he appeared on television\u2019s Martha White country music variety show, playing with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.<\/div>\n
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His life\u2019s path has taken him to various musical genres, from where it all began in bluegrass music, to striking out on new musical journeys, while still leaving his musical roots intact.<\/div>\n
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The versatile musician started playing mandolin over a half-century ago.\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0has had 13 consecutive Grammy-nominated classics \u2014 from \u201cBluegrass Rules!\u201d in 1998 to \u201cRicky\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0Solo: Songs My Dad Loved\u201d in 2010.<\/div>\n
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Skaggs\u00a0said that there are plans for a live Kentucky Thunder album to be released om a yet-to-be-determined date.<\/div>\n
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Skaggs\u2019 most recent album in \u201cHearts Like Ours,\u201d which he recorded with his wife Sharon White and released on his\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0Family label.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe recorded that album in 2013 and released it in October 2014,\u201d said\u00a0Skaggs, during a phone interview Tuesday from his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee.<\/div>\n
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I\u2019ve had my own studio since 2001 \u2014\u00a0Skaggs\u2019 Place Studio in Hendersonville. We have a lot of analog gear — and ProTools and RADAR, which is still the best for going from analog to digital.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019ve been recording a lot at our studio. We plan to get a live record out and then get back in the studio to do a new album. I\u2019ve been writing for a while \u2013 quite a few instrumentals.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Skaggs\u00a0got into bluegrass music early in his career.<\/div>\n
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By age 21, he was already considered a \u201crecognized master\u201d of one of America’s most demanding art forms, but his career took him in other directions — catapulting him to popularity and success in the mainstream of country music.\u00a0 His life’s path has taken him to various musical genres, from where it all began in bluegrass music, to striking out on new musical journeys, while still leaving his musical roots intact.<\/div>\n
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Skaggs\u00a0struck his first chords on a mandolin more than 50 years ago and continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music.\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0has led a life dedicated to playing music that is both fed by the soul and felt by the heart \u2013 and dedicated to Jesus.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWith the pandemic, we went from about 75-80 shows a year to just zero for a year-and-a-half,\u201d said\u00a0Skaggs.<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Opry kept going. They never shut down. I did a few shows there \u2013 live on radio and TV \u2013 for the fans. Now, the Opry is back to full capacity.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe pandemic really did affect us. Every year, Sharon (his wife Sharon White) was touring a lot with her band, The Whites, and I was touring a lot with my band, Kentucky Thunder. The good thing about being forced off tour is that we really had time to be together. It was the most we had been together in 40 years.<\/div>\n
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\u201cJesus told us to have faith and not fear. It\u2019s great that we can now go out and play to bring hope and joy and faith to people. Jesus said \u2013 joy kills sorrow.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Unlike many acts out on the road then\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0had no vaccination requirements for his audience members.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t believe in vaccines,\u201d said Skaggs. \u201cI took budesonide and ivermectin instead. Then, I was hospitalized for nine days with COVID — but I beat the virus.\u201d<\/div>\n
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A few years, Skaggs underwent quadruple bypass surgery<\/a>\u00a0in Nashville.<\/div>\n
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\u201cEverything is great now,\u201d said Skaggs. \u201cI feel really good.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Once again, Skaggs has his own take on the medical world.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThankfully, I\u2019m back to being a carnivore \u2013 beef, butter, bacon, eggs,\u201d said Skaggs. \u201cThe cardiologists have it wrong. They have it all backwards.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Skaggs is back to touring with gusto.<\/div>\n
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\u201c2024 has been really good,\u201d said Skaggs. \u201cTouring is back to normal. People are finally getting to hear live music. We\u2019ve had some really good crowds.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Now,\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0is on a national tour with his latest incarnation of Kentucky Thunder.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s pretty much a new band,\u201d said\u00a0Skaggs. \u201cThe tenor singer is brand new. The fiddle player is new since July. On the other hand, three or four of the guys have been with me for five years.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing band. It\u2019s pretty much like jumping into a Ferrari and just going. It\u2019s amazing to play with such professional musicians.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe band is right with me, and we play old-time, bluegrass, country, gospel and a lot of instrumentals.\u201d We just love to play.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Video link for Ricky\u00a0Skaggs\u00a0\u2014\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/hFXG3yV6Km4<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The show at the American Music Theatre on June 15 will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $39.<\/div>\n
The shows at the Sellersville Theater are at 3 and 8 p.m. on June 16. Tickets start at $45.<\/div>\n
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Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are Andy Summers on June 13, Sal Valentinetti on June 14, Dana Fuchs on June 15, Nektar on June 18 and Bywater Call on June 19.<\/div>\n
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Mallow Hill will be making its Chester County debut with a show on June 16 at Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295, http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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The blues-rock quintet features Mikayla Joseph \u2013 Vocals, Danny Gwinn \u2013 Guitar, Mac Dignam \u2013 Keys, John Menefee \u2013 Drums, and Chris Reynolds – Bass, Harmonica, Vocals.<\/div>\n
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The Baltimore-based band is beginning to stretch out from its familiar turf in Baltimore and Maryland\u2019s Eastern Shore.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re playing a lot of gigs this summer,\u201d said Gwinn, during a phone interview Monday afternoon from his home in Charm City. \u201cWe\u2019re weekend warriors because we all still all have day jobs.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe play a lot of shows in Eastern Shore, Maryland, D.C., Shelbyville, Delaware and Baltimore. This show at Kennett Flash will be our closest gig to Philly as of yet \u2013 this and a show at 118 North in July.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The band channels an eclectic mix of musical inspiration, drawing from the likes of Gary Clark Jr, The Black Pumas, Marcus King Band, Led Zeppelin, and The Black Keys.<\/div>\n
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Mallow Hill is still a relatively new band.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAs Mallow Hill, we\u2019ve been together almost four years,\u201d said Gwinn. \u201cWe started in 2020 when COVID was coming to an end.<\/div>\n
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Mallow Hill is a street in the western end of Baltimore \u2013 not far from Catonsville.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMallow Hill is a street where we rehearse,\u201d said Gwinn. \u201cWe have a place in our house and a lot of musicians and bands come around. We\u2019ve been doing weekly and bi-weekly jam session for a while.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Mallow Hill\u00a0is a name borrowed from a street in Baltimore that pays homage to the group\u2019s roots and origin story.\u00a0 The street \u201cMallow Hill\u201d has always served a purpose as a \u201cheadquarters\u201d for music creation and collaboration, with an \u201copen door\u201d policy that has been established by band leader and founder, Danny Gwinn.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe band has come together piece by piece,\u201d said Gwinn. \u201cMac on keyboards and Chris on bass have been friends for a long time. Chris was in a band with John, and he brought him in. Mikayla was the only person I didn\u2019t know. Now, she\u2019s the singer.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019ve all been going at it ever since we decided to make music together. We never stopped. We work our asses off. We\u2019re always working on it \u2013 especially me and Mikayla, who is now my fianc\u00e9.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMikayla was the last to join the band in 2020. Finding Mikayla was what we needed. She was the missing piece. She is what made the thing cohesive.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Ever since they started working together, their shared goals and artistic vision has given the group a more defined direction to their creativity and original music. The two being heavily influenced by blues and soul music from all decades, have found a way to combine elements of a vintage feel with a modern production.<\/div>\n
Mallow Hill has taken a big step forward with the recording of its debut album, \u201cSoul Candy.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe made a full album last year,\u201d said Gwinn. \u201cWe made two separate trips to Nashville to work with our friend Dex Green. He produced the album at his studio \u2013 Three Sirens. Jay Turner, a bass player we met a few years ago, recommended Dex.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The record features some of Nashville\u2019s best session players, including Jack Lawrence on bass (The Raconteurs, Dead Weather, Jack White), Meg Coleman on drums (Alison Russell, Brandi Carlisle, Jenny Lewis), Ray Jacildo (The Black Keys), Laura Mayo (backup vocals), Maureen Murphy (Zac Brown Band, Marcus King).\u00a0 Engineered by Joe Costa (Ben Folds) and produced by Dex Green.<\/div>\n
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\u201cLast Friday, we released the first single- \u2018Thinkin\u2019 Bout My Baby.\u2019\u201d Said Gwinn. \u201cWe\u2019re going to release three or four more singles in the summer and fall. The next one will be \u2018Smoke\u2019 on July 19.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe album shows a lot of different influences. Live, we\u2019re pretty much just a rockin\u2019 blues band. We like to be loud, and we like to move. In our shows now, we\u2019re playing all the album tracks and a few choice covers.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The show at Kennett Flash will start at 7 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.<\/div>\n
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Other upcoming shows at Kennett Flash are Better Than Bacon on June 14 and School of Rock Hockessin on June 15.<\/div>\n
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The Candlelight Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313, [http:\/\/www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>)%20\/]www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) is presenting \u201cMoon Over Buffalo\u201d now through June 16.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMoon Over Buffalo\u201d\u00a0is a 1995\u00a0comic\u00a0play\u00a0by\u00a0Ken Ludwig\u00a0set in\u00a0Buffalo, New York\u00a0in 1953. This play marked the return of\u00a0Carol Burnett\u00a0to the\u00a0Broadway\u00a0stage after a 30-year absence.<\/div>\n
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This madcap comedy by Ken Ludwig centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s playing Private Lives and Cyrano de Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George\u2019s dalliance with a young ing\u00e9nue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if he likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMoon Over Buffalo\u201d\u00a0relies heavily on\u00a0situation comedy\u00a0for its humor, as well as some sexual innuendo and a little\u00a0slapstick. The actor who plays George, in particular, must be able to deliver a highly physical performance; George engages in a mock\u00a0fencing\u00a0match with Charlotte, a\u00a0wrestling\u00a0match with Howard, and a stunt fall into the\u00a0orchestra pit.<\/div>\n
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The action and dialogue are fast paced, as the characters are constantly bickering or frantically trying to resolve some confusion. It bears numerous similarities to Ludwig’s previous farce,\u00a0\u201cLend Me A Tenor\u201d — period timeframe, Northeastern city, drinking-and-womanizing male star, justifiably jealous wife, young stage manager desperately trying to keep things together, important person(s) in the audience, at least one character who’s passed out and is believed missing, non-actors forced to go onstage, etc.<\/div>\n
Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings (doors 6 p.m.\/show, 8 p.m.) and Sunday afternoons (doors, 1 p.m.\/show, 3 p.m.).<\/div>\n
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Tickets, which include dinner and show, are $70.50 for adults and $35 for children (ages 4-12).<\/div>\n
If a rock band has survived for more than two decades, it has accepted the fact that there will be roadblocks and diversions along the way and has learned how to overcome obstacles.<\/div>\n
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Four years ago,\u00a0HumblemanBand, one of the Philadelphia area\u2019s longest-running rock bands, released its most recent album, \u201cBeautiful Day.\u201d The album officially dropped with a \u201cHumblemanBand\u00a0CD Release Party\u201d at Rittenhouse Soundworks in November 2018.<\/div>\n
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In November 2019,\u00a0HumblemanBand\u00a0played a special area show at its favorite local haunt \u2014 the Mermaid Inn in Germantown. Little did they know it was to be their last show for an extended period of time.<\/div>\n
Last summer, after a long layoff caused by COVID-19,\u00a0HumblemanBand\u00a0resumed live performances.<\/div>\n
On June 14, the band is performing at Dawson Street Pub (100 Dawson St, Philadelphia, www.facebook.com\/humblemanband<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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he\u00a0current band lineup features Wain Ballard \u2013 guitar, Buck Buchannan \u2013 drums, Charlie Cooper – vocals, guitar, Kim Alexander \u2013 vocals, and Boz Heinly \u2013 bass.<\/div>\n
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The HumblemanBand\u00a0was formed in 1999,\u201d said guitarist\/songwriter\/vocalist\/founding member Charlie Cooper, during a phone interview from his home in Germantown.<\/div>\n
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We have been writing music, recording and performing for many years in Philly area, mostly in the Northwest section of the city. Our songs are mostly original ones we\u2019ve written ourselves. In any given show we\u2019ve also included covers by artists such as Gil Scot Heron, Amy Winehouse, Sade, Isley Brothers, Lake Street Drive, the Clash and others. Our songs can be heard on\u00a0Bandcamp\u00a0and the usual online locations.\u201d<\/div>\n
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In February this year,\u00a0HumblemanBand released its newest video \u2013 \u201cHomo Sapien.\u201d Last August, the band released an EP, \u201cRuff Ups,\u201d which included \u201cTwo Fires Burning,\u201d \u201cSummer 2020 (The Other Side of This)\u201d and \u201cHomo Sapien.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Cooper talked about the band\u2019s early days \u2013 almost a quarter-century ago.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI was in a band with our drummer Buck Buchanan,\u201d said Cooper. \u201cThree of us were living near each other in South Philly and we gradually picked up people.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe third guy was bassist Bruce Koch, who just died two years ago from a stroke. That was a real loss \u2013 as a friend and as a bandmate. We weren\u2019t sure we were going to pick up the pieces. We were using hired hands to fill in. We then added a permanent bass player \u2013 Boz Heinly, who lives in Plymouth Meeting.<\/div>\n
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\u201cNow, there are five of us in the band and we get along really well musically and as friends. We have a lot of respect for each other.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The band also has had respect for COVID-19.<\/div>\n
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When COVID shut down things, we shut down,\u201d said Cooper. \u201cI was just laying low \u2013 playing guitar. We started up again in September 2021, but that didn\u2019t last long because of omicron.<\/div>\n
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I went through a dry period during lockdown. Then I got introduced to \u2018The Artist\u2019s Way.\u2019 You have to do writing exercises every day and it helped. I ended up writing three new songs.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe Artist\u2019s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity\u201d\u00a0is a 1992\u00a0self-help\u00a0book by American author\u00a0Julia Cameron. The book was written to help people with\u00a0artistic\u00a0creative\u00a0recovery, which teaches techniques and exercises to assist people in gaining self-confidence in harnessing their creative talents and skills. The program is focused on supporting relationships in removing artistic blocks and fostering confidence.<\/div>\n
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Things were chugging along and then our previous vocalist Kim Epson decided she wanted to do things elsewhere,\u201d said Cooper. \u201cSo, we got a new singer.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe seem to have a cycle of putting out an album every five years,\u201d said Cooper. \u00a0\u201cWe put out an album a few years ago called \u2018Least Bad of\u00a0Humbleman\u00a01984-2009.\u2019 That album was a 25-year compilation starting with our days in 1984 as a punk band called The Proles.<\/div>\n
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\u201cOur most recent previous album was \u2018Late Bloom\u2019 in fall 2015 was self-produced \u2013 and mostly D.I.Y. \u201c\u2018Beautiful Day\u2019 was also self-produced \u2013 and also mostly D.I.Y. We recorded the album ourselves in our rhythm practice space and then did solos and vocals in my living room. For our previous album, we used CakeWalk. This time, we used REAPER.\u201d<\/div>\n
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REAPER is a complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAfter finishing recording it ourselves, we sent it out for the mixing,\u201d said Cooper. \u201cWe had Scoops Dardaris do it. We were extremely happy with the mixing.<\/div>\n
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We mastered it at Rittenhouse Soundworks in Germantown. Jim Hamilton, a percussionist and tap dancer from the Kensington area of Philly who toured with Boyz II Men, put the studio together. He\u2019s a terrific talent \u2013 and he knows an amazing amount of people in the music world.\u201d<\/div>\n
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HumblemanBand, a rock quintet that is socially conscious, features songs that band members have written and arranged \u2013 songs with lyrics inspired by current events.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe went out to Standing Rock (Indian Reservation) in North Dakota,\u201d said Cooper. \u201cThat inspired a brand-new song \u2013 \u2018AIM \u201921.\u2019 The title stands for \u2018American Indian in the 21st century.\u2019<\/div>\n
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\u201cOn \u2018Beautiful Day,\u2019 Kim wrote two songs, we did two covers, and I wrote the rest. The two covers were songs by the late Gil Scott-Heron \u2013 \u2018Lady Day and John Coltrane\u2019 and \u2018Alien.\u2019 Gil Scott-Heron was a very influential voice in music and activism and most-known for his song \u2018The Revolution Will Not Be Televised\u2019 and his poetry.<\/div>\n
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HumblemanBand, like Scott-Heron, has consistently delivered social commentary and positive messages, often with humor and a light touch, using spoken word lyrics, and generally delivered with dance beat arrangement. His influence upon the band has been strong.<\/div>\n
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Video link for\u00a0Humbleman\u00a0Band \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/q5eNAM8OuJg<\/a><\/u>.<\/div>\n
The show at Dawson Street Pub, which also features Schist Creek Stompers, will start at 9 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) will present KVNB Jazz on June 13 and the musical \u201cFootloose\u201d from June 14-23.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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