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Adrianne Lenker

by Gina Graham
July 13, 2021

Adrianne Lenker will perform an intimate concert in support of her 2020 album “songs & instrumentals.” Lenker is a critically acclaimed songwriter, and the lead singer/guitarist of indie folk rock group Big Thief. Since 2019, she and her band have released two widely successful albums (U.F.O.F, Two Hands), along with GRAMMY® nominations in 2021 for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance. Lenker’s solo work showcases both her talents as an impeccable songwriter and guitarist.

A Note From Adrianne:
Dear Fans, We are touring in uncertain times yet we are so excited to be able to play music with you again and get back to doing what we love. Our intention is to return to tour as safely as possible for everyone at the shows. We will require proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test within 48 hours and that people wear masks to attend our upcoming shows. We have been anticipating this for a really long time but we are not sure how this will feel. All we can do is take it day by day. We’re grateful to be able to give it a shot and be on this journey with you all. Love, Adrianne⁠

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John Craigie

by Gina Graham
July 13, 2021

California folk singer John Craigie is best known for his candid storytelling, sense of humor, and poignant songwriting. Hailed as a “Modern-Day Troubadour” in the style of Woody Guthrie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Craigie has travelled extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He has performed with or opened for numerous well-known artists, including Jack Johnson, Shawn Colvin, and Sean Hayes, among many others, and sold out shows across the country. Captivating anecdotes from the road have endeared Craigie to the devoted fans he has earned, song by song, show by show, since 2009. A Craigie performance is not just a music show, it’s a collective experience. He is joined onstage by special guest Chris Pureka.

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Paul Thorn & Band

by Gina Graham
July 12, 2021

Mississippi-native songwriter, singer, and guitar slinger Paul Thorn has created an innovative and impressive career, pleasing crowds with his muscular brand of roots music. Bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern Americana. A modern day Will Rogers with songs that speak to universal truths. He has made some of the most emotionally restless yet fully accessible music of our time. Thorn has performed with Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Sting, and John Prine, among many others. He’s also appeared on major television shows, received numerous National Public Radio features and charted multiple times on the Billboard Top 100 and Americana Radio Charts. His new album, Never Too Late To Call, will be available on August 6th via Thirty Tigers.

Paul Thorn is known for his down-home folksy humor with songs that will make you laugh and ballads that will bring you to tears. He is able to breathe in the air around him, every day and commonplace, and exhale something original and often side-splitting funny. It’s a kind of genius, and it’s there plain to see, in his music, his art and through his performances, which not only showcase his chops as a singer-songwriter, but as a pitch-perfect improv comic. His audiences love it. And they come back for more because no two Paul Thorn performances are alike. Check out Thorn’s website www.paulthorn.com and YouTube videos https://youtu.be/RB7_D3acKzU.

Local singer/songwriter Will Breman, finalist on NBC’s The Voice, to warm up the stage.

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Living Voices: An Afternoon of New Song

by Gina Graham
July 12, 2021

JUST ANNOUNCED! Join us Sunday afternoon for a concert of works by living, all-female composers, performed by Vocal Institute fellows and instrumentalists.

 

Daniela Candillari, conductor

William Long, associate conductor

 

John Churchwell, Nino Sanikidze, Maureen Zoltek, music staff/preparation

 

Azra King-Abadi, lighting designer

Dominic Camardella, SB Sound Design audio engineer

Kourtni Dale-Noll Mitchiner, production stage manager

Marisol Miller Wave, Berenice Gallegos, hair & makeup artists

Chadwick Creative Arts supertitles

 

 

PROGRAM

PAOLA PRESTINI Distance

Byron J. Mayes baritone, Ga-Young Park piano

 

MISSY MAZZOLI As Long as We Live

Olivia Johnson mezzo-soprano, Juan José Lázaro piano

 

PAOLA PRESTINI Union

Grace Skinner mezzo-soprano, Alexander Soloway piano

 

MARY KOUYOUMDJIAN Everlastingness

text by Royce Vavrek

Korin Thomas-Smith baritone, Keoni Bolding viola, Bin Yu Sanford piano

 

PAOLA PRESTINI “Porcelain Polished” and “Open Your Heart” from Edward Tulane

Jordan Costa tenor, Ga-Young Park piano

 

MOLLY JOYCE East River

Sun-Ly Pierce mezzo-soprano, Ga-Young Park piano

 

ANGELICA NEGRÓN Letras para cantar

Katherine Lerner Lee soprano, Anush Avetisyan soprano, Alice Chung mezzo-soprano

 

ELLEN REID “Lumee’s Dream” from p r i s m

libretto by Roxie Perkins

Grace Skinner mezzo-soprano, Yebeen Seo violin, Yu-Ping Tsai violin, Isabella Bignasca viola, Shirley Kim cello, Anya Garipoli harp, Jonathan Wisner percussion

 

MISSY MAZZOLI “This World Within Me is Too Small” from Song From the Uproar

Alice Chung mezzo-soprano, Julia Pyke flute, Javier Morales-Martinez clarinet, Lillian Young double bass, Juan José Lázaro piano

 

EMMA O’HALLORAN Constellations

Alma Neuhaus mezzo-soprano, Julia Pyke, flute, Javier Morales-Martinez clarinet, Jaimee Cao violin, Shirley Kim cello, Jonathan Wisner percussion, Bin Yu Sanford piano

 

SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER “The Guest” “The Slaughterhouse” “The Speakers” from Unremembered

Kaileigh Riess soprano, Shawn Roth tenor, Keoni Bolding viola, Anya Garipoli harp, Juan José Lázaro piano

 

DU YUN “Aria I” from Zolle

Joshua Berg tenor, Mira Yamamoto violin

 

GABRIELA LENA FRANK “El Rebelde” and “Tomasito, el cuque” from Songs of Cifar and the Sweet Sea

Lorenzo Zapata bass-baritone, Alexander Soloway piano

 

JUHI BANSAL Night Wears Black

Katherine Lerner Lee soprano, Kaileigh Riess soprano, Sun-Ly Pierce mezzo-soprano

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An Evening with Zach Gill (of ALO) and Special Guests

by Genevieve Rhiger
July 12, 2021

Zach Gill, a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter most known for his work with ALO and Jack Johnson, has performed for presidents, with some of music’s biggest stars, appeared on numerous late night TV shows, and in historic venues throughout the world. He’s recorded music with or backed up every one from Jerry Harrison of The Talking Heads to Neil Young, and sung duets with Eddie Vedder and Amy Mann. Gill’s set will pull from his 3 full length albums, his deep ALO catalog and some classic covers. He will be joined onstage by ALO band mate Steve Adams and Jack Johnson cohort Adam Topol, as well as by local favorites, including the surf mariachi indie pop artist Spencer the Gardener, guitarist-composer Joe Woodard and Tableaux Sonique, and Brazilian New Bossa vocalist-guitarist Teka, and more. The event is first-come first-served and seats 550 people.

The Lobero Theatre Foundation would like to express their heartfelt appreciation to Santa Barbara’s amazingly benevolent community by hosting a free concert celebrating the return of live events. After closing its doors in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the theater lost more than $1.5 million in critical earned income and faced an uncertain future. The Lobero is deeply grateful to their local and international patrons who supported them during the global crisis, made additional contributions when purchasing tickets, and generously offered to forego ticket refunds on cancelled events. After a successful soft reopening this June with Songs of Summer and the Santa Barbara Opera, the Lobero is thrilled go back to doing what they do best – LIVE! So come raise a glass under the stars on the esplanade to celebrate the Lobero’s kickoff to the 21-22 season and enjoy An Evening with Zach Gill and Special Guests!

6 PM – Volt Per Octaves

6:30 PM – Joe Woodard and Sonique Tableau

7 PM – Teka

7:30 PM – Spencer The Gardener

8 PM – Intermission

8:15 PM – Zach Gill and Special Guests

Program Subject to change

Given current health and safety concerns, if you’re not fully comfortable attending in person, we completely understand, but would still like to express our gratitude to the community by offering a livestream show online at: www.stageit.com.  “Pay What You Can” proceeds benefit the artists, with a suggested $10 ticket price. The Top 5 Supporters will receive a Zach Gill’s Stuff T-Shirt and signed CD as a thank you! Hope you can join!

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Robert Cray Band

by Genevieve Rhiger
July 9, 2021

With 20 acclaimed studio albums and a bundle of live albums that punctuate the Blues Hall of Famer’s career, Robert Cray remains as viable as ever. The five-time GRAMMY® Award winner has created a sound that rises from American roots and arrives today both fresh and familiar. For more than four decades, the artist has been bridging the lines between blues, soul and R&B. On That’s What I Heard, Cray celebrates the music of Curtis Mayfield, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Sensational Nightingales and more, alongside four newly written songs. Robert’s band features Richard Cousins (bass), Dover Weinberg (keyboards), Terence F. Clark (drums), and Steve Jordan (drums, percussion).

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Go To Hale

by Genevieve Rhiger
July 9, 2021

After keeping their heads down for almost two years, Hale Milgrim (Former president/CEO of Capitol Records) and his cohort, Richard Salzberg (aka ‘Music Maniac’) are back with a newly crafted presentation entitled “Music That Connects Us.” The pandemic demonstrated how the universal language of music helps us to heal and stay connected. The upcoming show will feature rare musical film clips from the 1960’s to the present, with insider commentary from Hale. As always, this is a personal passion project for Hale and Richard, but more importantly, a fundraiser for the Lobero Theatre which supports live music in Santa Barbara.

Anyone who’s attended previous Quips & Clips shows (e.g. tributes to George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Bill Graham’s Closing of The Fillmore), know what a special ‘One Night Only’ experience this will be. The majority of archival film footage has been curated from Hale and Richard’s vast private library collections. Hundreds of film clips have been reviewed and only the best will be shown. This is music that absolutely connects with Hale and Richard, and we hope it will resonate with you too.

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The Immediate Family

by Genevieve Rhiger
July 9, 2021

The unique group of iconic musicians, known for their long, illustrious careers backing up countless Hall-of-Fame artists, have played together for decades, but never as their own band. The artists have come together to perform their own songs as The Immediate Family, a band that can legitimately be called a supergroup. The band has kept quite busy during the pandemic, releasing the two EPs Slippin and Slidin’ (which debuted at #6 on Billboard’s Blue Chart) and Can’t Stop Progress. They are eager to get back to playing live shows again, touring in the fall following the release of their new self-titled full-length album. If it sounds like their careers would make a good movie, you’re not wrong. Danny Tedesco, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed The Wrecking Crew documentary, is currently hard at work on The Immediate Family documentary, expected to be released in 2022.

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Gustafson Dance Summer Celebration of the States of America

by Gina Graham
July 7, 2021

The Junior Intensive is designed for the more serious ballet student. The focus is on ballet and pointe technique for the older student, while the younger student works on strengthening to prepare for the more serious study of ballet. This performance is the culmination of the summer intensive program for the serious student to focus on developing as a dancer.

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Cinema Classics on Piano with Maestro Bryan Tari

by Gina Graham
July 7, 2021

Maestro Tari has created a symphonic arrangement of Star Wars themes into a captivating medley, which he has performed at the Lobero to standing ovations since 2017. He has now assembled the perfect show of memorable movie music, performing his exceptional arrangements of songs and themes from some of the greatest films of all time, including Gone with the Wind, The Godfather, and Superman, with Star Wars as the grand finale. A delightful family event for those looking to escape into a world of magical cinema rhapsody.

Maestro Bryan Tari was born in Hollywood, California and raised by Hungarian parents, who exposed him to eclectic styles of European music in early childhood. After receiving a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from CSU Northridge, Tari studied opera piano with Lawrence Wong and Warren Jones, then opera conducting with world-renowned conductor Henry Holt, who started the Los Angeles Opera. In the Hollywood arena, Bryan was selected to music direct, compose, and arrange for a multimedia production called Nine Worlds (owned and distributed by Mattel Interactive), which was narrated and hosted by Patrick Stewart from the Star Trek Next Generation series. His soundtrack performance of  The Planets, a famous symphonic work composed by Gustav Holst in 1917, was signed to BiB Records.

In 2000, Tari began performing world class concerts to sold out audiences in major venues. He specializes in the Romantic period, particularly in Chopin and Liszt, and is an expert in all genres of music from baroque to contemporary. Tari likes to amuse himself by playing a bit of jazz, gospel, and jamming with other blues players. He became a Santa Barbara resident in 2007 and started composing original Old Spanish Fiesta themed music in 2012. In 2017, Tari mastered his piano arrangement of “The Star Wars Fantasy Piano Medley,” and is now gearing up to take his latest concert Cinema Classics on Piano on a world tour, starting in Las Vegas in 2022.

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The Wallflowers

by Gina Graham
July 7, 2021

For the past 30 years, The Wallflowers have held their ground as one of rock’s most dynamic and purposeful bands – continually honing a sound that meshes timeless songwriting and storytelling with a hard-hitting and decidedly modern musical attack. Exit Wounds, the group’s latest studio offering, marks the first new material since Glad All Over. And while the wait has been long, the much-anticipated record finds the GRAMMY® Award winning band’s signature sound – lean, potent and eminently entrancing – intact, even as Jakob Dylan surrounds himself with a fresh cast of musicians.

Opening for The Wallflowers will be Ragged Glory, the Neil Young tribute band.

Ragged Glory, a Neil Young & Crazy Horse tribute band, features vocalist Gary Williams along with bassist Dan Rothchild (Heart), keyboardist Jordan Summers (All Day Sucker), guitarist Andrew Slater (Record Producer/Director of Echo In The Canyon) and Drummer Dan Potruch (Joe Perry) will recreate the material of Neil Young and Crazy Horse from 1969-1979. The band reconvenes only once a year to perform this material.

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Doublewide Kings

by Gina Graham
July 2, 2021

People, can you feel it? Skies are getting bluer and songs are in the air. More to the point, the ramblin’ men of the Doublewide Kings finally have their masks down, their guitars back on, and—after our difficult year of lockdown—the band is ready to get out of the house and up on the stage again. So, the Doublewide Kings invite you most enthusiastically to a celebration of the music of the Allman Brothers at the Lobero Theatre on Saturday November 13. The Kings and some special guests will play old favorites like “Jessica”, “Midnight Rider” and “Whipping Post” ready to rock, alongside some deeper album cuts and—in true Allman’s tradition—some head-expanding jams. The Doublewide Kings have earned their ‘exuberant outlaw’ reputation by blowing the roof off the Lobero with their past celebrations of the music of Neil Young and the music of Crosby, Stills and Nash. Both of those shows sold out fast, so don’t be caught wastin’ time no more. Reserve your seat today: it’s time to treat yourself to a night out with the Doublewide Kings and let your soul shine! Tickets available at Lobero.org and on the Doublewide Kings website.

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Pat Metheny Side-Eye

by Genevieve Rhiger
June 22, 2021

Receiving great acclaim for his recent classical guitar album Road to the Sun, Metheny is set to dive back into his beloved trio format. The guitar guru has created a new musical platform consisting of a continuously changing line-up of aspiring young musicians he has been impressed by. Pat Metheny is joined onstage by James Francies (keyboards, piano) and drummer Joe Dyson. The trio will be performing music from across Metheny’s massive career as well as new material unique to this live band.

Pat Metheny is launching a new playing environment called “Side-Eye” for this upcoming season. Pat explains “I wanted to create an ongoing setting to feature a rotating cast of new and upcoming musicians who have particularly caught my interest along the way.” Pat continues “From my earliest days in Kansas City onward, I was the beneficiary of so many older musicians giving me a platform to develop my thing through the prism of their experience and the particular demands of what their music implied. I have been feeling like I wanted to have a specific platform to focus on some of the many younger musicians I have enjoyed recently who I have felt some kind of a kinship with.” “I hear regularly from new players on the scene who have professed an influence from my records and tunes and I often invite them up to my house to play. Very often, it is really natural and organic to the music to play with them, they have literally grown up with it. I find myself inspired by how they deal with the musical challenges that come with the territory of some of those older tunes, and at the same time I find myself intrigued with the possibilities of what might be possible in writing new music just for them. This band setting is what that will be all about.” This edition of Side-Eye will feature James Francies (keyboards, piano) and drummer Joe Dyson.

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Marc Broussard

by Genevieve Rhiger
June 22, 2021

Marc Broussard is a passionate singer-songwriter with a unique gift of channeling the spirits of classic R&B, rock and soul into contemporary terms. Son of acclaimed guitarist Ted Broussard, Marc was raised in the vibrant Lafayette, Louisiana music scene, which gave him the opportunity to practice his craft consistently from childhood through early adulthood. Deep flavors of his Louisiana bayou home nourish his heartfelt, impeccably crafted songs. Blessed with both a rarefied talent and an innate stylistic and emotional authenticity, Marc has become one of the most indelible artists of his generation.

Jamie McLean Band is a triple threat. The group’s energetic and captivating live show is undeniable. McLean’s fiery guitar has joined the ranks of Derek Trucks, Gregg Allman, Aaron Neville, Dr. John and more on stages from Madison Square Garden to Japan’s Fuji Rock. His blue-eyed southern soul vocals ooze real emotion. And his top line songwriting chops have crafted profound, honest and heartfelt songs that will keep you singing along, dancing along and feeling like the song was written about you. Jamie McLean Band creates a musical gumbo that incorporates New Orleans soul, middle Americana roots, Delta blues and New York City swagger.

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A Tribute to Johnny Cash and Elvis

by Gina Graham
June 17, 2021

The legacy of Johnny Cash lives on with the help of singer-guitarist Danny Millsap and the Hennessy Three—together forming The Only Johnny Cash Tribute Band. Millsap credits a 1990 Cash concert in Fresno as a formative moment, sparking a lifelong goal to keep the music and mystery of The Man in Black alive. With his Cash tribute, he’s performed all over Northern California and the Central Valley, Oregon and Arizona, breathing new life into the legendary ballads of the somber singer-songwriter.

“In 1990 I had the great pleasure of seeing Johnny Cash live in Concert in Fresno, California. I have always been a fan of his style of country music and the mystery he brought to the stage, and after seeing him in concert I was hooked. On September 12, 2003, Johnny passed and we lost a true Legend. God bless you, Johnny Cash.” – Danny Millsap

“I formed The Only Cash Tribute Band to do our part to keep his music alive. No matter where we go, it is an honor to recreate the style, mystery and music of the legendary Johnny Cash. You can also help to keep the music going by coming to one of our shows and buying Johnny Cash music today! We promise to be true to the Cash sound and make Johnny proud.”

Audience Participation in every show, come to the show and help keep the Music of the Legend Johnny Cash alive!

 

Danny Memphis

Danny Memphis was born and raised in Memphis, Tn and is regarded as a World Class Elvis natural vocalist, performer and musician.  Danny, along with his first band, won first place in Memphis in a contest against dozens of acts at the Overton Park Shell, the same stage that Elvis performed his first professional show.

Past performances include 20th Century Fox Studios, The U.S NAVY, The Grand Duchess of Russia, additional shows Palm Springs Ca Resorts, Hilton Hotels, American Cancer Society Fundraisers. Sunset Strip, Hollywood, Ca, Edmonton, Alberta Canada and TPC Valencia (Tournament Players Club) amongst others.

Raised on Elvis since childhood, Danny Memphis truly captures the look, essence, dance moves and natural vocal style in a tasteful, heartfelt, true to the man celebration of Elvis and his music from the 50’s 60’s and 70’s eras.

Danny has dedicated part of his life to preserving Elvis’s legacy in a positive and real way.

 

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