{"id":16381,"date":"2015-06-18T09:16:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T13:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=16381"},"modified":"2015-06-18T09:16:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T13:16:13","slug":"on-stage-singersongwriters-in-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=16381","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Singer\/Songwriters in spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer scene heats up in Delaware Valley<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>,<\/span>\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dashboard-Confessional\"<\/a>

Chris Carrabba and Dashboard Confessional will play a show this weekend at Philadelphia’s Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many of the top singer-songwriters have the ability to function equally well performing with a backing band or as a solo artist. On June 19, two very good songwriters who possess these capabilities will be performing in Philadelphia — and they will be sharing bills with other musicians who fit in the same category.<\/p>\n

Chris Carrabba will bring his latest incarnation of Dashboard Confessional to Philly for a show at Festival Pier at Penn\u2019s Landing (601 North Columbus Boulevard at Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, 215- 629-3200, www.festivalpierphilly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

At the same time, Rachel Yamagata will return to the city for a show at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts (5201 Parkside Avenue, Philadelphia, 215- 546-7900, www.manncenter.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Carrabba and his band will co-headline a bill with Third Eye Blind, a San Francisco Band that has been led for 22 years by songwriter-guitarist Stephan Jenkins.<\/p>\n

Yamagata, meanwhile, will be the opener on a show that features Amos Lee, a folk\/blues singer-songwriter from Philadelphia who has released five albums in the last 10 years, and David Gray, an English singer-songwriter who relased his first album \u201cA Century Ends\u201d in 1993.<\/p>\n

Carrabba has had a musical career that is multi-pronged. In the late 1990s, he was the vocalist for the Florida-based band Further Seems Forever prior to his formation of the original incarnation of Dashboard Confessional.<\/p>\n

Dashboard Confessional released six studio albums starting with \u201cThe Swiss Army Romance\u201d in 2000. The sixth was \u201cAfter the Ending\u201d in 2009. In 2010, Carrabba put the band on hold and did a solo tour for the 10th<\/sup> anniversary of \u201cThe Swiss Army Romance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later in 2010, Carrabba and Further Seems Forever reunited and recorded the band\u2019s fourth studio album \u201cPenny Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2011, Carrabba formed another band — Twin Forks — pretty much the same way he started his previous band Dashboard Confessional about 12 years ago. Carrabba wrote the songs first and then put a band together.<\/p>\n

That group released the \u201cTwin Forks EP\u201d in 2013 and the \u201cTwin Forks LP\u201d in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Dashboard Confessional, it started out as a very communal thing,\u201d said Carrabba, during a recent phone interview. \u201cThen, when we started playing sheds and arenas, it became logistically different. I didn\u2019t like the line of demarcation between the audience and the band.”<\/p>\n

On the current Dashbiard Confessional tour, Carrabba has found a way to erase that line of demarcation that separates him from his fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do meet-and-greets before and after each show,\u201d said Carrabba Wednesday afternoon from a tour stop in Baltimore. \u201cThe one before the shows includes a performance of acoustic songs. The one after is more of an event. I\u2019ve always done meet-and-greets for my fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cEarly Entry VIP Package\u201d includes a general admission pit ticket to the show, a VIP early entry into the venue, an exclusive tour merchandise item, a VIP early entry laminate and an on-site VIP host.<\/p>\n

The \u201cVIPdicated Experience\u201d features a general admission pit ticket or a premium reserved ticket in the first 15 rows, access to the private acoustic performance with Dashboard Confessional, question-and-answer session with Carrabba , VIP early entry into the venue,\u00a0 exclusive tour lithograph, a commemorative VIP laminate and an on-site VIP host.<\/p>\n

This tour initially was not planned as a co-bill tour with another act.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were planning on doing a headlining tour of our own,\u201d said Carrabba. \u201cThen, it was suggested that we tour with Third Eye Blind. We had talked about it with them years ago but it never happened until now.<\/p>\n

\u201cDashboard Confessional hadn\u2019t done anything for awhile until we played Riot Fest last summer. It was then that we decided to put a tour together for this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re winging it with the set list. We\u2019re sticking with what the old-school diehards want to hear — \u2018Screaming Infidelities,\u2019 \u2018Vindicated,\u2019 \u2018Stolen\u2019 and \u2018Hands Down.\u2019 We\u2019re also doing some deeper cuts such as \u2018Remember to Breathe.\u2019 \u2018The Good Fight\u2019 is another perennial favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dashboard Confessional has been able to retain its fan base even after a several year hiatus and has even added to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m absolutely surprised that the fans are still there for us,\u201d said Carrabba. \u201cWe walked away because we were fatigued. We didn\u2019t want to just phone it in. Our fans deserved more. And now, we\u2019re developing a new generation of fans. I guess they\u2019re learning about us from their friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carrabba has always been able to attract devoted fans because of his heartfelt lyrics — his ability to let his emotions flow out naturally through his songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of my songwriting is personal and first person,\u201d said Carrabba. \u201cIt\u2019s a great release for my emotions — for any anxiety. That way, you don\u2019t have to be weighed down by it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Dashboard Confessional — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DOE4CX3BNBM&list=RDJyKnuyEO41o<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Festival Pier will start at 7 p.m. with general admission tickets priced at $45.<\/p>\n

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Rachel Yamagata<\/p><\/div>\n

Rachel Yamagata released her first album \u201cHappenstance\u201d in 2004. The singer, who hails from Fairfax, Virginia, has been working on a new album which should see the light of day early next year.<\/p>\n

Back in November, Yamagata visited Philly for a unique pair of shows. She performed a special 10th anniversary show of \u201cHappenstance\u201d at Boot and Saddle and, on the following night, played a career-spanning set with the premiere of new songs from her soon-to-be-released album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album is being mixed right now,\u201d said Yamagata, during a phone interview Tuesday from her home in Woodstock, New York. \u201cI\u2019m also doing some mixing with an alternate mixer. John Alagia has been mixing every song and the other guy will work on it in late July.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bought a house in Woodstock (N.Y.) and did a lot of it there. I recorded a lot at home — whenever I felt the inspiration. There were a lot of advantages in doing it at home. Unlike in a recording studio, you don\u2019t have to look up at a clock, Also, being in familiar surroundings really helped. I\u2019d write a song and then do a demo version.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have to record songs in parts. I worked hard on 15 songs doing a lot of revisions, re-recording and re-tracking — revising them until they felt really interesting to me. I used banjos, mandolins, sax and drums. I even sampled patterns of rain on a stool. I produced myself which was a great feeling. I was able to work on instincts. Some of the production ideas I used are ones I wouldn\u2019t have arrived at with another person adding input. About half the tracks were done at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI brought Alagia in halfway through the process because some things were a bit too loose. We recorded the other half of the album at Applehead Recording in Woodstock and Village Recorders in L.A. I have 14 songs recorded but I haven\u2019t yet decided which ones I\u2019ll be using. Ten songs is a good amount for an album so maybe I\u2019ll release a 10-song album and a four-song EP.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yamagata\u2019s current tour was somewhat of a surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came together a couple weeks ago,\u201d said Yamagata. \u201cI became friends with Amos back when I was living in Philly. I also did a Madison Square Garden show with David a couple years ago. For their tour together this summer, they were looking for an opener and asked me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a 30-minute set and I don\u2019t mind it at all. I get to play a good, concise set of five or six songs. It\u2019s fresh energy and a big crowd. I\u2019ve played two shows with David so far and the crowd is a listening crowd. I\u2019ve got a foot in the door with this crowd because it\u2019s a real audience who like storytellers. Even though it\u2019s a short set, I still do a lot of banter between songs. That\u2019s my personal challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next two shows — Radio City Music Hall in New York and the Mannin Philly — will be me with my duo partner Michael Chaves on guitar, bass, foot stomps and background vocals. After the New York and Philly dates, my shows will be solo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Rachel Yamagata — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4ERmCz3Q3ew<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Mann Center will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $35-$69.50.<\/p>\n

Three other singer-songwriters of sorts will be playing venues in the area and they couldn\u2019t be more unlike.<\/p>\n

\"nneka\"<\/a>

Nneka<\/p><\/div>\n

On June 20, Nneka, who was born in Warri, Nigeria, will perform at MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 215- 925-6455, www.milkboyphilly.com<\/a>) with a show that is heavy on Afrobeat and reggae songs.<\/p>\n

On June 23, Sam Amidon, an American singer-songwriter-guitarist, will play at the World Caf\u00e9 Live (3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1400, philly.worldcafelive.com<\/a>) and introduce his new batch of Icelandic-influenced songs.<\/p>\n

On June 25, Billy Joe Shaver will deliver a batch of his outlaw country songs in a concert at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Nneka, whose full name is Nneka Lucia Egbuna, is a Nigerian-German singer who speaks, writes songs and sings in both English and her native Igbo language. She is touring in support of her fifth album \u201cMy Fairy Tales,\u201d which was released last month on Bushqueen Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Fairy Tales\u201d was recorded and produced in France, Denmark and Nigeria while Nneka was living in Paris. It was produced by Mounir Maarouf, the Danish Silver Bullit team and The Slag. With her new album, Nneka dealt with topics related to the politics of her birthplace and her own personal voyage of discovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was supposed to be an album and then I cut it down to a project,\u201d said Nneka, during a phone interview last week. \u201cI\u2019m always writing. I took the material I had worked on — best to have one type of sound and one message — and put them together on one project. I decided to release this project independently.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the songs are older. \u2018Babylon\u2019 is about four years old. Some were written when I was in Paris. That was a time when I was trying not to do music and just be normal — going to school, staying in one place and socializing with people. Some of the songs were written in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the songs — \u201cPray for You\u201d — written in Nigeria dealt with one of the oil-rich African nation\u2019s most serious problems — the terrorist group Boko Haram.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had recorded the track \u2018Pray for You\u2019 two years before the media picked up Boko Haram,\u201d said Nneka. \u201cBoko Haram has been an issue in Nigeria for more than six years. At first, it was a bunch of students. Now, we don\u2019t know what it is anymore. They even kill each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy music deals with the advantage of inter-cultural relationships and the negative aspects of racism. Africans abroad feel they have to adapt and, by doing that, they are losing their identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I like to bring together Afrobeat, reggae and other African influences. Some of my musical influences are King Sunny Ade (Nigeria), Fela (Nigeria), Bob Marley (Jamaica) and Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey (Nigeria).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Fairy Tales\u201d is a concept album — exploring the lives of Africans in the diaspora and the struggles they face — focusing on the importance of being responsible towards children as well as the significance of culture, education and identity values.<\/p>\n

Nneka\u2019s passionate sense of social consciousness also led her to co-found a charity called The Rope Foundation\u00a0 in 2012 with Sierra Leone\u2019s MC Ahmed Nyeie. The Rope Foundation serves as a platform for young men and women to express themselves through art.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic is supposed to represent the African diaspora,\u201d said Nneka. \u201cAnd, the topic of the African diaspora has to be dealt with outside of Africa. It is important for Africans to embrace their cultural origins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Nneka — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BShmj8IiM4U<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nneka\u2019s show at MilkBoy will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.<\/p>\n

\"sam<\/a>

Sam Amidon<\/p><\/div>\n

Amidon, a multi-instrumentalist, singer and arranger, is currently touring the states in support of his acclaimed \u201cLily-O\u201d album that was recently released on Nonesuch Records. Amidon made the album with jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and recorded it in Reykjavik, Iceland with internationally-acclaimed Icelandic producer Valgeir Sigur\u00f0sson.<\/p>\n

The link between Amidon and Sigur\u00f0sson goes back almost a decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met Valgeir through composer Nico Muhly,\u201d said Amidon, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in L.A. \u201cWe were in our early 20s in New York. Valgeir had just produced Bj\u00f6rk\u2019s \u2018Med\u00falla\u2019 album. Nico had worked with him in Iceland and loved it there. He literally just took me in. In 2008, I recorded my \u2018All Is Well\u201d album there with Nico on piano.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sigur\u00f0sson is the founder of Greenhouse Studios, which was established in 1997 and is Iceland\u2019s top recording facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreenhouse is in a suburb of Reykjavik,\u201d said Amidon. \u201cIceland is like nowhere else in the world. There is no wood on the island. Houses are made of other material. Older homes are made of corrugated metal. And, there is all this volcanic rock. You feel like you\u2019re on the moon.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019All Is Well\u2019 is the first record I made in Iceland. I wanted the context not to be in a folk scene. It was a totally different universe there. It\u2019s a world where all these stories exist. I\u2019ll go and listen to a field recording and it brings this whole world to life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to take these moving stories and take them into a context which is more stark and mysterious. Folk music fans in America didn\u2019t know anything about it. They questioned — what are they doing\u2026what is this music? For Icelanders, it is their folk music.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Icelandic influence is more present on my earlier albums — \u2018All Is Well\u2019 and \u2018I See the Sign.\u2019 But, with the new album, there is still that special aesthetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Sam Amidon — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=83pAsX4InsI<\/a><\/p>\n

Amidon\u2019s show at the World Caf\u00e9 Live will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in asdvance and $18 at the door.<\/p>\n

Other shows over the next week at the World Caf\u00e9 Live are Bahamas (June 18), Madeleine Peyroux (June 19), SWV (June 21), The Hunts (June 21), Ibeyi (June 22), Sleepyman (June 23), Honeyhoney (June 23) and The Shadowboxers (June 24).<\/p>\n

\"billy<\/a>Young boys almost always look forward to the day when they can start shaving. The headliner at the Sellersville Theater on June 25 has been a \u201cShaver\u201d for 75 years. Billy Joe Shaver has also been a musician for 47 years.<\/p>\n

When Shaver was a youngster down south, he worked on his uncles\u2019 farms instead of going to high school and then joined the U.S. Navy when he was 17. After his stint in the Navy, Shaver was working at a lumber mill.<\/p>\n

One day his right hand (his dominant hand) became caught in the machinery, and he lost the better part of two fingers and contracted a serious infection. He eventually recovered, and taught himself to play the guitar without those missing fingers.<\/p>\n

\u201cLosing those two fingers and then learning to play guitar was really hard,\u201d said Shaver, during a phone interview last week from his home in Waco, Texas. \u201cWhen I lost those two fingers, I sent a quick message up to God — and he answered me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1968, Shaver went to Bobby Bare\u2019s offices in Nashville and persuaded Bare to listen to him play. Bare gave him a writing job and singers began to use Shaver\u2019s songs — including\u00a0 Kris Kristofferson (\u201cGood Christian Soldier\u201d), Tom T. Hall (\u201cWillie the Wandering Gypsy and Me\u201d), Bobby Bare (\u201cRide Me Down Easy\u201d), the Allman Brothers (\u201cSweet Mama\u201d) and Elvis Presley (\u201cYou Asked Me To\u201d).<\/p>\n

Shaver\u2019s real breakthrough came in 1973 when Waylon Jennings recorded an album composed almost entirely of Shaver\u2019s songs. That record — \u201cHonky Tonk Heroes\u201d — is considered the first true \u201coutlaw\u201d album.<\/p>\n

Kristofferson produced Shaver\u2019s debut album \u201cOld Five and Dimers Like Me\u201d in 1973. \u00a0Since then, Shaver has released 25 more albums, including last year\u2019s \u201cLong in the Tooth\u201d LP.<\/p>\n

The new album, which was produced by Ray Kennedy and Gary Nicholson and released on Lightning Rod Records, featured an array of talented guests including Willie Nelson,\u00a0Leon Russell, Tony Joe White, Shawn Camp, Jedd Hughes and Joel Guzman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the album about a year ago,\u201d said Shaver. \u201cIt\u2019s a really good one. I\u2019ve made a lot of records and they\u2019re all good. I love what I do. When you\u2019re doing what you love, it\u2019s cool. I consider myself successful when I\u2019m writing good songs — and I\u2019m my toughest critic.<\/p>\n

\u201cSongs come to me all different ways. I\u2019ve written more than 500 songs. Sometimes, the songs just roll out. Now that I\u2019ve mastered it, I look for things that are hard to do. I never get tired of touring. I just keep going. I love to travel and I love what I\u2019m doing. If I weren\u2019t in music, I wouldn\u2019t be able to travel. I couldn\u2019t afford it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaver still has a razor-sharp memory \u2013 especially with regard to his music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m playing, I go as far back in my catalog as I can,\u201d said Shaver. \u201cI remember all my songs. And, I\u2019m still writing. Everyone should write songs. It\u2019s cheaper than going to a psychiatrist. I\u2019m my own psychiatrist. If I\u2019m honest, it will work out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Billy Joe Shaver — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aeJ4kp1AwY4<\/a><\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater on June 25 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $40.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are Craig Thatcher Band (June 19), Loudon Wainwright III (June 20), The Kentucky Headhunters (June 21) and \u00a0Janiva Magness and Jessi Teich (June 24).<\/p>\n

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The John Grecia Band is at The Flash in Kennett.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) will present John Grecia on June 20 with John Conahan as the co-headliner.<\/p>\n

Doc Watson\u2019s Public House (150 North Pottstown Pike, Exton, 610-524-2424, docwatsonspublichouse.com<\/a>) will present Funk Night with New Pony & Max Swan on June 18; New Sweden with The Quixote Project, Jolly What and August John Lutz II on June 19; Read the Program, Caveman Dave, Christopher Burkholder and Alexander Saddic on June 20; and Eric Reavey, Mark Thousands, Brian Turner, Kevin Windstein and Mat Burke on June 24.<\/p>\n

Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/a>) will have Up in the Air and Zach Alex on June 19 and Mic Stew and Da-Sean on June 20.<\/p>\n

The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/a>) will host House of Hamill with Trevor Lewington on June 19 and folk music legend Jonathan Edwards on June 20.<\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will present Splintered Sunlight on June 19 and the twin bill of June Rich and Christine Havrilla on June 20.<\/p>\n

Burlap & Bean Coffeehouse (204 South Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, 484-427-4547,\u00a0www.burlapandbean.com<\/a>) will present Allie Farris, Eloise Sharkey and Josh Harty on June 19, the Kennedys and Lily Mae on June 20.<\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents the Richard Thompson Trio and Joan Osborne on June 18, D\u2019Angelo and The Vanguard on June 23 and \u201cHappy Together 2015\u201d with The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, The Buckinghams, The Association, The Grass Roots, The Cowsills and Mark Lindsay.<\/p>\n

Melodies Caf\u00e9 (2 East Ardmore Avenue, Ardmore, 610-645-5269, www.melodiescafe.com<\/a>) will host Scott Reynolds, Joe Jack Talcum, Toy Cannons and Feeding The Pigeons on June 19 and Jim Trainer, Cardinal Arms and Andrew Meoray on June 20.<\/p>\n

World Caf\u00e9 Live at the Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 302- 994-1400,\u00a0www.queen.worldcafelive.com<\/a>) will host The Iguanas (June 18), All Mighty Senators (June 19), Tweed (June 20) and Boysie Lowery (June 24).<\/p>\n

The American Music Theatre (2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, 800-0 648-4102, www.AMTshows.com<\/a>) is presentin Felix Cavaliere\u2019s Rascals with special guest Mark Farner (formerly of Grand Funk Railroad) on June 19.<\/p>\n

Chameleon Club (223 North Water Street, Lancaster, 717-299-9684, http:\/\/www.chameleonclub.net<\/a>) will have The Secret Sisters, Caroline Reese and Kyle Meadows on June 19 and Against Me! along with Frank Iero And The Cellabration on June 20.<\/p>\n

The Candlelight Theater (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) is presenting a production of \u201cSteel Magnolias\u201d through June 21. The play, which falls into both the comedy and drama genres, is about a group of gossipy southern ladies in a small-town beauty parlor.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Comedy Playhouse (3065 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, 800-292-4301, www.RainbowDinnerTheatre.com<\/a>) is presenting \u201cToo Many Cooks\u201d now through August 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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