{"id":33431,"date":"2019-12-20T08:48:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T13:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=33431"},"modified":"2019-12-20T08:48:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T13:48:57","slug":"on-stage-a-very-cheadle-christmas-in-ardmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=33431","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: A Very Cheadle Christmas in Ardmore"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <\/span>Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Laura Cheadle<\/p><\/div>\n

If you like Christmas music but are would like to hear something other than the same old traditional songs done the same old traditional way, there is a show for you tonight. If you want to enjoy the traditional songs and rock out at the same time, plan a trip to Ardmore.<\/span><\/p>\n

On December 20, The Living Room (35 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, https:\/\/thelivingroomat35east.com<\/a>) is hosting a concert billed as \u201cA Very Cheadle Christmas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The show features Laura Cheadle and her band. Cheadle has a band that features blues, soul, funk \u2013 and a lot of Cheadles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her four-piece group features her brother Jim Cheadle on guitar and her father James Cheadle on keyboards along with South Jersey\u2019s Dave Ferebee on drums.<\/span><\/p>\n

James \u201cPapa Cheadle\u201d has played and recorded with Don Cornell, DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Four Aces, Grover Washington Jr., The Soul Survivors, Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be touring with them again next year,\u201d said Cheadle, during a phone interview Wednesday morning from her home in South Jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis weekend\u2019s show \u2013 \u2018A Very Cheadle Christmas\u2019 \u2013 will be my last local show for a while.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Living Room is a great venue. I played a Christmas show there last year and it was sold out.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe show on Friday night will have a good amount of Christmas songs as well as some of my music. It\u2019s going to be a very soulful Christmas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Christmas has already arrived for Cheadle this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

She just landed a major Artist Endorsement Deal with her instrument of choice, Traveler Guitar.\u00a0Her official Artist Endorsement status with Traveler puts her alongside some well-known stars also playing Traveler guitars including Zac Brown, Melissa Etheridge, and Jeff Daniels.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Kenny McGuane, Director of Artist Relations for Traveler, adds, \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Laura onboard as a Traveler Guitar Artist. Laura played our gear for years before we ever had direct contact with her and was a Brand Ambassador long before she was featured on our website.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd ever since we tied the knot and made things official, Laura and her team have gone above and beyond the amazing work they were already doing without even being asked. So happy to be partnered with Laura and her team!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheadle has been playing Traveler guitars for quite a few years now.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really big deal for me,\u201d said Cheadle. \u201cGetting an endorsement deal from Traveler is great because Traveler is the perfect guitar for me. I have small hands and I\u2019m a rhythm player. Traveler is lightweight, compact and cute.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheadle\u2019s most recent album is \u201cChill,\u201d which came out last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote the songs from 2013 on,\u201d said Cheadle. \u201cThere were a lot of changes in my life. The songs are about relationships and love \u2013 about being true to yourself. It\u2019s absolutely introspective. It\u2019s about my life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaking this album was definitely a cathartic experience. I worked through a lot of emotions on this record. I still feel the emotion when I perform them. I can\u2019t let go of these feelings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheadle<\/span> has played with her family ever since she was a young girl.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy father has influenced me so much,\u201d said Cheadle. \u201cHe\u2019s a seasoned jazz musician who used to be a music professor at Rowan University. So, I\u2019ve always been involved with music<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe has his own recording studio in South Jersey called the Swedesboro Music Studio and he records a lot of different people. He and I are both devoted to music. His influence on me is blues and jazz \u2013 but I make it modern.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheadle<\/span>\u2019s music career began when she was four years old. Her father created the \u201cAppreciation Choir\u201d for the Persian Gulf War troops in the early nineties and created a music video that was aired on VH1 and MTV. Along with her two older twin brothers and various other children, Cheadle toured around the United States singing for audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

When she was 11, she enlisted her father to teach her how to play drums. From her \u201ctween\u201d to \u201cmid-teen\u201d years, Cheadle was in a band with her brothers called Sibling \u2013 a pop group that played at local restaurants, churches, music venues, private parties and parades.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in the Philadelphia\/New Jersey music scene for quite some time,\u201d said Cheadle. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing acoustic stuff since I was 16 and then put my band together later. Sibling was a blend and I morphed into my music. Songwriting comes very naturally for me. Sometimes, I wake up with a melody in my head. It\u2019s just there.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been a super fan of old soul. My biggest influences are Aretha Franklin, Tower of Power, James Brown and Stevie Wonder. I love real drums and all the organic instruments. Some of my songs are rock. Some of them are blues. It\u2019s hard to classify me \u2013 maybe pop\/rock with soul influence. I just do what I feel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cheadle Family has built a strong reputation nationally.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were on an NBC television show called \u2018The Next Great Family Band\u2019 in 2013,\u201d said Cheadle. \u201cThat got us a lot of interest in being booked for tours. They actually came to our place in Swedesboro. The exposure was great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheadle<\/span> recorded \u201cChill\u201d at Swedesboro Music Studio with her father as the producer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Laura Cheadle \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/K1nvyWzjqkc<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at The Living Room will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another show at The Living Room this weekend will be Rupert Wates and Cassendre Xavier on December 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kelsey Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n

Kelsey Wilson has been a busy person this month \u2013 but that\u2019s not unexpected for someone who is involved in three music projects simultaneously.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilson is the vocalist and violin player for Wild Child, an indie pop band from Austin, Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n

She is also a member of Glorietta, a New Mexico-based indie rock sextet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilson also has a music project called Sir Woman. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, she is not a professional ice hockey player whose most recent team is Banska Bystrica HC 05<\/a> from the Slovak Republic. That is another Kelsey Wilson.<\/span><\/p>\n

This month, Wilson has been extremely busy.<\/span><\/p>\n

She has toured as Sir Woman with four shows on the West Coast \u2013 Oregon, Washington and two in California \u2013 and a tour wrap-up concert on December 22 in Austin.<\/span><\/p>\n

She also has been on the road on the \u201cWild Child Stripped Down Tour\u201d — a five-show tour that started in Austin and has stops in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Philly show is scheduled for December 20 at City Winery (990 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, citywinery.com\/philadelphia<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Usually, Wild Child is a seven-piece rock band featuring Kelsey Wilson (lead vocals and violin), Alexander Beggins (lead vocals and baritone ukulele), Sadie Wolfe (cello), Tyler Osmond (bass), Matt Bradshaw (keyboard and trumpet), Cody Ackors (guitar and trombone), and Tom Myers (drums). The show at City Winery has a different incarnation of Wild Child.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wild Child that is on tour now is just a duo with me and Alexander Beggins,\u201d said Wilson, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon as she was travelling from New York to Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a stripped-down tour. We\u2019re both playing acoustic instruments. It\u2019s definitely bare bones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Wild Child was formed in Austin in 2010 and released its debut album, \u201cPillow Talk,\u201d in 2011. Since then, it has released \u201cThe Runaround\u201d in 2013, \u201cFools\u201d in 2015, and \u201cExpectations\u201d in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sir Woman has been around for less than a year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had just been making music with different people for a while,\u201d said Wilson. \u201cThere was Wild Child for the last 10 years and then Glorietta with a bunch of friends. I realized I had bene making music my entire life with other people, so I decided to make music of my own.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilson knew that Wild Child would always been the main thing but not an exclusive thing,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sir Woman<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Wilson, \u201cSir Woman became an outlet for me to work through my own shit going on while I was touring and making music with all of the insanely talented people I get to create with. I had doubts about my own capabilities, fears about the world and my place in it. I\u2019ve always personally connected most with funk\/soul\/R&B and gospel, but I\u2019ve never made any music like that before.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cInitially this music wasn’t for anyone but myself, but after the first day in the studio I knew I needed to bring Sir Woman to life. People needed to hear this music just as much as I needed to make it. The tunes made us feel good. I had finally found my voice and I was ready to share the love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sir Woman\u2019s music and recordings came to life in a parallel universe.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always really loved soul, funk and R&B,\u201d said Wilson. \u201cBut I can\u2019t explore it very much with Wild Child and the ukulele. I had these songs I wanted to get out of my head. It was immediately contagious.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had half the album done by working on it when I was working with Wild Child and Glorietta. Then, I finished it up in the studio. I recorded with producer Matt Pence at Echo Lab Studio in Denton, Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAustin has a lot of songwriters, but Denton has the players. I used about 30 people on the album including Robert Ellis and players from Texas Gentlemen. We did it all live together in the studio.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was important for me to let the players have the freedom. It\u2019s more fun in the studio to let people run with it. We were doing a couple songs a day. We recorded 15 songs and I\u2019ll have to pare it down a bit before the album drops in 2020. We going to do another single in February \u2013 a song called \u2018Bitch.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy road band for Sir Woman has seven people. It\u2019s a big funk show with gospel backup singers. It\u2019s a big party. Touring with that many people means we\u2019re not making any money. But we\u2019re having fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Area fans will have to wait until February for the fun and funk when Wilson brings Sir Woman to Philly. In the meantime, they can enjoy a pure and direct show when Wilson and Beggins bring the acoustic version of Wild Child to the City Winery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Wild Child \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/nr2AfKjQBqI<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at City Winery will start at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $24-$30.
\nAnother show at City Winery this weekend will be \u201cRodriguez: An Intimate Evening of Music & Conversation with Raye Zaragoza\u201d on December 21.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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