Free-spirited, fearless and fierce, nine-time Grammy Award winner Sheryl Crow has been influencing millions with her work for nearly a quarter of a century. Known for chart-topping hits like “If It Makes You Happy,” “Soak Up the Sun,” “A Change Would Do You Good,” and “Picture,” she is currently on tour with her latest album, “Feels Like Home” – a take on country music with a Nashville influence. Traverse City native Mandy Alexander, a rising country star, will open the show at 8 p.m.
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After 50 active years of hit song making and international album sales well into the multi-millions, it’s safe to say that esteemed singer-songwriter and musician Gordon Lightfoot resides with some very exclusive company atop the list of all-time greats. With his rich, warm voice and nimble guitar technique, the singer-songwriter weaves tales of love and longing in eloquent musical masterpieces that have become enduring standards, including “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Early Morning Ran,” “Carefree Highway,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” and many more.
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Legendary rock band LYNYRD SKYNYRD popularized the Southern hard rock genre with hits like “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Free Bird” and more. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers remain a cultural icon that appeal to multiple generations.
For the passionate, longtime fans of the band, this is Skynyrd at the top of their game, complete with instantly memorable songs, more hooks than a tackle box, and a blistering three-guitar attack at full power. From the raging guitars of the title track and the pounding, funky homage to local talent in “Home Grown” to the mind-blowing “Honey Hole,” Lynyrd Skynyrd sound like young bucks having one hell of a good time, which, regarding the latter, founding member Gary Rossington says is very much the case.
“For me this is one of the happiest and most fun albums I’ve ever done,” says Rossington. “We didn’t have a lot of problems goin’ on; it was just fun goin’ to work every .”
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Interlochen alumna Betty Who blends indie and pop music into an irresistible mix of bold soundscapes, Top 40 hooks and knowing lyrics. Her recent debut EP “The Movement” was welcomed with rave reviews, including being crowned “Best EP of 2013” by both Billboard Magazine and Popjustice and named “This Year’s Major One To Watch” by MTV Buzzworthy. Idolator recently called her the “next great pop star.”
Betty Who blends indie and pop music into an irresistible mix of bold soundscapes, Top 40 hooks and knowing lyrics. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she played cello by age four and began writing her first pop songs in her early teens. Her voice is striking and memorable, and, according to Billboard, “shimmers with a self-assuredness extremely uncommon in an unsigned artist.”
Her debut EP “The Movement” – released on April 16, 2013 – was welcomed with rave reviews, including being crowned “Best EP (So Far) of 2013” by both Billboard Magazine and Popjustice, and she was called “This Year’s Major One To Watch” by MTV Buzzowrthy. Digital Spy, The Guardian, Arjan Writes, Kick Kick Snare, All Things Go, Pop On And On, SnapCackle Pop, Pop Culture Madness, Socialite Life, and countless others chimed in with equal praise, as the EP soared to 430K+ streams and 85K downloads, and her music video for “You’re In Love” reached 250K views.
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American blues singer-songwriter and slide guitar player Bonnie Raitt is a nine-time Grammy Award winner. With legendary hits like “Something to Talk About” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” Raitt was named one of the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time” by Rolling Stone. Paul Cebar is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and bandleader from Milwaukee.
Raitt played over 170 shows in North America, Singapore, Australia/New Zealand, the UK and Europe on her 2012-2013 “Slipstream” Tour, made several national TV appearances (Ellen, Leno, Letterman, GMA, Fallon, Kimmel and more), performed at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors and received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance from the Americana Music Association. “Slipstream” delivers some of the most surprising and rewarding music of Raitt’s remarkable career, thanks in part to some experimental sessions with celebrated producer Joe Henry.
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