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Rodney Crowell


APR 16, 2018

Don’t miss a night of Americana music with two-time Grammy award-winner, Rodney Crowell.

Crowell has been doing this for a while. In fact, his career has been so long and varied that you have to specify exactly which “this” you’re talking about. There’s the record making, which dates back to 1978 (when he released Ain’t Living Long Like This), peaked commercially a decade later (with Diamonds & Dirt, which yielded five number-one country hits), and has only grown in sophistication and power in recent years. There’s the fiercely lyrical and personal songwriting, which has attracted the attention of everyone from Bob Seger (who famously covered “Shame On the Moon”) to Keith Urban (who had a number-one hit with “Making Memories of Us”). And then there’s the autobiographical writing, which extends beyond the music world to a memoir, Chinaberry Sidewalks, which was published in 2011.

One of the most recognized singer/song writers of the generation, Crowell’s new album, Close Ties, demonstrates his strengths as a songwriter and illustrates how he has learned to balance personal recollection, literary sophistication and his profound musical reach. It’s at once his most intimate record and his most accessible. It is a roots record, in the sense that Crowell himself has deep roots that stretch back into the alternative country scene of the early seventies. On the other hand, the rise of Americana music struck a nerve with Crowell.

“I have declared my loyalty to Americana.” – Rodney Crowell

Fifty years after Crowell first started playing as a teen in Houston garage bands, he still believes in the power of songs, and the responsibility of singing them. 


Admission

Tickets: $32.50, $25.00


Performances

Monday, April 16, 2018 - 7:30pm

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