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Bryan
Bowers

Friday-8pm

January 27

House Concert

$15 at the door.

1420 E. 108th Terr.
Kansas City, MO

KC Folk Music presents Bryan Bowers in a House Concert on Friday, January 27 at 8:00pm.

1420 E. 108th Terr. Kansas City, MO

$15 at the door

For information call (816) 941-9435

Snacks and some beverages will be provided -- bring whatever you want -- start off the new year right!!!

About Bryan Bowers

For nearly three decades, Bryan Bowers has been to the autoharp what Earl Scruggs was to the five-string banjo. He presents instrumental virtuosity combined with warmth, eloquence, expression and professionalism.

"To call Bryan Bowers' performance simply a 'concert' would be inadequate if not inaccurate ... (it) could better be described as an experience!"
-Deseret News

"Bowers is widely regarded as the leading virtuoso on the autoharp... Bowers also has distinct gifts as a singer and songwriter."
-People Magazine

"...This man makes more music from an Autoharp than you can imagine from a 12-string guitar and a harpsichord combined. He has more stage presence and charisma than any stage performer in recent memory."
-The Washington Times

Barn Dance
Every Month!

4th Saturday - Midtown Barn Dance at
St. Paul's

Non-smoking
alcohol-free event

This lively type of dancing is done to live fiddle-style music. Great exercise and good fun, it enjoys a wide popularity around the world, including right here in Kansas City! It only takes a few minutes and one simple lesson to learn the basics--then you can dance the night away!

Beginner class at 7pm ~ Dance begins at 7:30pm
Admission: $8 adults, $6 students, $4 twelve and under. Includes lesson!
All dances are taught and called.
For information:
Laura - 816-516-1876; lbogue@kc.rr.com
Linda - 785-841-3121
Pat - 913-909-8034

Bob Bovee
& Gail Heil

Friday - 8:00pm.
February 24

House Concert

1420 E. 108th Terr.
Kansas City, MO

$15 at the door

KC Folk Music presents Bob Bovee and Gail Heil in a House Concert on Friday, February 24 at 8:00pm.

1420 E. 108th Terr. Kansas City, MO

$15 at the door

For information call (816) 941-9435

The best in Old Time Music -- Cowboy songs - fiddle tunes and stories. Fiddle, Guitar, Banjo, Auto-harp, Harmonica and Jaw Harp.

About Bob Bovee

Bob is a Nebraska native whose family sang and played the old-time songs. Many of the western and railroad songs he does were learned from his grandmother. He plays banjo and autoharp, sings and yodels, and can drive a dance band with his guitar and harmonica. Bob is well known and loved for his dry and witty stage humor. He has published numerous articles and reviews for The Old-Time Herald and Inside Bluegrass.He has been an instructor for a course called "The History of Country Music" for the Honors Division
at the University of Minnesota.

About Gail Heil

Gail has been a full time traditional musician/singer/dance caller/music instructor since 1976. She sings and plays fiddle, banjo, guitar and autoharp. Her calling reflects the styles of old time dances commonly done throughout the Midwest in an earlier day. Originally from Missouri, Gail learned a large part of her music and dance repertoire from older Ozark performers, and is nationally known for her attentions to perpetuating our traditional heritage of roots music. Gail has been a Master Fiddler with students in Iowa and Minnesota through the State Arts Apprenticeship Programs.

Martine Locke Band

Saturday ~ 8pm
February 18

All Souls UU Church
4501 Walnut
KCMO

$12 in Advance
$15 at the Door

A Silent Auction
will Benefit
National Women's
Music Festival

For more information
call or text
816-974-8560

Willow Productions presents
Martine Locke and Band in concert on February 18th at 8pm at the
All Souls UU Church, 4601 Walnut St., KCMO 64111.

$12 in Advance $15 at the Door

Australian singer/songwriter Martine Locke has never worked a 9 to 5 job. She has never worn a skirt to work. She has never had straight hair. She has never played the tuba.

She has had only one dream her entire life.

To play music.

Put driving acoustic rhythms together with alternate tunings, a powerhouse voice, intelligent stage banter and intimate life stories that will leave you wiping the tears from laughter one minute and pondering the next. Combine that with the delicate harmonies and passionate percussiveness of Dionne Ward and you almost have described an evening with Martine Locke. (Let it be known that one needs to be in the room to truly experience this, as no words will do it justice.)

Martine Locke spent the first part of her life on the run from the police. Her father, wanted by the Sydney police, became the living, breathing embodiment of Australian convict history when he gathered up his family and evaded jail time by hiding in the Australian outback. Some would say that it was this formative experience that prepared Martine for the life of an itinerant musician. Traveling the world in search of stories and tales to tell, expressing them through her songs and indeed through her stories….and perhaps, occasionally, running from the law (although, at least one of those things is not true). Music, performance and creativity is all Martine has ever known and she passionately lives, breathes and tackles all of life’s concerns through the heart of a creative soul.

Self-releasing 4 solo CDs (Fly, On The Verge, Undone, LIVE) and 4 CDs with her Australian duo, The Velvet Janes (Live, Opus No.3, Venus Calling & THE Ep), has shown Martine to be an astute and capable business woman in an industry that traditionally lacks integrity. Passionate about her independence, Martine has continued to book/manage/promote/produce and perform over 100 shows a year in three countries. She has toured as opening artist for acts such as Ani DiFranco, The Cowboy Junkies, Tommy Emmanuel, Arlo Guthrie, and Australian favourites Weddings, Parties, Anything and The Waifs, and has managed to realize her desire to develop more house concerts all across the US & Australia.

In 2010 Martine recorded a live cd before a sold out audience in Indianapolis, Indiana. Recording 15 songs, some new and some old, before an audience of faithful fans who sang their hearts out along with Martine who also sang hers out. Joined onstage by drummer/vocalist Dionne Ward and djembe/vocalist Jamie Price, this cd captures the energy, the stories and the laughter of a true Martine Locke performance. "If there’s anyone who knows a good story and how to express it, it’s Locke" Mike Bauman, Toledo Free Press, Toledo Ohio. 2011 sees them taking it out on the road, across the US and Australia, doing what they love.

Performing at festivals, schools and house concerts across the country, Locke moves from one side of the US to the other and proves that the independent spirit is alive, well and thriving in an economy that would otherwise seek to discourage them.

Martine Locke brings a rambunctious, spirited, dynamic performance each time she performs and as columnist Lucky Clark wisely wrote once ‘…she will aim for your heart, as well as your feet.

Barn Dance
Every Month!

4th Saturday - Midtown Barn Dance at
St. Paul's

Non-smoking
alcohol-free event

This lively type of dancing is done to live fiddle-style music. Great exercise and good fun, it enjoys a wide popularity around the world, including right here in Kansas City! It only takes a few minutes and one simple lesson to learn the basics--then you can dance the night away!

Beginner class at 7pm ~ Dance begins at 7:30pm
Admission: $8 adults, $6 students, $4 twelve and under. Includes lesson!
All dances are taught and called.
For information:
Laura - 816-516-1876; lbogue@kc.rr.com
Linda - 785-841-3121
Pat - 913-909-8034

Suzanne Westenhoefer

Dance with...

Big Bad Gina

Saturday - 8pm
March 17th
Drexel Hall
19 W. Linwood,
KCMO

A Silent Auction
will Benefit
National Women's
Music Festival

For more information
call or text
816-974-8560

Willow Productions presents Comedian,
Suzanne Westenhoefer,
followed by a Big Bad Gina Dance
on Saturday, March 17th at 8pm at
Drexel Hall, 19 W. Linwood, KCMO.

Tickets:

Suzanne Only Floor - $30
Suzanne Only Balcony - $25
Suzanne & Dance - Floor - $35
Suzanne & Dance - Balcony - $30
Big Bad Gina Dance Only - $15

(Balcony Tickets are Standing Room)

Suzanne Westenhoefer - In the past year, she's ended up on the cutting room floor of a movie in post-production, gotten a divorce, re-entered the insanity of the dating world all of which have created more laughter-inducing opportunities than she ever thought possible.

She's badand she knows it. She's also rip-roaring hilarity wrapped up with a silver bow and a gift tag that says, "Just Try Me." All we have to say about that is"Where do we sign up?"

Suzanne's new material is based on her ever-changing view of life afterwell, everything. She's a brand-new woman around town with striking insights based on a jilted year that has finally thankfully - ended. Stick with her and she'll take you for a ride on the wild side with plenty of Pinot to keep it interesting. All aboard!

Big Bad Gina - Winners 2012 Her HRC Battle of the Bands!
Big Bad Gina! ~ fun and funky Goddess folk fusion with a soulful, jazzy flair. From chant to reggae, jazz to rap, to folkin' rockin' and danceable disco, Big Bad Gina spans a myriad of genres and styles with knee buckling 3 part harmony and multi-instrumentalism. Big Bad Gina is the 2010 winner of "Best New Band" and nominated for Best Party Band in the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards. They have headlined regional festivals on the alternative spirituality circuit leaving their audiences exhilarated and asking for more.Their first CD release, "Amazon Warrior Princess" features 10 original tracks with songs written by each of the three band members and the title track is the 2009 Goddess Festival winning theme song.

Big Bad Gina is...

Jori Costello, Renée Janski, and Melodie Griffis

Jori Costello, singer/songbird, guitar groovin, percussion pounding Goddess. Renee Janski of UU choir fame, amazing Amazon arias and multi-faceted musicianship. And Melodie Griffis of U of A jazz combo talent with an Angelic Cameroon croon keeping it rockin on the bass and jazzin it up with her ultra fine guitar riffs ~ Add a slew of instruments, some kickin original tunes and select scintillating covers, and you have Big Bad Gina! an all womyn's band based in Fayetteville, AR and ready to rock the region and nation with their award winning "Amazon Warrior Princess" Goddess Groove! It's Folkin' Rockin'!

Barn Dance
Every Month!

4th Saturday - Midtown Barn Dance at
St. Paul's

Non-smoking
alcohol-free event

This lively type of dancing is done to live fiddle-style music. Great exercise and good fun, it enjoys a wide popularity around the world, including right here in Kansas City! It only takes a few minutes and one simple lesson to learn the basics--then you can dance the night away!

Beginner class at 7pm ~ Dance begins at 7:30pm
Admission: $8 adults, $6 students, $4 twelve and under. Includes lesson!
All dances are taught and called.
For information:
Laura - 816-516-1876; lbogue@kc.rr.com
Linda - 785-841-3121
Pat - 913-909-8034

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