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SUMMARY:Gemily
DESCRIPTION:This event is free and streamed to The Ark’s Facebook page. \nGemini (twin brothers San and Laz Slomovits) have been Ark regulars\, appearing at the club at least once and usually several times every year since moving to Ann Arbor in 1973. Especially acclaimed for their shows for children and families\, they are now entertaining their third – or is it their fourth – generation of fans. They’ve played an annual family concert for Ark audiences on the Sunday after Thanksgiving every year since 1994 to benefit Mott Children’s Hospital\, where San’s daughter\, Emily was born. Emily will join the brothers for this show as she has every year since 2003 when she was just nine years old. The trio\, now redubbed Gemily\, (Gemini+Emily) combine wonderful singing and instrumental prowess on more than half a dozen instruments with lively\, sparkling original songs and traditional folk music from many countries and cultures. In addition to their exceptional musicianship\, the trio brings an easy stage presence to all their shows and draws their audiences into joyful music-making with them. \nThis year’s concert will again be online. \nTip jar will be available with donations going to support both C.S. Mott Childrens Hospital and Food Gatherers.
URL:https://theark.qltddev.com/event/gemily-221127/
LOCATION:Facebook LIVE
CATEGORIES:Ford Family Series,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Mustard's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Watch on The Ark’s Youtube channel \nMustard’s Retreat has always sung the songs they enjoyed and cared about\, regardless of the trends of the music industry and pop culture. They are committed to simply being themselves\, not chasing fame or brass rings\, while delighting in and connecting with their audiences as if they were family. The honesty of what they present onstage and the extensive body of outstanding original songs and recordings all contribute to a fiercely loyal audience that continues to grow. “Music to cure what ails you” was how one reviewer in the 1970s described them\, and that is as true now as it was then. \nThey’ve traveled more than a million miles and performed more than 6\,000 shows\, from pig roasts and pool parties to Lincoln Center Out of Doors\, The Barns at Wolftrap and the Kennedy’s Center’s Millennium Stage. \nTheir performances are always joyful and uplifting\, as well as intelligent\, thought provoking and insightful. They’ve recently begun referring to their career and touring as “Defiantly Hopeful.” In part due to their long career\, but more as a statement about what the music has meant to them. “Folk music is\, at its heart\, defiantly hopeful!” Tamulevich says. “We came of age in the 60s\, at the confluence of Pete Seeger\, Peter\, Paul & Mary\, Bob Dylan and the singer/songwriter revolution. We care much more about what we do and stand for and finding that common ground with our audiences\, than fame or money: this is our community of choice\, and we consider ourselves so fortunate to be here.” \nArk Family Room shows are free and streamed to The Ark’s Facebook page. Donations to the “virtual tip jar” during shows support both The Ark and the participating artists.
URL:https://theark.qltddev.com/event/mustards-retreat-220205/
LOCATION:Facebook LIVE
CATEGORIES:Family Room Series,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:A Michigan Tribute to Nanci Griffith
DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PDF PROGRAM \nMusicians with Michigan roots will pay tribute to Nanci Griffith by offering covers of her classic songs. Tickets to this streamed performance go on sale Monday\, January 24 at noon. The event will be available for rebroadcast through February 6. \nNanci Griffith was no stranger to The Ark’s stage\, gracing the club with several memorable performances from 1985 to 2013\, including an intimate benefit concert with Billy Joe Shaver and the Cash Brothers in 2003 and an unforgettable evening with Maura O’Connell\, John Gorka and the Chenille Sisters at The Ark’s 40-Year Fling in 2005.  More than quantity\, though\, we celebrate the quality of her music with this tribute show. Her songs are mostly portraits\, and each one is fully filled out with details that fit\, and that reveal the deep resonances of human lives. She brought a poetry to small-town Texas life that shone with beauty and celebrated human resilience. \nNanci’s Other Voices\, Other Rooms album of 1993 took the Grammy award for Best Contemporary Folk Album; it was a tribute to the songwriters who inspired her\, from Kate Wolf to Pat Metheny. She in turn has inspired many of the songwriters who take to The Ark’s stage today\, including the Michigan artists who are lending their voices to this virtual event. She was a cheerleader and ambassador for her fellow artists\, whether emerging or established. At every Ann Arbor Folk Fest she played you could find her stationed backstage\, watching and listening to every set throughout the evening.  Once she drove from Nashville to The Ark to attend a performance of her friend and mentor\, Odetta.  No one who was there will forget the incredible moment when Odetta called her onstage to join the encore. \nEach of Nanci’s appearances in Ann Arbor brought new music\, and often we felt like we had front row seats at her creative process. The message she left when she signed the wall backstage at The Ark: “Sing out\, sing loud\, for Pete’s sake.”  We miss her terribly and are deeply thankful for her music. \nFeatured performers for Saturday’s tribute include Annie and Rod Capps\, Chris Buhalis\, Dave Boutette & Kristi Lynn Davis\, Dick Siegel & Dave Keeney\, Jen Sygit\, London Beck\, The Lucky Nows\, Matt Watroba\, May Erlewine\, Nadim Azzam\, The RFD Boys\, Rochelle Clark\, and The Accidentals with special guests Kim Richey\, Maia Sharp\, Beth Nielsen Chapman\, and The Burney Sisters.
URL:https://theark.qltddev.com/event/a-michigan-tribute-to-nanci-griffith/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:Robert Jones & Matt Watroba
DESCRIPTION:JOIN THE LIVESTREAM \nEver since their first meeting\, over thirty years ago\, Robert Jones and Matt Watroba have been musical partners.  Their relationship started when they hosted back to back\, radio shows on WDET-FM\, Detroit.  Later on they started performing together and\, in doing so\, they discovered a friendship based in mutual respect and a love for traditional American music.  Now\, Matt and Robert literally travel the nation extolling the virtues of “Music That Matters”.\nFor Matt and Robert\, American Roots Music (Folk\, Blues\, Spirituals\, Work Songs\, Chants\, etc.) is music that matters.  This is the music that America and the world have in common.  It is music that reflects history\, social change\, migration\, hopes and dreams.  It is music that is rich and diverse\, direct and powerful.  As talented as they are individually\, Matt and Robert together form a synergy that hard to describe.  Together\, they formed a non-profit company called Common Chords to connect communities through music and the arts.
URL:https://theark.qltddev.com/event/robert-jones-matt-watroba-220117/
LOCATION:Facebook LIVE
CATEGORIES:Family Room Series,Virtual Event
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