The Indigo Girls have spent thirty-five years performing together, produced fifteen albums (seven gold, four platinum, and one double platinum), earned a Grammy and seven Grammy nominations, and have toured arenas, festivals, and clubs the world over. It is rare to find musicians together so long, rarer still with such profound successes. Their music lives in the hearts of generations of dedicated fans and continues to inspire young musicians. This loyalty is not accidental. Perhaps their relevance over three decades can be credited to the mighty collisions of distinct aesthetics forging new paths over time. The Girls’ refinement — not only of style and skill, but of their own creative processes — allows access to ever new and liminal spaces.

A long creative marriage fosters its own scrappy beauty, though, and theirs grows more nuanced, weather worn, and lovely in each successive album. Saliers and Ray live separate lives and take on independent projects, but share “the same set of values,” says Saliers. “We both embrace the struggle, share the same energy. We are sisters in our embrace of life.

The Indigo Girls (Emily Saliers and Amy Ray) released their sixteenth studio album, One Lost Day, on June 2, 2015. Vast in its reach, but unified by the traveler’s sense of wonder, gratitude, and empathy, One Lost Day moves like a centrifuge, pulling the listener close to linger in the small moment, then casting out onto sonic currents. This is music of the past, present, and future.

 Before the show, enjoy dinner at Strings Café. Reservations are required: 

 Before the show, enjoy dinner at Strings Café. Reservations are required: 

Since they left Mexico for Ireland in 1999, Rodrigo y Gabriela have established themselves as one of the most popular acoustic instrumental bands in the world. They have sold more than 1.5 million albums worldwide and sold out venues like the Hollywood Bowl, the Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and Le Zenith in Paris on numerous occasions.

Their film work includes the soundtracks to Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and Puss In Boots, and they have collaborated onstage and on record with artists as diverse as Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Al Di Meola, Zack De La Rocha (Rage Against The Machine), and Anoushka Shankar. In 2010, Rodrigo y Gabriela played at tThe White House in Washington for President Obama.

From humble beginnings as buskers on Dublin’s Grafton Street, endless touring and a great word- of- mouth buzz carried the band forward until their international break out with the release of their self-titled 2006 album, which spawned the hits “Tamacun,” “Diablo Rojo,” and their cover of “Stairway To Heaven.”

Their album 11:11 followed in 2009. The band’s last studio album release was 2014’s 9 Dead Alive. In 2017, the duo celebrated the 10th Anniversary of their breakout self-titled album with a deluxe reissue and extensive world tour during. They are currently writing and recording a new studio album.

 Before the show, enjoy dinner at Strings Café. Reservations are required: 

Don McLean
Don McLean is an enduring singer-songwriter and forever associated with his classic hits “American Pie,” “Vincent (Starry Starry Night),” “And I Love You So,” and “Crying.” Since first hitting the charts in 1971, Don has amassed over 40 gold and platinum records and been inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame.

In 2012, Don was awarded the BBC Folk Music Lifetime Achievement Award. The same year also brought the release of “American Troubadour” on CD and DVD and the worldwide broadcast of the documentary of the same name, which charted Don’s life and career.

PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE
From their beginnings in mid-Sixties Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the present-day unit featuring founding member/pedal-steel innovator John David Call, veteran bassist Mike Reilly, propulsive drummer Scott Thompson, and guitar ace Donnie Clark, Pure Prairie League continues to embellish their rich 43-year history as one of Country-Rock’s pioneering forces. As one reviewer recently wrote: “PPL’s sound combines sweet memories with edgy, contemporary muscle. Their vocals are as strong as Kentucky moonshine and the musicianship and performance skills are as sharp as a straight razor.”

 Before the show, enjoy dinner at Strings Café. Reservations are required: