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JOHNSMITH MAKES RETURN VISIT TO WINTER WIND

Tuesday, 01 April 2008

Johnsmith

Singer/Songwriter Johnsmith, who was highly acclaimed by the audience at his Winter Wind Concert two years ago, is paying a return visit to the series on Sunday, April 13. Tickets are $10 for the concert which begins at 7:00 PM in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue. Seating is limited. Advance ticket purchase is recommended for this last concert of the Winter Wind season.

Over two decades of performing at festivals, concert halls and coffee houses, colleges and house concerts, along with a half dozen acclaimed CD’s, Johnsmith has built a solid fan base in the U.S. and abroad, including many in Norman. His songs go straight to the heart because that is where they come from. Words like integrity, uplifting, heart or soul are used consistently to describe the man and his music.

Tuesday, 18 March 2008

Jamie Coon

Oklahoma native Jamie Coon will visit Norman to share her music with the Winter Wind audience on Sunday, March 30. The concert begins at 7:00 pm in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones. Admission is $10. Complimentary refreshments will be served.

Jamie Coon is regarded by many as one of the freshest sounding singers to come along in a while. Audiences are captivated by her soulful, angelic voice and her original soul-pop tunes. Her Native American heritage adds a spiritual element to her music which results in a natural, wide open feeling running though everything she sings. Jamie is a natural performer, connecting with the audience, ad-libbing between tunes and interacting with the crowd.

There was always music in her home, exposing Jamie to a broad spectrum of musical genre at an early age. While still a teen, Jamie dedicated herself to music, writing songs, singing and learning to play the piano and guitar. Older rock, country and soul were early influences, but her hero was Elvis. She wrote constantly and it soon became obvious Jamie had found her calling.

Friday, 29 February 2008

Nathan Brown and Beth Wood combine their talents ‘When Music and Poetry Meet’ on the Winter Wind stage Sunday, March 9. Tickets are $10 for the concert, which begins at 7:00 pm in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue. Advance ticket purchase is recommended.

Wood and Brown met and joined forces at the creative vortex of Blue Rock Artist Ranch and Studio in Wimberley, Texas, introduced by the owners, Billy and Dodee Crockett. On the whim of another good friend, Jim Chastain, they created a show that seamlessly weaves together Beth’s music and Nathan’s poetry into a concert unlike any you’re likely to experience. After a four city mini-tour in Oklahoma last year that received rave reviews, they have gone on to perform in Austin, Dallas, and soon, Houston.

Friday, 15 February 2008

Antje Duvekot

Singer/Songwriter Antje Duvekot will return to Norman on Sunday, February 24 for The Performing Arts Studio’s Winter Wind Concert Series. Duvekot will perform at 7:00 p.m. in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue. Tickets are $10. Seating is limited. Advance ticket purchase is recommended.

“Her songs are stunning paintings of color and shade, and always generate the heat and light that real art should.” says Neil Dorfsman, legendary producer of CDs by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, and Dire Straits.

“I think she is going to be the next great American songwriter. She is writing songs we need to hear right now.” says folk-pop star Ellis Paul. “She gives us these fresh twists on what we take for granted as the obvious, and reminds us we are all partners with the victims, in a sense.”

Duvekot sings and writes as though she thinks songs are important; not a means to an end, but tools of survival. And, for her, that is what they have been.

Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Christopher Williams at the Norman Depot

The Performing Arts Studio welcomes Singer/Songwriter Christopher William as he returns to the Winter Wind stage in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue on Sunday, February 10. Tickets are $10 for the concert which begins at 7:00 PM. Refreshments will be served.

Williams was the very first Winter Wind performer, opening the then new concert series in October of 2005. His performance style of intense passion mixed with humor, his lush guitar work and his sweet soaring vocals, made him a favorite. His facility with a single djembe hand drum brought enthusiastic audience response.

Featured on the main stage of many of the nation’s finest folk festivals, including New York’s Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, Texas’ Kerrville Folk festival and Oklahoma’s own Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, and touring nonstop nationally for the last ten years, Williams has built a faithful following of listeners in Oklahoma and around the country.

One of his Oklahoma fans is Winter Wind Committee member Emily Giles. “The first time I heard Christopher I was blown away by his talent – I became an instant fan. He brings such energy to the stage and passion through his music. He amazes me every time I hear him.” Giles says.

Thursday, 17 January 2008

Dolce

‘Dolce’, an Oklahoma City based duo made up of singer/songwriters Steve and Laura Franklin, will be featured at the January 27 Winter Wind Concert in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue. They will be accompanied by good friend Sarah Studebaker on cello and percussion.
Tickets are $10 for the concert, which begins at 7:00 PM. Refreshments will be served.

Husband and wife duo, Steve and Laura Franklin have been creating music together for the past seven years. They met in their former pop-rock band, Hurricane Jane. Following Hurricane Jane, Steve and Laura experimented with various styles of music.

‘Dolce’ was formed from a common love of acoustic music. At the beginning of 2006, Steve and Laura got married, released their first album with ‘Dolce’, and began a nationwide tour. The duo traveled from coast to coast for the next year playing in venues such as The Bitter End (NYC), Genghis Cohen (Los Angeles), Uncommon Ground (Chicago) and Oklahoma’s own Woody Guthrie Folk Festival (Okemah).

Saturday, 05 January 2008

Watermelon Slim

The Performing Arts Studio presents award winning blues man Watermelon Slim playing solo in a Winter Wind Concert at 7:00 PM, Sunday, January 13. Doors open at 6:15 for the performance in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Ave. Tickets are $10. Seating is limited. Advance ticket purchase is recommended.

SOLD OUT!

In December 2006 Watermelon Slim garnered a record-tying six 2007 Blues Music Award nominations for Artist, Entertainer, Album, Band, Song, and Traditional Album of the Year. Only the likes of B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray have ever landed six nominations. Slim has again received six nominations this December for the 2008 Blues Music Awards!

Slim’s 2006 self-titled release was ranked #1 in MOJO Magazine's 2006 Top Blues CDs, won the 2006 Independent Music Award for Blues Album of the Year, hit #1 on the Living Blues Radio Chart, debuted at #13 on the Billboard Blues Radio Chart ahead of both Robert Cray and North Mississippi Allstars, and won the Blues Critic Award for 2006 Album of the Year.

Tuesday, 13 November 2007

Ellis Paul

Ellis Paul, one of the leading voices in American songwriting, will be in concert at the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue, on December 9. The music, a part of the Performing Arts Studio Winter Wind Concert Series, begins at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20. Advance purchase is recommended.

It was while bedridden from a college track injury that Ellis Paul discovered songwriting, making up songs on a guitar a friend had given him to keep him from being so bored. By 1989 he was haunting the Boston open mic scene.

He became a principle leader in the wave of singer/songwriters that emerged from the Boston Folk scene, creating a movement that revitalized the national acoustic circuit with an urbane, literate, folk pop style that helped renew interest in the genre in the 1990’s.

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