Past concerts brought to Chattanooga Audiences by ArtFRONT Presentations have included the following artists. You may see some of our local performers coming back to open up for nationally touring musicians when they come through

ArtFRONT Presentations   Unfortunately North American Royalty had to re-schedule their opening performance due to an illness in the family. We hope to have them back again soon.

The Little Country Giants, North American Royalty & The New Binkley Brothers SAT , Nov. 24th @ 8 pm $10 adv/door The Little Country Giants Return to Barking Legs with new songs and new lineup. One of our favorite genuine Americana ensembles, combining pure traditional style with all original tunes. Russell & Cameron Cook take center stage to melt the audience away with their sweet harmonies and intelligent song lyrics. Telling stories of love, lust and the wonderment of the repercussions thereof. This is a group that is truly meant for the intimate crowd setting of Barking Legs Theater. www.myspace.com/thelittlecountrygiants The New Binkley Brothers Proof that the hip young generation is embracing Old time Traditional music with their own interpretations of what fun times are all about. Chattanooga Band The New Binkley Brothers have been entertaining crowds of local people around town with their soulful, hootenanny style performances and promise to be a fun and energetic opener for this excellent lineup! Daniel Binkley, Matt Downer and Clark Williams Are the New Binkley Brothers. www.myspace.com/newbinkleybrothers

    

Saturday Oct. 21st @ Barking Legs Theatre   8:00pm $10
"The Bridges," with Harrison Hudson, & "Some Have Guns"
Three full blown power-pop rock acts in one night. 

Click here to read a new full length article & Interview with "The Bridges."

"Some Have Guns"
Cleveland, Tennessee's latest addition to this area's serious music scene.  "Some Have Guns" have a full CD out titled "Something Happened" which will be available at this concert. This talented group displays inventive arrangements & vocals,  some of which are reminiscent of Steeley Dan, Harry Nillson, Iron & Wine & Pink Floyd. Listen to some of this elaborate five piece band's very impressive material through www.myspace.com/somehaveguns  
Also 91.5 FM WAWL has been featuring cuts from "Some Have Guns" new CD and we'll try to have some CD's offered as premiums from WUTC 88.1 during their current pledge drive.

~R.

Sunday June 25th @ Barking Legs Theatre 8:00pm  $10
No River City,  &  Jennifer Brantley Band

Two full bands featuring traditional country & southern rock with beautiful vocal melodies and heartfelt strorytelling will combine for an evening of pure entertainment at Barking Legs. 
No River City was a part of the largest attended ArtFRONT Show to date and have made instant fans in Chattanooga at their earlier performance here with "Little Country Giants." Loosely compared to "The Jayhawks" in style, No River City views all comparisons as an affront and challenges all to come out and experience a real melodic southern rock band with all original material that will leave an impression and their tunes in your head. 
And Jennifer Brantley celebrates her rising popularity and her new CD which is currently receiving the finishing touches from the producer & engineer of grammy winning recordings by Allison Krause, Ralph Stanley and many others.
Listen to both bands at www.myspace.com/norivercity  and www.jenniferbrantley.com as well as www.myspace.com/jenniferbrantley

~R.

When David Richey, dobro virtuoso formerly of Johnson City TN trio "the everybodyfields" left that band it was a  blow to my sense that this was the closest that east Tennessee has come to producing to a "supergroup" in recent memory.
The other day while listening to some of David's ultra soulful guitar work on those first two everybodyfields CD's I became aware that Colorado based "Hit & Run" had brought David into their well respected ranks and that they are on a rare tour of the eastern USA.
I decided at that moment to throw my support behind any project that Mr. Richey is involved with. But just because a band or artist is well known or highly regarded in the Rocky Mountain States doesn't mean people in Chattanooga have heard of them yet. So In order to bring together the bluegrass and traditional music afficianados in this region I called up Lou Wamp, who not surprisingly had heard all about Hit and Run's many awards.  Lou began to spout off all kinds of detailed information  about Hit & Run's many successful shows, competitive awards and band members That I wasn't even aware of.
    In Short Lou said He would love to support Hit and Run by bringing his own locally well known group of  traditional string players together to open up a show for Hit and Run at Chattanooga's Barking Legs Theatre on Tuesday night, June 6th.  
   This is the only date we could get Hit and run to play here on their jam packed tour schedule which includes The Knitting factory in NYC, Smilefest in North Carolina and many other excellent venues that know and cares deeply about bringing in the highest quality musicians for their audiences of real music lovers.
 So, Lou Wamp and The Wizards of String will be opening for Hit and Run, which features Rebecca Hoggan on vocals, and a five piece group of fast paced top notch young players whom You can listen to online through their website here.
www.hitandrunbluegrass.com
 And If You've not yet heard Chattanooga's own Lou Wamp & The Wizards of String You owe it to yourself to experience these modern flavored, highly skilled traditional intrumentalists who's performances remind me of the best offerings You hear on N.P.R.'s "Mountain Stage" or GPTV's televised concert series. Check them out at www.LouWamp.com .

Here is Ted Reynolds writeup  of Lou wamp's guest appearance on 91.5 WAWL's "Locals Only" show last Thursday;
   "Last week I did  a quieter show than usual,. Bluegrass resonator guitar player Lou Wamp was my guest host, and I thoroughly enjoyed our discussion, which included comparisons of architecture (Lou's "real" job) and music. Bluegrass is a much bigger category than I first imagined (as is EVERY category, it seems), and I was able to learn a lot.
Lou Wamp has quite a history: Did you know Jennifer Daniels studied guitar with him when she was 15? Or that he played electric violin in a prog-country band? He brought some new tracks he'd played on: the new (and unreleased) album from Justin Moses, and some live material from his band The Wizards of String. He also told the story behind "Audrey's Last Dive" which you can read about."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Mestre  
~Ted reynoldds WAWL 91.5

Also I went to visit Richard Winham at WUTC 88.1 and the mention of  "the band that picked up David Richey" immediately got Hit & Run Bluegrass an interview and a live in studio performance on the afternoon before the show.  So be sure to tune into WUTC 88.1 for live preview of these high quality ArtFRONT concerts whenever we cn arrange them..  You can also listen online to WUTC 88.1 anytime through this link.  http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wutc/ppr/index.shtm

"8mm" with "Proto"
Thursday April 13th 8:00pm
@ Barking Legs Theatre,

1307 Dodds Ave.  Chattanooga, TN
Admission $10

Sean and Juliette Beavan  are the "Down-tempo Trip Hop" duo "8mm."  8mm co-founder Sean Beavan is  a producer and mixer who  has worked with a cadre of seminal artists including N.I.N., MARILYN MANSON and DEPECHE MODE among many others.  8mm instantly exploded on Myspace.com after quietly releasing their now critically acclaimed debut EP, "Opener" (please see the below attached press release.) When asked to describe 8mm's sound, I find it hypnotic and melodious with a darkly feminine delivery,  fused with a high tech harder  rock edge. 
 
They were featured on the sound track of the Recent movie "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" covering “Nobody Does it Better” and have some very impressive original songs  and a video of "Give It Up" that You can find online here: www.myspace.com/8mm   Some additional tunes, history and photos are on their official website http://www.8mmaudio.com/site.html

"8mm" will be coming to play an ArtFRONT  show @ Barking Legs Theatre on Thursday, April 13thThis performance will be the only Southeastern date for "8MM" on this mini tour between Shreveport, LA and Cleveland, OH. This will be the first time they have appeared anywhere in this part of the country that I am aware of. Sean Beavan also has his own production page including a detailed discography here: http://www.myspace.com/seanbeavan Their manager is Shannon O'Shea who is also known as GARBAGE's innovative founding manager. There is also a lot of interesting bio. information on the SOS  Management web site www.sosmanagement.com

PROTO
Also appearing as the opening act for "8mm" is the Chattanooga based  progressive rock  group "Proto."   This Youthful five member band has  been touring in the region and has enjoyed some national  success with one of their songs chosen for the W.B.  network's TV series "Roswell."  I have chosen this local band for their stylistic appeal which the audience who are drawn to 8mm's music should relate to as well. You can also learn more about Proto and  listen to this band's music at www.myspace.com/proto  and at their website www.protoprog.com

The best kept secrets in the southern music scene are breaking out of their shells.

The Little Country Giants, Mandi Rae & No River City
Saturday Feb.4th, 8:00pm. $10 for all three performances. 

The Little Country Giants, Return to Barking Legs Theatre. A genuine southern acoustic & vocal harmony band who have received Atlanta's Creative Loafing Readers picks award for Best Local Traditional Folk Act (even though they're from Rome Ga, not Atlanta.) Their CD and live recordings have been getting a lot of attention from the DJ's at WUTC 88.1 FM where they have given 2 live studio performances. Their 5 piece all acoustic setup including upright bass, mandolin and impeccable hymnal style vocal harmonies have been receiving glowing reviews in every town they play that has any kind of music press. They are one of the most genuine examples of the Americana style music that is gaining immense popularity across the country. The Little Country Giants fall show has been one of the most talked about performances of the ArtFRONT series so far . So it makes good sense that we bring back this universally crowd pleasing group for another performance. You can listen to some of their tunes online HERE and also at www.myspace.com/thelittlecountrygiants And this time they are bringing with them...No River City, an Atlanta based group The Little Country Giants have been so impressed with No River City that they requested them to open for them at This show in order to introduce them to our Chattanooga audiences. More information on No River City will be up here shortly so please check back.. In the meantime You can listen to some songs on their www.myspace.com/norivercity page and check out some biography at www.norivercity.com Mandi Rae from Birmingham is one of the young performers who is posed to take back country music from the over commercialized grip of the Nashville establishment and give us a genuine taste of the sincere, straightforward narrative and powerful voices of the real south. Full of humor and straight to the point, Mandi Rae has a natural affinity for entertaining and has been a refreshing break in my own music listening of late. Go to www.mandiraemusic.com and to www.myspace.com/mandirae and get an earful of Mandi Rae's punchy tunes and home-made philosophy.

Divine Maggees are the most recent focus in the sights of the ArtFRONT talent searchlight. Danielle Tibedo and Cregan Montague are a duo currently based out of Asheville, NC playing electric & acoustic violin & guitar. Their very distinctive vocal harmonies are making listeners I have played them for turn their heads and want to know immediately “who is that?” Comparable to indigo girls & Aimee Mann in style, their voices and lush instrumentals set this team off with an identity of their own that once heard becomes the highly recognizable “Divine Maggees sound.” Both Danielle and Cregan are accomplished alumni of musical and performance arts from early ages, training in institutes such as Berklee College of Music, Wellesley College and the artist development program at Westlake Audio in Los Angeles. The mature, melodic & soulful songwriting on their current full length CD “Love Me Like The Roses” excels on all levels. It is the kind of fresh, substantial and affecting music we are waiting to hear and their appealing personas & biographies will help to inspire a lot of devoted fans really fast. See for yourself at www.divinemaggees.com Please listen to a few of their chill bump inducing vocal harmonies and lush instrumental songs HERE and at www.myspace.com/divinemaggees before coming out to see them play on Feb. 11th along with Aimee Wilson Unique style and humbly presented beauty with an understated passion. I have been watching Aimee Wilson of Chattanooga develop her particular style of ethereal folk music for quite some time. Aimee is more than just an acoustic musician. She is also a visionary leader of her own “movement” of sorts. Ignoring her more common contemporaries rush to play the bar-room venues. Aimee has put together a group of like minded artistic individuals that have gone into unique situations with her music. Such as house and basement concerts, a mission to bring free food, music & art to Chattanooga’s homeless at Miller Plaza, and concerts in acoustically enhancing rooms such as Chattanooga Bouldering Authority’s indoor climbing wall. And recently in a Nashville recording studio, she put together “Timbers Fall,” her first full length 10 song CD. From this young artist’s first offering I am struck that there is genius at work here. Aimee composes songs that open up and reveal a beautiful and complex framework and messages that are very deeply thought out. There are tunes here that will definitely stick with You once you hear them.

Aimee’s music has been described as lazy front porch rocking chair music, hence the name of her “organization” “The Porchfront Factory” and her website www.porchfrontfactory.com where You can read some of her writings and get some insights into the spiritual community that is being built through their artistic, literary and musical pursuits. You can also listen to Aimee at www.myspace.com/porchfrontfactorycom

Interview with "the everybodyfields" and the New York City Press release/article.

"THE EVERYBODYFIEDS" Last Month at The Barking Legs Theatre in Chattanooga TN, The Everybodyfields from Johnson City Tennessee, absolutely dazzled Chattanooga's most musically literate audience. DJ's, doctors artists & musicians alike were all spellbound together in this intimate setting. Starting out plain and sweet with their original tunes in a traditional Appalachian style, they soon built up into a sustained crescendo of some of the best guitar work I've seen in years. David Richey 's dobro playing is propelled by the solid and beautiful harmonies of Jill Andrews & Sam Quinn's vocals . Anyone who loves traditional, high quality music of any style will be convinced that "The Everybodyfields" are here to save the world from losing out on this original genuine treasure right out of our own back yard

-Robin Merritt, ArtFRONT Publishing

"It takes a while to understand what you're hearing when you see the everybodyfields live because your eyes and your ears are telling two different stories. They are just too young to be making music this timeless. Jill Andrews and Sam Quinn swap bass, guitar, and vocals with easy harmony. You want to say that he's the leader, then her, but they are two inseparable elements in this group. The songs are formed by a pair of remarkable voices, hers notable for its casual maturity, his for a reediness that seems to follow hills and curves in a road that he is traveling in his mind. The vocals are complimented by the sweet and sure sound of David Richey's dobro playing."

-The Wire, Portsmouth, NH

www.theeverybodyfields.comAppearing with special guest BOB CARTY. Who says Country music can't be experimental, spooky & strange? "Mighty Bob" proves otherwise. "Blessed with a narrative tone similar to that of Tom Waits, 'M Train' cold like William S. Burroughs, with a roots mystique of Woody Guthrie, and the modern spin of Leonard Cohen. Elaborately thought out, and seemingly spontaneous. Shake the dust off those tunes cowboy!"

- Cody Blaine

Jennifer Brantley, with The Little Country Giants & Samantha Murphy

Saturday, Oct. 15 8:00pm. Barking Legs Theatre, Admission $10 Samantha Murphy returns to Barking Legs for her final performance in the southeast before returning to Los Angeles . She will be supporting Jennifer Brantleyand her Band "The Blue Road Ramblers." Jennifer is currently working on her second full CD with Grammy winning producer/engineer Bil VornDick, who has worked with Allison Krause, Bela Fleck, Ralph Stanley & Bob Dylan among many others. Rounding out this extravagant evening of Americana and vocal harmonies will be The Little Country Giants from Rome Georgia who recently won the Atlanta Creative Loafing Readers pick award for Best traditional folk act.
1307 Dodds Ave. Chattanooga, TN (423)624 LEGSKeep tuned to www.ArtFRONT.com for info on this upcoming Little Country Giants, Samantha Murphy & Jennifer Brantley extravaganza @ Barking Legs Theatre on Saturday Oct. 15 You will be in vocalist heaven with this Lineup! Go directly to the online streaming audio through these links
and listen to full length songs by Jennifer Brantley, Little Country Giants & Samantha Murphy!

Jennifer Brantley, Samantha Murphy & The Little Country Giants,
Saturday Oct.15, 8:00pm. $10 for all three performances.

If You've grown weary of the commercial country offerings seeping out of the radio these days but long for the true southern American songwriting style of beautiful vocal harmonies and upbeat, melodious musical genius that is native to our region then it can heard in Chattanooga on Saturday, October 15 starting at 8:00pm at The Barking Legs Theatre on Dodds Ave.
 
Jennifer Brantley has been picked to be the current project of the producer/engineer of Grammy winning records, Bil VornDick, who has made records with Allison Krause, Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor and Ralph Stanley with Bob Dylan. Jennifer Brantleys vocals are reminiscent of stellar vocalists such as Emmylou Harris, Patsy Cline & Tift Merritt.  Her upbeat and rocking 5 piece band, The Blue Road Ramblers have been proclaimed every bit as good as major acts who are packing out larger concert halls across the country. According to David Hand, Jennifer's husband & lead guitarist for her band, Bil VornDick has worked on eight Grammy winners and 42 Grammy nominated records. He developed and produced Allison Krauss. His project with Jennifer will be the first speculative album he's done in over 10 years. Jennifer Brantleys songs have climbed to number one slots online at Garageband.com & Mp3.com and have thousands of listeners through sales of her first CD at live shows and have won an honorable mention award from Billboards World Song Contest.

40The Little Country Giants, a true southern style acoustic & vocal harmony band have just received Atlanta's Creative Loafing Readers picks award for Best Local Traditional Folk Act (even though they're from Rome Ga, not Atlanta.) Their CD has been getting attention from the Dj's at WUTC 88.1 FM and their 5 piece all acoustic setup including upright bass, mandolin and impeccable hymnal style vocal harmonies have been getting them glowing reviews in every town they play that has any kind of music press. They are one of the most genuine examples of the Americana style music that is gaining immense popularity that can be found anywhere in the country.

And Samantha Murphy with her powerful pop/soul vocals and intense songwriting skills will be returning to the west coast after her tour of the southeast, but not before performing another spectacular set at Chattanooga's Barking Legs Theatre along with all these regional breakout artists. Although Samantha spends most of her time playing and singing for audiences in California, and her style is more cosmopolitan than country, her roots go back to Nashville where she developed her skills at a young age opening up for acts such as Dolly Parton & Willie Nelson with her family's band "The Murphys." At her recent performance in Chattanooga Samantha told a story of meeting Johnny Cash in a hallway of a performance hall, and then went in to one of the hottest renditions of "Ring of Fire "imaginable. If You missed Samantha's earlier shows here, or in Nashville or Atlanta, this is your final chance to see her up close before she returns to the west coast to play for audiences in Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver and elsewhere.

Saturday Night Sept. 24, 8:30pm

SAMANTHA MURPHY

SMtv is a Podcast dedicated to true, independent artists. Hosted by Samantha Murphy, a singer songwriter herself, SMtv sits down with a different artist each week to discuss their life and art. Each episode comes to you from a different location as Samantha travels from place to place. Past episodes have featured Mark Hart of Crowded House and Inara George.

Also.............

JUSTIN KARPINOS.

JUSTIN KARPINOS is a 24 year-old singer/songwriter currently living in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Justin is an established sideman for a number of local artists. He was recently chosen as a Featured Artist for Eastman Guitars (www.eastmanguitars.com). . Justin’s songwriting and voice are reminiscent of Martin Sexton, Jay Clifford (of Jump, Little Children), and James Taylor. His lyrics evoke compelling scenes and images that strive to connect with the listener on an emotional level beyond typical pop music clichés. Justin has a full length original song for You to listen to at www.myspace.com/justinkarpinos. Here's the URL to the 11"x17" printable poster for this concert
www.ArtFRONT.com/images/Posters/SamanthaPoster1.jpg

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