Edwards, Campbell promise an eclectic night of American music
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Eclectic Maine-based musicians Jonathan Edwards (“Sunshine”) and Don Campbell share the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25.
Admission to the performance is $35. Tickets can be purchased at batestickets.com.
The Olin Arts Center is located at 75 Russell St. For more information, please contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Singer-songwriter Jonathan Edwards, right, performs with bandmate and Lecturer in Music Tom Snow during Snow’s “Popular Composition and Arranging” class in 2013. (Michael Bradley/Bates College)
Known for the chart-topping singles “Sunshine” and “Shanty,” Edwards has been making honest and upbeat music for more than 45 years. He has explored country, bluegrass, rock, blues and folk. Tom Snow, pianist and director of the Bates Jazz Band, is a member of Edwards’ band, as is prominent Maine mandolinist Joe Walsh.
“An Edwards performance is an unforgettable roller-coaster ride which combines his remarkable singing, storytelling and wit,” wrote a reviewer for the Martha’s Vineyard Times.
Music City News praised Edwards’ throaty tenor as “one of the most distinctive voices on record,” distinguished by its “natural, unadulterated, undiluted quality.”
Since 1971, Edwards has released 15 albums, including Blue Ridge, his standard-setting collaboration with bluegrass favorites the Seldom Scene, and Little Hands, his collection of children’s songs, which was honored with a National Library Association award.
His most recent release is Jonathan Edwards Top 40, a two-disc, four-decade compilation of his most-requested performances, digitally remastered. His 2011 release My Love Will Keep, Edwards’ first studio album in 14 years, combined originals and covers in a co-production by Jonathan and Jim Begley.
In 2008, Media Artists released a 90-minute documentary of Edwards’ life and career titled That’s What Our Life Is.
Don Campbell.
Joining Edwards at Bates is a regional favorite, singer-songwriter Campbell. Based in both Maine and Nashville, Campbell explores contemporary folk, country and rock.
Campbell’s music taps adult contemporary, country, Celtic and rock. He cites as inspiration artists ranging from the Beatles to Vince Gill to Stephen King. A particular influence is the late American folk artist Dan Fogelberg.
Campbell has opened for, amongst others, Carrie Underwood, Willie Nelson, Keith Urban and George Jones. He was named Maine’s Best Singer-Songwriter in the Maine Sunday Telegram’s Annual Readers Poll six times.
Campbell has released 13 CDs, including his critically acclaimed tribute to Fogelberg, Kites to Fly, and this year’s The Dust Never Settles.
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