The Center for the Arts presents
Friday, May 4, 8:00PM
Doors open at 7:00PM
with The Moore Brothers opening
$65 members, $75 non-member
Limit of 4 tickets per member at member price
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BIG VENUE ENTERTAINMENT IN
THE CENTER’S INTIMATE 300-SEAT
MAIN STAGE THEATER
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“ Ms. Cash has a voice both dark and sweet, with a gentle but reliable vibrato, and she knows how to convey the quiet sting of heartache.” – The New York Times
“Long revered as a master songwriter, Rosanne is equally talented at reinterpretation, singing with such close-to-the-bone sincerity that you can’t help but think: like father, like daughter.” – Elle
More than a country music icon, Rosanne Cash is America’s foremost musical woman of letters, a singularly literate artist whose poignant vocals turn every song into a revelatory tale. At the peak of her interpretive powers, she’s still riding high from the 2009 release of The List, an album distilled from a list of 100 essential country songs given to her at 18 by her father, the legendary Johnny Cash.
Since her 1980 album debut with Right or Wrong, Rosanne has blazed a brilliant trail, landing nearly a dozen #1 country hit singles, while earning 10 Grammy nominations and a Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy Award in 1985 for “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me.” Sony Legacy has just released The Essential Rosanne Cash, a 2-CD collection of her hand-picked hits. Cash’s creativity isn’t confined to the bandstand. Leading publications such as The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Oxford-American and New York Magazine have published her essays, columns and fiction. She’s also generated an acclaimed volume of short stories, Bodies of Water, and a fascinating memoir, Composed. Whether she’s writing prose or lyrics, Cash is a natural born storyteller who cuts to the bone. For this date expect an overview of her essential hits, with husband and guitarist John Leventhal to accompany.
Cash is the keeper of an extraordinary family legacy. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee on May 24, 1955, the eldest child of Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto. After her parents separated she was raised by her mother in Los Angeles. Her father went on to marry singer June Carter, who also had an influence on young Rosanne’s musical path.
After high school, Cash joined her father and stepmother’s road show, working her way up from laundry duty to backup singer to soloist. before starting a full-time career in music, she studied drama at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University and at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles.
Rosanne Cash’s recordings included Right or Wrong, Seven Year Ache, Rhythm and Romance, King’s Record Shop, Interiors, The Wheel, 10 Song Demo, Rules of Travel, and Black Cadillac.
Her recent album, The List (EMI) was released in the fall of 2009. The songs on it were selected from a list of 100 great American songs that her father gave her when she was 18 years old. The album features a duet with Bruce Springsteen and vocal contributions by Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) and Rufus Wainwright, and was nominated for two Grammy awards. The List received the Americana Music Association’s album of the year award in 2010.
Her latest release is The Essential Rosanne Cash (Sony), a compilation that spans 30 years with songs personally curated by Rosanne.
Cash has also made her mark as a writer. She published a collection of short stories called
“Bodies of Water” in 1995 and a children’s book: “Penelope Jane: A Fairy’s Tale” in 2000. Her essays and fiction have appeared in various collections and publications, including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Time Magazine, The Oxford American, and New York Magazine. Her most recent book is Composed: A Memoir, published by Viking in 2010. Over the course of her career, whether in music or on the printed page, Cash has articulated the most heartbreaking emotional realities: betrayal, loss, misunderstanding, and isolation. But, in the family tradition, she always emerges with a firm belief in the limitless possibilities of personal redemption.
Rosanne lives in New York City with her husband, producer and guitarist John Leventhal. She is the mother of 5 children.
The Moore Brothers
Since releasing Murdered By The Moore Brothers (2006) the brothers continue to perform for their ever increasing following in the California Bay Area.
An assortment of artists began introducing the Moore’s to a broader audience. In December 2006 Kristin Hersh hand-picked the Moore Brothers to open for a Throwing Muses reunion concert at the Great American Music Hall. In the Summer of 2007, Joanna Newsom invited the brothers to appear with her at a string of European venues, including a night at the Royal Albert Hall warming the crowd for Joanna and legendary British folkie Roy Harper.
Recently, Thom and Greg relocated to Grass Valley, Ca, where they are busy writing songs for their sixth release, tentatively titled Who Are The Moore Brothers?
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