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“This time around, I’ve tried to satisfy what everyone wants, including myself. Initially, I was thinking of just going for the best songs not featured on the first album. But then people thought I should do those tracks where the guitar was emphasized. So, I’ve done both. I’ve also included four songs, which have Genesis connections, where the song was written originally for the band, or rehearsed by them. For instance, there’s ‘Please Don’t Touch’, which I wrote for Genesis, but eventually ended up recording myself.”

In the early 2000’s the SuicideGirls Burlesque show criss-crossed North America for 5 years. The girls played sold-out headlining shows, opened for Guns n’ Roses & Courtney Love and went overseas to perform at music festivals in both Europe and Australia.

Relaunching in Fall of 2013, SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque is back with all new performances/music complete with tongue-in-cheek humor and raw erotic sexuality. Choreographer, Manwe Sauls-Addison has worked with renowned performers such as Beyonce, J. Lo, Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson. He has assembled seven of the sexiest, most talented SuicideGirl dancers to create the ultimate tribute to pop-culture that Burlesque has ever seen.

With stripteases and performances poking fun at Star Trek, Avengers, Game of Thrones, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Planet of The Apes and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, this will be unlike any other Burlesque show on the planet. The 9-week US tour kicks off Friday, October 11th at the Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, MI.

You wouldn’t necessarily gather this fact from listening to Smoke Ring Halo (Southern Ground), the duo’s third full-length album – their musical chemistry has never felt more profound. Oliver Wood (guitar, vocals) and Chris Wood (bass, vocals, harmonica) refine their rich, spacious sound on songs like the rousing opener “Mary Anna,” the back-porch-funky “Shoofly Pie,” the waltz-time plaint “Pay Attention,” the elegiac title track, the gospel-inflected “Made It Up the Mountain” and more.

SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody is the hilarious new musical that brings all the naughty fun of the best-selling book to life. Your inner goddess will be laughing out loud with this new imagining of the characters as they come to life with sharp-witted comedy, musical numbers, steamy and fun performances from the hunky leading man, plus lots of surprises!

Get there early for pre-show cocktails, then stay to meet the cast after the show, and pose for a photo with the fetching star himself.

Grab your girlfriends and don’t miss the funniest and most exciting girls’ night out of the year!

SPANK! is not associated with, nor authorized by, author E.L. James or Vintage Press.

Tommy has been playing professionally since age 6, when he started playing in his family’s band. His unique style – “finger style” – is akin to playing guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. Rather than using a whole band for melody, rhythm, bass, and drum parts, Tommy plays all that – at once – and on one guitar. Guitar legend Chet Atkins was one of the first to inspire Emmanuel to try this “finger style.” Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel’s biggest fans, and eventually honored him with the title of “Certified Guitar Player” for his contribution to fingerstyle guitar. It’s a rare distinction shared by only four other people in the world.

2011 has been a busy year for Tommy with two records and a new PBS Special. First there’s the recently released double disc, Little by Little, which features collaborations with Victor Wooten, Doyle Dykes, Dr. John Knowles (CGP), and others. One of Tommy’s most memorial performances was captured on film and released as Tommy Emmanuel And Friends: Live From the Balboa Theatre, which began airing on PBS in June 2011. Tommy’s next offering will be his first ever Christmas album entitled, All I Want For Christmas, which will be released in November 2011.

In all, Emmanuel’s catalogue includes session work with Air Supply, Men at Work, and Michael Jackson, over 20 musical recordings, fourlive performance DVDs, three instructional DVDs, and two PBS specials. His awards include 2011 CMA Global Country Artist of the Year, 2008 and 2010 Best Acoustic Guitarist in Guitar Player Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Awards, 2009 Guitar Legend Award by Guitar Player Magazine, 1990 Best Guitarist by Rolling Stone Magazine, inductee in the Thumbpickers’ Hall of Fame, and he is a two-time Grammy nominee.

Come see why Tommy Emmanuel is considered as, “the Greatest Acoustic Guitarist in the World.”

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Bruce Cockburn continues to be revered by fans and fellow musicians alike as one of the most important songwriters of his

generation. Small Source of Comfort is Cockburn’s first studio album in six years – a rhythmic and highly evocative collection of

14 new tracks inspired by his renowned unusual and diverse muse – recent trips to Afghanistan and ponderings on the

re-incarnation of Richard Nixon, to road trips and unreturned phone calls. The album boasts some of the best musicians

recording today, including violinist Jenny Scheinman, former Wailin Jenny Annabelle Chvostek, and long time collaborators

Gary Craig, Jon Dymond and producer Colin Linden. As both a songwriter and a guitarist, Bruce Cockburn is considered among

the world’s best. The New York Times called him a virtuoso on guitar, while Acoustic Guitar magazine placed him in the

esteemed company of Andr?s Segovia, Bill Frisell and Django Reinhardt.