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Dukes make Christmas special
... to sell stuff. I like the live performances the best.” What can the audience expect from Bo and Luke Duke? “A lot of John and Tom Foolery,” Wopat said. “We love each other like brothers and more than that. There’s a chemistry there we treasure. We’re careful not to overstep any bounds. We really work well together. He likes me to be the adult and I like being the adult until I don’t.” The boys will come to Stuart with a trio of musicians and a lot of songs. “The music is ter ...
/news/1741-dukes-make-christmas-specialNew shows add fire to Lyric
... orded it with her father, Milton, and it is named after the room in which he inspired her to pick up the guitar. It took 10 years to persuade her father to record with her. Popovic is already at work on her next album. Feb, 11 brings a newcomer to the Lyric. Sierra Hull is a mandolin prodigy and will perform songs from her latest album, “The Weighted Mind.” A Tennessee native who began performing at the age of 8, she was the first bluegrass musician to receive a presidential scholarship to ...
/news/1783-new-shows-add-fire-to-lyricBroadway legend at Lyric
... about moving from New York to California when her son was young. She had been doing a lot of Broadway and was gone most evenings. “He said, with no malice, ‘Do you think you could put me to bed before college?’ We moved to L.A. and changed our life. I took on more television and film.” That son is now 20, and while his proud mom no longer tucks him into bed, she talks about how he wants to be a music producer. Prince and her husband, a musician, didn’t try to influence him. “We le ...
/news/1786-broadway-legend-at-lyricSierra Hull Interview
... Sierra Hull comes to The Lyric Theatre February 11, 2016! Sierra Hull began playing the mandolin at the age of eight and put out the album Angel Mountain at 10. Hull was soon playing jam sessions with other musicians in her family, and by 2001 she was entering local talent contests. Her parents, Stacy and Brenda, took her to numerous bluegrass festivals and it was during an International Bluegrass Music Association festival that she came to the attention of Rounder Records chief talent scout Ke ...
/news/1981-sierra-hull-interviewEclectic group brings joy to Lyric stage
... March 18, 2016 Shelley Koppel Staff writer skoppel@YourVoiceWeekly.com STUART — If you come to the Lyric Theatre March 18 to see the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, you may see someone come across the stage on a unicycle. There’s no way to know in advance if this will happen, because it would be an audience member getting into the spirit of things. The Orchestra, a group of musicians who emphasize the joyfulness in their music, encourages the audience to share in that joy. Some ...
/news/2107-eclectic-group-brings-joy-to-lyric-stageComedian finds fun in family
... think he’s a woman on the phone and ask for the husband. He says he is the husband. I was just in England doing a lecture at Cambridge. They’re a bit more reserved but also snarkier than our humor. They’re less restrained in their rhetoric and more restrained in their response. It’s a dilemma. There are differences in so many things. I have to tread carefully.” Rudner has had a lengthy residence in Las Vegas and her daughter, Molly, a musician, opened for her doing a show. Rudner, who ...
/news/2185-comedian-finds-fun-in-familyMayall’s the be-all and end-all of British Blues icons
... d he played the piano for the first time. He also studied the guitar and the harmonica. A career playing the blues was hard to come by, and Mayall worked in the art department of a department store until 1962, when a club opened in London, dedicated to the blues. Mayall quit his job, moved to London and began putting together the band that would become the Bluesbreakers. He honed his craft, playing back-up for some of the most influential blues musicians, including John Lee Hooker, T- Bone Walk ...
/news/2212-mayalls-the-be-all-and-end-all-of-british-blues-iconsDeadPhish Orchestra at Lyric: Alive and doing swimmingly!
... By Shelley Koppel St. Lucie Voice Take a few friends who loved playing the music of both the Grateful Dead and another great jam band, Phish, and a desire to form their own group … and the result is the DeadPhish Orchestra. Paul Murin, guitarist for the group of Colorado musicians who will take the stage at Stuart’s Lyric Theatre on Oct. 7, spoke about why this blending of two very different bands worked and about why they picked the name. “There’s a very well-known Dead tribute ban ...
/news/2215-deadphish-orchestra-at-lyric-alive-and-doing-swimminglyMore shows must go on! Lyric adds numerous acts
... r of international symphonies including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Opera de Lyon. He also appears on cruise lines and was voted Entertainer of the Year by Crystal Cruises. Country music superstar Clint Black returns to the Lyric March 8-9. The singer-songwriter has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and is known for his skills as a singer, guitarist, drummer and harmonica player. He founded Equity Music Group to help young musicians succeed and launched the career of Littl ...
/news/2218-more-shows-must-go-on-lyric-adds-numerous-actsCrosby: A legend plays The Lyric
... he group was founded in 1996, when Patrick Murphy, Steve Wehmeyer, Steve Twigger and Brian Walsh met at O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Restaurant in Santa Monica, California, and decided to try an experiment, bringing Scottish, Irish and pop music together. Their performances caught the attention of director James Cameron, who asked them to perform in the ship steerage party scene in his hit movie, “Titanic.” Since then, they have added several musicians and have recorded 10 albums, as well as ...
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