Doors open at 6:30 pm. Tickets will be $25 at the door.
Singer-songwriter Kate Campbell learned the piano at age seven before switching to the guitar as a teenager during the folk-rock heyday of the 70s. Since then she has written, recorded and performed almost exclusively on the acoustic guitar. On 1000 Pound Machine Campbell returns to the instrument of her childhood and enlists Will Kimbrough (2004 Americana Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year) to produce the eleven-song disc. Campbell’s subtle piano and crystal-clear voice are accentuated by sparse arrangements featuring Kimbrough’s consummate guitar playing and soulful sounds from the legendary Spooner Oldham. Muscle Shoals ace David Hood (electric bass) and Americana stalwarts John Deaderick (keyboards), Dave Jacques (string bass), David Henry (strings), and Paul Griffith (percussion) add to the mix. Emmylou Harris lends haunting harmony on a true narrative about death-row prisoners who find peace through meditation while Sloan Wainwright’s exquisite vocals lift “Wait for Another Day” to emotional heights. Campbell’s southern-flavored tunes weave cohesively throughout the album and include a gem that imagines Rosa Parks and George Wallace sitting side by side on a bus ride (Montgomery to Mobile), a paean to the Alabama landscape (Red Clay After Rain), a tribute to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Spooner Oldham (Spoonerville), and a beloved civil rights anthem (Walk with Me). 1000 Pound Machine is Kate Campbell’s note of gratitude to piano teachers everywhere who believe that “a simple pair of hands” can inspire and carry us to “the music of the spheres.”
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