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Okay, get out your highlighter and that paper calendar you still carry around so you can write down important events, because you’ll want to get these ones down. We had a lot of shows go on sale because we were pretty much just bursting with great shows and couldn’t put off the opportunity for join our excitement any longer. So here they are… and now’s the time to reserve your seats because tickets for these shows are on sale now!

Celebrated songstress Regina Belle is back with her thrilling, soul-satisfying collection of beloved rhythm & blues staples, swinging jazz standards, moody torch songs and golden classics. Always bringing a strong jazz sensibility and sultry, precise phrasing to her R&B/pop recordings, Belle burst onto the scene with the jazzy single “So Many Tears” in 1987. Topping the charts with hits like “Baby Come To Me” and “Make It Like It Was,” she earned a Grammy for her 1993 duet with Peabo Bryson, “A Whole New World,” from the Disney film “Aladdin.” With her down-to-earth personality grounded by faith, family, and fellowship, Belle hopes that fans will relate to the very personal vibe of her music.

After years of refining her craft behind the scenes, Mindy arrived fully-formed with her 2004 critically acclaimed debut, One Moment More, and its hit single “Come to Jesus.” “Smith’s best songs sound like little miracles,” crowed USA Today, and the New York Times hailed a later release as, a “…thoughtful collection from a great singer-songwriter who knows how to evoke the feeling of warm rooms on cold nights.” Few singers are better prepared than Smith to sing convincingly about such a wide range of emotions. Her pure, unaffected soprano illuminates her words and sentiments–even when it seems as if she is singing for just herself. Each performance is rendered with exquisite care.

WRNR & Rams Head Present Silopanna Music Festival featuring:
Fitz & The Tantrums | August 27
at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds

Fitz and the Tantrums may be the breakout act of 2011. Their monster hit Moneygrabber may very well be the song of the year, and their live show is among the best going. Dont take our word for it, here’s what the press is saying: “Fitz and the Tantrums comes around with the chops to back up an L.A. swaggerboth a familiar yet rousing soul-pop sound that transports you back to nostaligic heartache and a live performance which involves the audiencesinging, dancing, clapping, screamingfrom start to finish.” Paste Magazine

So Jimmy Buffett walks into a bar — in this case Cape Verde — to look for food, liquor and music. But even in this player’s paradise, one young man stood out and knocked the world-weariness out of the music veteran. Jimmy said to his friends, “I’d really love to bring this fella to America and give him a shot. He’s just great.” Stardom is a mysterious thing — some people who deserve it never get it and some who don’t seem to become famous anyway. You can never say for sure that someone is going to become a star. But talent, that’s something different. Talent makes itself known. Thanks to the guy who walked into the bar, Ilo Ferreira’s talent was about to make itself undeniable.

Peter realized a real love affair with the blues sometime during the 1990′s. The result of that love is called Shoe Suede Blues. Defining Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues is akin to describing the history of popular music. Band mates Richard Mikuls, David Bronson, and Arnold Jacks have shared the stage with some of the most influential recording artists of the last 50 years: Ray Charles, BB King and Chaka Kahn, The Righteous Brothers – just to mention a few. Though Peter’s band of seasoned pros, Shoe Suede Blues delivers a heartfelt soulful, uplifting and quite unforgettable mixture, divined from their vision of what music is all about. Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues…witness that the heart and soul of music lives.

Ty Herndon is a household name to country music fans due to his impressive string of hits that began in 1995 when Herndon’s debut single, “What Mattered Most,” rocketed to number one. With 17 singles that have landed him on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, numerous industry awards, and more than 4 million albums sold, one might think Herndon would be content to sit back and reflect on his career achievements. Instead, Herndon recently signed a new recording deal with FUNL Music. The Nashville label has announced Ty Herndon as its flagship artist, and released to radio “Journey On,” the title single from his upcoming album.

Soul vocalist and songwriter Rahsaan Patterson is another in the line of new-school R&B singers (Maxwell, Erykah Badu) with a bit more integrity than most of the chart-toppers during the 1990s. Along the way, Patterson shared his artistry on soundtracks “Love & Basketball”, “Dr. Doolittle”, “Two Can Play That Game”, “Hoodlum”, “Brown Sugar”, as well as the renowned comedian Steve Harvey’s compilation Sign Of Things To Come. He has also consistently worked with a range of instrumental artists, including guitarist Jonathan Butler, saxophonists Boney James and Jimmy Sommers, and keyboardist Brian Culbertson.

Thursday, September 22 | Adrian Belew Power Trio & Stick Men feat. Tony Levin & Pat Mastellotto

Adrian Belew has played with some of rock’s biggest names over the years (Frank Zappa, David Bowie, the Talking Heads, King Crimson, etc.). Like all great guitarists, Belew has his own recognizable style/sound, and is an incredibly versatile player, as he’s always found a way to make his signature style fit into a wide variety of musical genres: hard rock, funk, new wave, experimental, Beatlesque pop, and more.

Red Horse is folk’s newest supergroup, featuring Eliza Gilkyson (Austin, TX), John Gorka (Stillwater, MN) and Lucy Kaplansky (New York, NY). Together these three veteran songwriters team up to cover each other’s songs and breathe new life into old favorites. Awash in gorgeous harmonies and simple acoustic production, their debut album became an instant folk classic and a big hit with fans. It charted on Billboard and becoming one of the most played folk albums of 2010.

Dubbed by Rolling Stone as the “Number One Beatles Tribute Show on Earth!” 1964 has won thousands of fans who enjoy a “A Hard Days Night” every time the band hits town! Twenty years of research and performing have made “1964″ masters of their craft. They have been featured on Entertainment Tonight, PM Magazine, CNN, the USA Network, and the Nashville Network. In 2003, “1964″ performed to a sold out crowd at Carnegie Hall…. a dream come true for both themselves and their fans who came to New York from all over the country for the show. They have since performed at Carnegie Hall every year to enthusiastic response.