Culture in Central MA: Maria Muldaur at Mechanics Hall
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Friday, January 03, 2014
Susan Wagner, GoLocalWorcester Contributor
Check out music legend Maria Muldaur at Mechanics Hall in Worcester on Saturday, February 8, 2014.
One of the first female rock stars, the incomparable Maria Muldaur began her recording career over fifty years ago...exploring the roots of American music. An accomplished performer, Muldaur has traversed blues, jug band music, R&B, gospel, country, bluegrass, ragtime, and jazz. This former Cambridge resident was the third women featured on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. Maria Muldaur at Mechanics Hall in Worcester on February 8, 2014 promises to be a very special night. Tickets are on sale now!
As Mechanics Hall tells it: An icon of the American music scene, Maria will perform the blues and Americana classics together with her special guests—members of the late Levon Helm's Ramble Band! This amazing roster of accomplished musicians will play selections from her 40(!) albums and, of course, some of her classic hits!
Maria Muldaur is best known world-wide for her 1974 mega-hit "Midnight at the Oasis," which received several Grammy nominations, and enshrined her forever in the hearts of Baby Boomers everywhere; but despite her considerable pop music success, her 50-year career could best be described a long and adventurous odyssey through the various forms of American Roots Music. During the folk revival of the early '60s, she began exploring and singing early Blues, Bluegrass and Appalachian "Old Timey" Music, beginning her recording career in 1963 with the Even Dozen Jug Band and shortly thereafter, joining the very popular Jim Kweskin Jug Band, touring and recording with them throughout the '60s.
In the 40 years since "Midnight at the Oasis," Maria has toured extensively worldwide and has recorded 40 solo albums covering all kinds of American Roots Music, including Gospel, R&B, Jazz and Big Band (not to mention several award-winning children's albums), before settling comfortably into her favorite idiom, the Blues, in recent years. Often joining forces with some of the top names in the business, Maria has recorded and produced on-average an album per year, several of which have been nominated for Grammy and other awards.
As Beat Music so aptly put it, “Maria Muldaur is a genuinely visionary artist whose career has remained on the cutting edge of American music since her self-titled debut album went platinum nearly a quarter century ago. This lady has since managed to reinvent herself over and again, remaining fresh and unpredictable with each new album release. Her gripping passion and unwavering musical convictions have permeated each phase of her incredible history. She has unquestionably one of the strongest and sexiest voices in recent memory.”
Tickets are on sale now and are $35.00 for reserved seating in Washburn Hall. Doors open at 7:30 and the concert is at 8PM on Saturday, February 8. To order tickets go on line at http://www.centerstageticketing.com/ or contact the Mechanics Hall Box Office Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 508-752-0888 or 508-752-5608.
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