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Vance Gilbert Live at Baldwin's Station

VANCE GILBERT

Tickets $20.00 ~ Showtime 8:00 pm - tickets 410-795-1041

www.uptownconcerts.com



“Boston based, Philadelphia raised guitarist Vance Gilbert is

among the quintessential musical poets of his time. His lyrics are

highly personal, his tenor vocals fluid and enthralling . . . musical

risks punctuated by passionate vocal delivery, brilliantly intuitive

guitar playing, and immeasurable courage . . . .gives you a feeling of

utter joy.”
(Dirty Linen Magazine)

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Vance Gilbert

burst onto the singer/songwriter scene in the early 1990s when the buzz

started spreading in the folk clubs of Boston, about an

ex-multicultural arts teacher who was knocking ‘em dead at open mikes.

Word of the Philadelphia-area bred performer quickly spread to New York

City. Then Shawn Colvin invited Gilbert to be a special guest on her Fat City national tour. Vance Gilbert took audiences across the country by storm. Eight accomplished albums later, Vance

continues to refine his unlikely union of humor, virtuosity and the

unexpected. Whether with classic, original songwriting or ageless

interpretation of covers, his is a presentation steeped in deep humanism

and bravery, stunning artistry and soul and contagious, unbridled joy —

unarguably the blue ribbon that tie and seal the seemingly impossible

package that….VANCE GILBERT. “His catchy, pop friendly

melodies support keenly crafted, hard-hitting lyrics. His guitar is

supple, his milk-warm tenor honest and gently acrobatic… He does not

duck hard truths and never succumbs to the temptations to tie his points

up in a neat platitudes or truth-isms. He writes powerfully and

uncompromisingly about the wrenching separation suffered by single

parents, the tug between love’s desire and its demands, and the

bitterness of being nonwhite in this Eurocentric culture… He is that

rare performer for whom people lean forward in their seats as eagerly

between songs as they do during them.”
~ The Boston Globe. Artists as varied as Arlo Guthrie, Anita Baker, and the late George Carlin have in recent years requested Vance to be added to their evenings. Now is your chance.

Presented by Uptown Concerts Inc.

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