Saturday October 29, 2022

Saturday, October 29, 2022 6:00 p.m. Potluck Dinner 7:00 p.m. Show Alice Howe at Musicians Corner House Concerts Pat and Jane Thiegs Home 4255 Woodlane Drive, Woodbury, 55129 MN Please RSVP to: musicianscornerhouseconcerts@gmail.com or https://f2fsubscriptions.wufoo.com/forms/mz1plvr1af2vdp/ About The Show: Suggested Donation: $20-$25 This is an OUTDOOR Show unless if rains. If it rains we will move indoors and COVID Protocols will be in place. Masks will be required and proof of vaccination or a negative test within the past 48 hours. There will be a donation basket. All monies go to the performer. We love supporting independent musicians who bring live music into our homes! This is a BYOB so bring your favorite beverage and a lawn chair. (There are some chairs available if you don’t have or forget). About Alice Howe: When Alice Howe wants to unlock a memory or understand an emotion, she steps outside. “There’s something about the stillness,” she says. “When I’m sitting with my guitar and looking out at a forest or the ocean, I have the space to reflect to on people and places. My muse strikes.” Vistas and the faces and emotions they summon unfurl with compelling grace on Visions, Howe’s anticipated debut album. A modern love letter to 60s and 70s folk and timeless blues, Visions pays homage without succumbing to imitation, and offers an intimate snapshot of a young artist discovering her own power. Early praise for Visions has streamed in from gatekeepers such as American Blues Scene and smitten local press alike. “Sometimes we’re lucky enough to catch an up-and-coming artist as they fly into our radar,” critic JD Nash writes. “This is one of those times.” Howe’s path to “up-and-coming” artist seems both fated and winding. She grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, in a home filled with music and art. Long outdoor walks were encouraged, and Howe would often disappear to wander through her grandmother’s garden next door or to journal and turn experiences into songs. “I can’t remember not singing,” she says with a laugh. Her mother always had a record to put on––Muddy Waters, Taj Mahal, and other blues giants were favorites. Howe sang with her brother and her dad, Sandy––a gifted painter turned successful architect––and sang alone to herself, improvising and composing constantly. Howe left home to attend Smith College, graduated and moved to Seattle before finding her way back to Massachusetts. While music was always her companion, it didn’t become her profession until she decided to attend the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference in 2016. There, she met Freebo, Bonnie Raitt’s beloved bassist for a decade and veteran of performances and collaborations with Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Ringo Starr, Loudon Wainwright III, Neil Young, Dr. John, and more. Howe knew she’d found an ideal collaborator. “I feel like it all happened because I was open to it and ready for it to happen,” she says, then adds with a laugh, “I was ready, so the universe said yes to me.” What People Are Saying About Alice Howe: Kind words about Alice • –PopMatters “There's an uncomplicated beauty to Alice Howe's music, and on Visions' ten songs, the beauty rarely falters.” • –Billboard “Dreamy” • –Boston Herald “Visions opened Howe to different styles and methods of songwriting. It also forced her to be braver with her pretty voice, pushing it into ugly (and wonderful) places: tough blues, dirty soul and straight-up rock ’n’ roll. The change has been inspiring.” • –Rock Cellar Magazine “Alice Howe’s debut album, Visions, is at once a finely-crafted opening statement and beautifully rustic Americana treasure.” • –American Blues Scene “Sometimes we’re lucky enough to catch an up-and-coming artist as they fly into our radar. This is one of those times.” • –The Patriot Ledger “Howe not only has a luminous alto voice full of warmth and delectable nuance, but she also writes smart and affecting lyrics flavored with wit and irreverence.” • –Americana UK “A gem...at once of the moment and personal, timeless and universal.” • –Folking.com “Up there with the very best of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Gretchen Peters and Dar Williams.” • – Rich Warren, host, WFMT Chicago's Midnight Special and Folkstage “...one of the finest voices among female singer-songwriters coupled with a warm and engaging stage presence.” “How can a singer-songwriter have a voice like a broken angel's bell and write songs that could be a week or a hundred years old all at once? Alice Howe, that's how.” Listen to Alice Howe: Alice Howe - Don't Think Twice It's Alright (NERFA 2017) - YouTube "Twilight" / Alice Howe Live At The Burren - YouTube