The next Philville Records presents is upon us!
You do not want to miss this lineup of killer bands from Duluth, MN., Milwaukee, WI., and Vancouver B.C.!
As per usual, the show is at the iconic Stones Throw Bar in downtown Eau Claire -- doors at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:00. $10 at the door (100% goes to the musicians).
More on the Lineup:
Colleen (Boss Mama) Myhre has soul, and she pours it into every note. - Tony Peterson - Social Animals.
Part Lucinda Williams and part Charlie Parr, Colleen Myhre's gritty songwriting is as rawhide tough as it is genuine. On stage, her rustic personality can entertain both a honky tonk's hard boiled regulars and tranquil coffee house crowds alike. - Duluth News Tribune
Kenny Hotopp & the Night Owls:
Often, the best singer songwriters tend to have experienced peripatetic lives--wandering by circumstance or choice. This rambling and sometimes chaotic lifestyle can foster a desire to observe, to listen, and to attempt to comprehend experiences through other people's perspective--and paradoxically , often can create an equally strong desire to establish roots--and to be of a place--not just from a place.
Kenny Hotopp is a damn near perfect example of this premise.
Hotopp was raised in a small farming town in Illinois, with an early passion for music evident as he immersed himself in his parents' early rock & roll and country records, and fell in love with the roots of the country & rock & roll legends.
An outstanding athlete from an early age, Kenny's love of music was often competing for attention thanks to an basketball career that took him from high school through college in Los Angeles and then propelled him into a multi-year career playing in the European Basketball league.
Having spent much of his youth traveling for sports, and redefining himself in various locations around the world--Hotopp gained a perspective that transcended his Illinois youth--but also compelled him to return to a place that he was inescapably of--not just from.
Ultimately settling down outside Milwaukee, WI., Kenny's mid-western upbringing resonates with emotion through his own unique world traveled perspective on fatherhood, marriage, family, meeting the love of his life and searching for an inner balance that many who wander often struggle to find.
https://www.philvillerecords.com/kennyhotopp
Bob Sumner (Courtesy of Fluff & Gravy Records):
Guitar. Vocals. Stacked vocals. Lead Guitar. Female Harmonies. Fiddle. Harmonica. Pedal Steel. Piano. Organ. Synths. Drums and bass holding it down. Listening to the new Bob Sumner album, 'Someplace To Rest Easy,' I find myself playing that favorite game--what is inside this sound so atmospheric? The textures lay like a finely loomed rug; the single fibers are no longer seeable; they are but part of a larger picture. It's a masterclass in mixing and a studio wunderkind of an album, free from genre or easy description beyond the kaleidoscope of Sumner's life of love and loss, of bottles and bibles, of hard living and soft songwriting. This is a preacher's yarn, after that preacher done thrown it all away but the love, and is free to share the wisdom. -- Adam Spangler, Saddle Mountain Post
https://saddlemountainpost.com/features/bob-sumners-broken-heart/
What may often be bleak themes are handled delicately and tellingly in the songwriting of Vancouver-born artist Bob Sumner. His 2019 album WASTED LOVE SONGS and SOME PLACE TO REST EASY, which will be released this week, delve into troubled relationships and alcohol abuse by an artist unafraid to lay bare his vulnerabilities. If the former record could be filed under singer-songwriter/ Americana, the latter is more 'country' influenced, blending the classic Countrypolitan sound of the 60s alongside some more modern country. Signed to the Fluff & Gravy label, SOME PLACE TO REST EASY should herald a well-deserved industry breakthrough for Sumner. We spoke with him recently as he prepared to bring the new album on the road with shows that include three appearances at AmericanaFest in Nashville later this month. -- Lonesome Highway, September 2024
https://www.lonesomehighway.com/interviewsold/2024/9/3/bob-sumner-inter…
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