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Jake Armerding in Concert
New England singer-songwriter Jake Armerding, a bluegrass fiddler-turned folk-pop artist, will be in concert on Friday, March 21, at The Clubhouse at This Old House, 740 W. Foothill Blvd., San Luis Obispo. Tickets are $15, available at the door. All ages are welcome. Show begins at 8:30pm.
The Boston Globe calls Jake Armerding "the most gifted and promising songwriter to emerge from the Boston folk scene in years." At 13, Armerding joined his father's bluegrass band, Northern Lights, on fiddle. He soon turned his attention to songwriting, and recorded his first CD, Caged Bird, while earning a degree in English Literature at Wheaton College (IL). The record was an immediate hit on Boston's folk radio station, WUMB, which honored Armerding with its 2001 Best New Artist award. Touring regionally and with support from radio, the record eventually sold more than 2500 copies and got Armerding noticed by the hip Nashville independent label Compass Records.
In 2003, Compass released Armerding's collection of folk-pop songs written over a year living in Music City. It was the #6 most-added new record among Americana radio stations in April 2003, and critical praise soon followed. "A master at bending boundaries," marveled the Globe, while the Washington Post called Armerding's instrumental skills "remarkable." Touring non-stop, he made debut appearances at the Newport Folk Festival (RI), Kerrville Folk Festival (TX) and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (NY) that year, along with some of the country's best-known acoustic venues, the Ark (MI), Bluebird Cafe (TN), Tin Angel (PA) and the Freight & Salvage (Berkeley, CA).
After more than 500 performances, from Anchorage to London and Miami to Bangor, Armerding returned to Nashville to record "Walking on the World." With the help of Nashville legends (Dan Dugmore on pedal steel) and his own friends in the scene (Crooked Still's Aoife O'Donovan on harmony vocals), he crafted an album that is "sharp, original, quietly intense, and rewarding for any who'll listen with both ears" (Lansing State Journal).
Samples of his music can be heard at www.jakearmerding.com
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LocationThe Clubhouse
740 W. Foothill Blvd.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
United States
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