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Country / Rock
JD Souther
Thursday, January 14, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $32*
FTC Members: $10 Discount 
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Opening is Natalie Gelman
with Luke Bulla-Violin, Chad Melton-Drums, Todd Parks-Bass, Guthrie Trapp-Mandolin & Guitar
The singer-songwriter who helped put Southern California-style country-rock on the airwaves in the 1970s as co-writer of classics for the Eagles (including "Best Of My Love", "Heartache Tonight" and "New Kid In Town") and scored his own top-10 hit in 1979 with "You're Only Lonely" has returned with an ambitious amalgam of rock, country, jazz and even Latin music with If The World Was You; Picture Roy Orbison meets Thelonius Monk via Hank Williams and Tito Puente. The album is the long-awaited return of a master singer/songwriter as well as the birth of a new and relevant artist who's creating music that is absolutely essential and entirely his own. Twenty-five years in the making, J.D. Souther's triumphant return with If The World Was You has most definitely been worth the wait.
Souther's latest release Rain is his first ever live recording & first digital only release available at all major music download retails including iTUNES. The 6 song EP includes new live versions of tunes from If The World Was You, in addition to live rendition of some of JD best known songs.
Songwriters-in-the-Round
Amber Rubarth, Joey Ryan, Greg Holden
Sunday, January 17, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $12*
FTC Members: $4 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Get ready for an intimate 'songwriters-in-the-round' evening with these three unique and talented singer-songwriters taking FTC's StageOne. With their own original material, backing each other up with vocals and guitars, with some familiar covers sprinkled throughout the night, they're sure to deliver a must see evening at StageOne:
"Greg Holden is one of the most talented singer-songwriters to have graced our studios...over the past couple of decades." BBC Radio Suffolk
Joey Ryan is an "effortlessly charming music with a warm streak of melody, honesty and humility"
Heather Browne, I am Fuel, You Are Friends
Praise for Amber Rubarth: "You will leave with a crush on her" Boston Globe "I was attracted to her honesty and humor" NPR
Community Partners
Play With Your Food 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 12:00 PM
Buy Tickets: $42 includes lunch*
Doors Open at 11:40 AM
Fairfield County's popular lunchtime theatre series begins its third season at FTC. Grab a few friends and start in the Warehouse at 12noon with delicious sandwiches and salads catered by The Pantry. Then head to Stage One, where top-notch professional actors read heartwarming, provocative and funny one-act plays by award-winning playwrights: American Gothic (Michael McKeever) The Precipice (William Mastriosimone) and Fully Committed (Becky Mode). After a brief conversation with the cast, you'll be on your way promptly at 1:30pm. A delightful way to spend your lunch hour...but tickets are going fast, so order soon!
For Season Details visit www.playwithyourfood.org
Folk Country
Justin Townes Earle
Thursday, January 21, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $22*
FTC Members: $5 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
With Dawn Landes
"Like the late Van Zandt, Earle uses a base of acoustic blues and prewar folk to build his own brand of American roots music." -Nashville Scene
Justin Townes Earle's displays an adeptness and musical sophistication of remarkable, organic breadth and is as lyrically sharp as a lover's tongue as she is walking out the door. He effortlessly taps the romanticism imbued in the beaten-soled travelogues and mythos of Woody Guthrie in his two albums, The Good Life and most recently, Midnight at the Movies. Earle has been a busy man performing on the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest, Chicago Country Music Festival, Americana Music Awards, Grand Ole Opry and everything in between catching the ears of millions of listeners and garnering the admiring ink ran in the New York Times, LA Times, Nashville Scene, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post. Justin's astonishing vision and conviction is heard in his two debut albums with a performance to match as he pulls off a unique mix of country, retro hipster, blues and swing with confidence and candor.
Singer-Songwriter
An Acoustic Cafe Evening w/ Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Sollee
Friday, January 22, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $22*
FTC Members: $5 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
For a stalwart young artist who creates different means to an end, Ben Sollee has enjoyed remarkable success to accompany his warm, exciting music to match. Sollee hails from Kentucky, yet sounds nothing like the colloquial music one traditionally associates with the state (or anywhere else for that matter). He eschews traditional singer-songwriter and folk boundaries, choosing a cello rather than a guitar as his divining rod, and utilizing unique plucking and percussive bow techniques juxtaposed against his blue-eyed soul meets Antony Hegarty vocal leanings. Ben enjoys collaborating with musicians as disparate as Otis Taylor and Bela Fleck, touring with indie rock royalty, and covering Sam Cooke as an homage to blues.
Hailed by Lucinda Williams, recruited by Alejandro Escovedo, and nurtured by Lyle Lovett, singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez has rapidly emerged as one of the most compelling new voices on the roots-rock scene. The Austin, Texas-raised fiddler recently released her second solo album, She Ain't Me, which captures a prodigiously talented musician in the process of forging a sound that's unapologetically tough and intriguingly sensual.
Blues
Otis Taylor Band
Saturday, January 23, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $27*
FTC Members: $5 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Opening is King for a Day
Gentle upon first listen, blending the austerity of Delta blues with the expansiveness of free jazz, Taylor's ancient-sounding, avant-garde 'trance blues' has a dangerous pull. Taylor's fragmented, moaned and groaned lyrics are like prayers inscribed on paper boats carried forward by a river current. His collaborators-including the guitarist Gary Moore, the pianist Jason Moran, the cornetist Ron Miles and Taylor's daughter Cassie, who plays bass and sometimes murmurs a lead vocal-modestly state their parts to create a hypnotic whole. It's a strange and subtle sound, not for those who turn to the blues for nostalgia or a party soundtrack. Fans of Cat Power, the late Chris Whitley or the freak-folk scene will appreciate it. But the eeriness of these songs doesn't diminish their emotional immediacy.
His song "Ten Million Slaves" was featured in the 2009 film "Public Enemies."
"...a blues-based meditation on love, childhood and race comparable to Marvin Gaye's opus 'What's Going On.'"
Wall Street Journal on Otis Taylor's album 'Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs'
Community Partners
Off the Wall Storytelling
Tuesday, January 26, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $12 members, $17 non-members
Series Subscription:$85 members, $125 non-members*
FTC Members: $5 - $40 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
From Fourth Wall Down Productions comes the potentially explosive, always inspiring, and often hilarious,"Off the Wall" series. Show up in the audience, or share your story on stage. Either way you're sure to get hooked on this innovative twist to the storytelling craze that's sweeping the nation.
Co-hosts, Ina Chadwick and Simon Billig, create an entertaining environment with edgy commentary, live music, a cash bar, and an invitation for all surrounding communities to come and be part of this blow-out revival of the fine art of face-to-face interaction.
Six volunteers will each have six minutes onstage to share real life stories, with three additional storytellers picked from the audience that evening during intermission. Might you be one of them?
Want to tell your story? Click here to find out how.
Click here for ticketing and schedule.
This is a fee free event!
Walk up ticket buyers. Avoid long lines. Show up early.
Schedule: 1/26, 3/16, 4/20, 5/25, 6/29
Community Partners
Jen Durkin with Betsy Benham
Thursday, January 28, 7:00 PM
Buy Tickets: Please go to www.themontessorischool.com for tickets*
Doors Open at 6:30 PM
January Jazz & Soul...so hot it's cool!
Get your groove on at a night of New York "sophistifunk" here in the 'burbs. Tickets on sale starting January 9 at www.themontessorischool.com
A Benefit Concert for The Montessori School
Singer / Songwriter
Loudon Wainwright III
Friday, January 29, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $57*
FTC Members: $10 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Returning to StageOne for the third time is the ever caustic and always thrilling Loudon Wainwright III with an irreverent and rockin' collection of tunes. Forty years into his remarkable career, Loudon's wit is sharper than ever, but the bite has more insight than before. His unflagging humor and acrid wit keep his audiences on the edge of their seats. No one is immune to the singer's sense of truth and irony. Like his contemporary Randy Newman, Wainwright finds what's funny in the details and his music has been bringing those details to entertaining life for decades. An American songwriting legend, this show is not to be missed.
Community Partners
Fairfield Camp Fair
Saturday, January 30, 10:00 AM
Tickets: Free Admission | $1 recommended donation for adults
Doors Open at 10:00 AM
1st Annual Fairfield Camp & Summer Activities Fair: 10am-1pm
Finding a summer program for a child or teenager for the summer can be a challenge. Many parents simply don't have the time or the resources to adequately look into summer programs. The Fairfield Camp Fair will feature local, national and international programs exhibiting at the fair. The fair will give parents an excellent opportunity to get a detailed and in depth look at a program and actually speak face to face to somebody who works for the program. Making a good decision is important when selecting a summer program and the Fairfield Camp Fair can help. The Fairfield Camp Fair is an excellent chance to get valuable information without having to put in a lot of time and effort researching, because we bring the information to you. Come and spend some time looking at some of the best summer programs around.
Martini and a Movie
Alice's Restaurant
Tuesday, February 02, 8:00 PM
Tickets: Free Admission - no ticket necessary
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
The epic Arlo Guthrie folk song about his adventures with the law in the wilds of western Massachusetts (during the early days of the counterculture) inspired this 1969 Arthur Penn ("Bonnie & Clyde") movie that captures the late 1960s pop cultural and political zeitgeist as well as any movie from the period. Penn cast non-actor Guthrie to play himself, but backed the neophyte with a terrific company of New York actors that includes James Broderick (Matthew's dad) and Pat Quinn. You would be hard pressed to find a better time capsule of American life, circa 1969.
Sponsored by Ameriprise
Community Partners
Karan Casey and John Doyle
Friday, February 12, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $25*
FTC Members: $5 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Doyle & Casey, both from the Irish super-group Solas which took the folk and Celtic music worlds by storm in the 90's, have broken out as must see solo artists in their own right. Casey has been critically acclaimed from Japan to America as one of Ireland's greatest singers while the Wall Street Journal has described her as one of the true glories of Irish music today. Doyle is in high demand in the studio and on the road, immensely talented, blessed with an acute ear, a wicked sense of rhythm and seemingly endless stream of magic in his playing, composing, performing and producing. They return to StageOne for a special performance together as they have both solidly established themselves as two of the most versatile, creative and prolific voices in folk and traditional Irish music.
Presented by the Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society (STIMS)
Roots
The Wood Brothers
Saturday, February 13, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $22*
FTC Members: $5 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Opening is Carsie Blanton
The Wood Brothers are musician siblings Chris and Oliver Wood. Chris was a founding member of of the long-running, genre-blasting trio Medeski Martin & Wood, and Oliver played second guitar with Tinsley Ellis before forming King Johnson. As players, they display an easy-going virtuosity; as siblings, they have an extraordinary rapport. Their folk and acoustic blues tunes, tinged with gospel hopefulness and country melancholy, were welcomed like old friends by both fans and pundits. National Public Radio named their debut disc one of their top ten discoveries that year. A FTC favorite, their third appearance at StageOne is sure to be their best.
Jam Band
Assembly of Dust
Sunday, February 14, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $25*
FTC Members: $5 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Assembly of Dust will bring their "voltaic, raw live performances" (Paste) to the masses when they head out on their winter 2010 tour in support of their critically lauded new album 'Some Assembly Required'. 'Some Assembly Required' is being hailed as a triumph. USA Today says the band "dazzle" and the album's tracks "stand tall," while the NY Times says for the band's lead singer and frontman "here's to Mr. Genauer" and saves some praise for the band, "a four-piece that works here with clarity and concision." 'Some Assembly Required' contains the strongest collection of songs the group has created to date, each expertly crafted tune illuminated by a stellar lineup of guests. Every musician recruited (including Bela Fleck, David Grisman, Grace Potter, John Scofield, Mike Gordon, Richie Havens, and Martin Sexton) lends their considerable talents in service of Genauer's skillful compositions, an inspired, inventive and spirited version of American rock and roots music.
Singer Songwriter
Joe Firstman
Monday, February 15, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $12*
FTC Members: $4 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Opening is Elizabeth Garrell with Kyle Skelly / Supporting is The Kin
In the songs of Joe Firstman, sensitive young men prowl the hills of LA, searching for fame and beauty, only to find self-destructive behavior and egos gone wild. While Hollywood's peaks and pitfalls have been prominently charted by songwriters from Don Henley, Stevie Nicks and Jackson Browne to Warren Zevon, Firstman aims to reinvent the milieu for his own generation. After national tours with Sheryl Crow, Jewel and Willie Nelson, a record deal with Atlantic Records, & a four year gig as band leader for the Last Call with Carson Daly show, Firstman moved to the surfing enclave south of LA called El Porto & wrote an album's worth of material titled after the town. Ready to head back on tour in support of El Porto , this artist coming into his own is one not to be missed at our StageOne.
Community Partners
Off the Wall Storytelling
Tuesday, February 23, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $12 members, $17 non-members
Series Subscription:$85 members, $125 non-members*
FTC Members: $5-$40 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
From Fourth Wall Down Productions comes the potentially explosive, always inspiring, and often hilarious,"Off the Wall" series. Show up in the audience, or share your story on stage. Either way you're sure to get hooked on this innovative twist to the storytelling craze that's sweeping the nation.
Co-hosts, Ina Chadwick and Simon Billig, create an entertaining environment with edgy commentary, live music, a cash bar, and an invitation for all surrounding communities to come and be part of this blow-out revival of the fine art of face-to-face interaction.
Six volunteers will each have six minutes onstage to share real life stories, with three additional storytellers picked from the audience that evening during intermission. Might you be one of them?
Want to tell your story? Click here to find out how.
Click here for ticketing and schedule.
Walk up ticket buyers. Avoid long lines. Show up early.
Schedule: 3/16, 4/20, 5/25, 6/29
Soul-Reggae-Roots
Cyril Neville
Thursday, February 25, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $27*
FTC Members: $5 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
The youngest of the Neville Brothers & member the influential and successful band The Meters, Cyril Neville has a tour with the Rolling Stones and collaborations with artists such as Edie Brickell, Jimmy Buffett, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, Daniel Lanois, Willie Nelson, Tab Benoit among others to his credit. His newest release Brand New Blues (2009) is his solo project in 8 years. The album contains mostly original material written by Cyril with the perspective of an outspoken Human Rights advocate. A musical gumbo of a lifetime of musical influences & passions; blues, funk & soul, it will surely translate into an amazing live show here at StageOne.
Singer Songwriter
Jeff LeBlanc
Friday, February 26, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $12*
FTC Members: $4 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
With Sean Fournier and Joe Beleznay
A recent Sacred Heart University graduate turned full time musician, Jeff LeBlanc returns to Fairfield to make his first appearance at Stage One. Jeff, who's sound often draws comparisons to the pop sensibilities of Howie Day and John Mayer, is fresh off an extensive fall college tour in which he visited over twenty five campuses throughout the Northeast. Jeff's studio debut, Signals, was recorded in Nashville and released in September of 2009 to widespread acclaim including licensing deals from MTV shows such as The Hills and The Real World. Recently supporting the likes of Matt Nathanson and Augustana, his instantly likable solo-acoustic live show is something that cannot be missed.
Pop Rock
Alternative Takes - An Acoustic Evening with The Verve Pipe
Saturday, February 27, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $25*
FTC Members: $5 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
The Verve Pipe stands out by virtue of its sophisticated, complex melodies and dense, almost organic arrangements. With three million albums sold world wide, the unforgettable #1 single "The Freshman" and a reputation for spectacular live performances, the band can now add an album of children's songs to their long list of accomplishments. In 2009, the band was approached to submit a new song for a compilation album of chidren's songs. That session inspired A Family Album, an original collection of songs intended for the enitre family, with fun and inventive lyrics set to memorable melodies the band is known for. This tour showcases it all, old and new- and promises to be a show not to be missed.
Opening is Alexis Babini
Martini and a Movie
Medium Cool
Tuesday, March 02, 8:00 PM
Tickets: Free Admission - no ticket necessary
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
The rise of TV news was discussed endlessly in the 1960s, but only writer-director-cameraman Haskell Wexler was stirred up enough to make a movie on the topic. This 1969 classic follows a TV cameraman (Robert Forster) who is assigned to cover the 1968 Democratic Convention and who sees first hand how TV was starting to make news as well as documenting it. Wexler kept his script loose so that his cast of actors could head into the real events surrounding the turbulent gathering in Chicago. The result is a riveting combination of drama and documentary unlike anything other film ever released by a major Hollywood studio.
Sponsored by Ameriprise
Master Pianist
George Winston
Thursday, March 04, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $52*
FTC Members: $10 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
George Winston, pianist is best known for his "melodic rural folk style." He has found much inspiration in the pianists of New Orleans and is now working to raise money to benefit those who suffered from the hurricanes. He is going to donate all of his royalties from his new album Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions - A Hurricane Relief Benefit to hurricane relief organizations. His new album has been receiving great reviews and Tom Jurek from All Music Guide said anyone who has ever been interested in his music should own this album.
Rock
The Radiators
Saturday, March 06, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $42*
FTC Members: $10 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
A group that could only come from New Orleans, this ever eclectic group of musicians rely on a myriad of musical influences to create their own sound - "Fish Head Music". At a Radiators show it is not uncommon to hear blues, R&B, jazz, country, Zydeco, soul, swing, and even gospel filtering through their original New Orleans Rock N' Roll. They combine influences of Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, The Meters & Dr. John with the rising spirit of sixties rock and R&B to form a new, rhythm-intensive blend of rock and roll. 2010 will mark their 32nd year of serving up the one of the most intense live performances out there with all 5 original members! Don't miss an evening of music is sure to bring a party to StageOne this winter!
Beatles Tribute Band
The Fab Faux
Saturday, March 13, 8:00 PM
Buy Tickets: $47-$77*
FTC Members: $10 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
The Fab Faux are without a doubt the most musically satisfying Beatles tribute band on the scene today. Boasting the high visibility of TV star/musicians Will Lee from The Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Vivino from Late Night with Conan O'Brien, this is the band to see if you want to know what it might have been like if The Beatles toured behind their later albums. With a full horn and string section, The Fab Faux don't just play the easy stuff, they flawlessly recreate songs the Beatles themselves never performed live. Even if you were lucky enough to see the Beatles live, this will be something different -- the equivalent of the later Beatles concert that never was. So, for Beatles fans (and music fans), the choice is clear: If you want to hear songs recreated that were written, arranged, and performed with a genius and talent sadly missing from today's music scene; if you're too young to remember what all the fuss was about; or if you just want to see one of the best live rock bands performing today, look no further than The Fab Faux....
Singer Songwriter
Willy Porter
Thursday, April 22, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $22*
FTC Members: $5 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
"Willy plays rhythms that make me want to crawl inside his guitar and sleep there forever." -Tori Amos
"A genre-defying maverick." -Frets Magazine
Having toured with artists as diverse as Jeff Beck and Tori Amos, Porter capitalizes on his experience as a seasoned live performer on his new album How To Rob A Bank. World-renowned guitarist Greg Koch had this to say about Porter's new disc: "you get the same feeling listening to it as you do from one of his solo gigs...that you are in the presence of greatness..." as each song is a fresh crosspollination of styles, genres and musical forms.
New Wave/Ska
The English Beat
Sun, May 09 - Mon, May 10, 7:30 PM
Buy Tickets: $42*
FTC Members: $10 Discount
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
The English Beat is a 2 Tone ska revival band founded in England in 1978. Their songs fuse ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock. The band's popularity brought them around the world, touring with such artists as David Bowie, The Police, REM, The Clash, The Talking Heads, The Pretenders, and The Specials, to name but a few. An FTC favorite and must see at StageOne!
* Fees apply, click here for Ticketing Fee details
