 Jim & Kim Lansford
- September 26, 2009, Saturday at 8:00 PM
- Location: KC Strings, 5842 Merriam, Merriam, Kansas 66203
- Tickets available through Brownpaper tickets and at the door.
- Tickets are $15.00 for general audience, $12.00 for MVFS members, $7.50 for students.
- Off-street parking is available behind the shop.
Jim and Kim Lansford live on a small farm in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri near Galena , in Stone County . Since 1980 they have performed together at festivals, concerts, workshops and dances across the country. Jim and Kim's performances feature an abundance of primal and powerful early country duet singing along with elegant, often understated instrumental accompaniment. The Lansfords have also long been devoted to the continual pursuit of expanding their unique repertoire of little-known songs and fiddle tunes gathered both from published and unpublished collections and recordings of traditional music from the Ozarks, Midwest and South.
There is a lot more information and even music at their web site: http://www.kimandjim.com/
Matt & Shannon Heaton
- October 24, 2009, Saturday at 8:00 PM
- Location: Westport Coffee House, 4010 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO, 64114
- Tickets available through Brownpaper tickets and at the door.
- Tickets are $15.00 for general audience, $12.00 for MVFS members, $7.50 for students.
- Off-street parking is available.
Boston-based husband-and-wife duo Matt & Shannon Heaton offer updated and traditional Irish music on flute, guitar, bouzouki, accordion, stirring traditional-style singing, and a fresh, appealing stage show. Musically speaking, the Heatons play the heck out of their instruments. After years of study in Chicago, and many nights of music in Clare, Galway, and their adopted home of Boston, Irish Music Magazines John O'Regan wrote, "their duet playing is tight, sweet, and tasteful, lacking nothing on either technical expertise or instrumental virtuosity." Having built their act from years of touring together (first with band Siucra, then as a duo), Matt and Shannon have grown into thoroughly entertaining performers. They bring to the stage a depth of shared experience and a love for Irish music; their stage banter is comfortable, often hilarious.
For more about this wonderful duo visit http://www.mattandshannonheaton.com/
The 2008-2009 MVFS concert series is supported by KKFI 90.1 FM .
Started in 1988, KKFI has been the Kansas City area’s independent, noncommercial community radio station for 20 years. KKFI seeks to stimulate, educate and entertain their audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals and groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by other media.
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 More concerts in 2009-2010!
We need help to develop more funding (sponsorships, grants, etc.) to allow us to book concerts! We cannot book concerts without knowing we will be able to meet our resulting bills. Please leave a message at the concert information line (816-691-8717) if you would like to help or send an email to president@mvfs.org.
We have taken cost saving steps to preserve the concert series, but the main problem is that people are just not coming to the concerts like they used to in years past. The quality of the concerts hasn't changed, but the public's interest has.
And we need some more people to volunteer for leadership roles! We are stretched to the max in finding new sources of funds, and trying to attract new audience members! In addition to volunteers for the concerts themselves, we need to find people willing to take on a continuing leadership responsibility for some of the ongoing tasks, such as publicity. Please email Valerie Andruss at president@mvfs.org if you are interested.
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