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From Inman Perk Coffee » Events:
Music Lovers Rejoice!  Inman Perk Gainesville is happy to announce The Friday Night Music Gathering!  Come join host Eva Gael and other local performers for an ole’ fashioned community music fest!  Music begins at 7pm every Friday night.

More about our host:

Eva Gael began singing as a toddler and has been singing ever since. She began playing guitar as a young adult in rural Old Church, just outside of Richmond, Virginia. Her early songs came quickly and powerfully, and immediately established Eva as a musical force to be reckoned with. In 1992 Eva moved from her hometown to the “new South” city of Charlotte, North Carolina. Eva soon began hooking up with area musicians for jam sessions and gigs. After a brief stint in a southern rock cover band with sister Etta Lea, Eva returned to performing her original material as a solo act. Eva is a singer-songwriter in the folk-rock tradition. Powerful vocals and acoustic guitar deliver an appealing blend of catchy hooks and intense lyrics. Eva was a finalist in the Charlotte Lilith Fair competition in 1999. She has performanced at Living Art, the Double Door, the Evening Muse, the Tosco Music Party, the NoDa Gallery Crawls and as part of the Women of Folk Rock Showcase, which featured an awesome cast of talented female songwriters. Eva has opened for Michelle Malone, Kristen Hall and Kid Sister. She’s also shared the stage with Christy Snow, Deanna Lynn, John Dungan, and of course the fabulous ladies of the Near Misses!

March 30, 2009 @ The Georgia Mountain Center
From The Arts Council:
Barrage – A high-octane string group that features an international, multi-talented cast performing an eclectic mix of music, song and dance brings its show to Gainesville, Georgia on March 30, 2009.  This public performances is part of the Barrage “HIGH STRUNG” tour and features and international cast that delivers an eclectic show at a feverish pace.

“Barrage is too Wow for Words !”
– Denver Post

“After an evening of performing jigs on rocket fuel, its no wonder that more than a few horsehairs snapped on their bows”
– LA Daily News

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The Arts Council’s Smithgall Arts Center, 331 Spring St. SW, Gainesville

From the Arts Council:
John McAndrew is a singer, a piano player and a storyteller…the songs he writes tell stories taken from his travels and observations of life.  To McAndrew lyrics are power.  Without taking lesson John taught himself to play the piano, sax, flute, guitar and harmonica and along the way fell in love with lyrics…the words that breathe live onto a song.  McAndrew describes himself as a ‘pops/blues’ artist who when at home listens to a lot of jazz.  Some of the selections that John will perform at Evenings of Intimate Jazz are from his cd “I’ll Play All Night Long.”

From the Gainesville Times:
Some storytellers use a medium of ink and paper to craft their stories. John McAndrew envelops his stories with piano notes and his voice, bringing them to life in movies, on nearly a dozen of his albums and even an upcoming Broadway show.

McAndrew calls himself a songwriter first, but he also plays the piano and sings in a deep, bluesy voice that instantly puts the listener at ease. And it’s this connection, McAndrew said, that’s why he was always drawn to music as a way to tell his stories.

“Music is powerful because it connects the head and the heart, and sometimes we need to touch the heart before people can think about things,” he said in a phone interview with The Times. “Music’s a powerful way to talk about anything, so almost all the songs I write are true stories or things that happen.”

McAndrew brings these life stories to The Arts Council’s Smithgall Arts Center at 8 p.m. Saturday as part of the Evenings of Intimate Jazz series. (continue reading…)

From Inman Perk Coffee » Events:

Before his freshman year of high school, Jeff Miller decided to sell all of his video games and buy his first guitar. Soon after, songwriting became a passion. After high school, Miller was off to Boston’s Berklee College of Music, where he studied Guitar Performance and Songwriting.

A degree from Berklee, a move back home to Pittsburgh, PA, a move to Nashville, and 3 solo albums (and an EP) later, Jeff Miller is still playing music. In fact, he plays over 150 shows a year, touring the east and the midwest. His music has received airplay at over 175 stations, in the U.S. and abroad. His latest effort, Seesaw, was co-produced by Matt Mangano (Darrell Scott, John Mayer, Dave Barnes), who also played bass on the album. It also features Nick Buda (Edwin McCain, Mindy Smith) on drums and percussion.

Miller still hasn’t found a regular band. But that’s fine with him and his listeners. At his live shows, he uses a device to record and loop guitar and vocal parts, creating more sound than many bands do.

Using his voice, guitar, hands and feet, he is able to act as each member of a regular band – a singer, guitarist, bassist, even a drummer.

You really should see/hear it for yourself.

“A total master of the loop/sampling pedal.”
-Adrian Bischoff, KZSU

“Great guitar tone and songwriting.”
-Phil Keaggy

For more info, visit:

http://jeffmilleronline.com

http://www.myspace.com/miller

http://www.youtube.com/jeffmillernashville

http://www.cdbaby.com/millerjeff