KELLEY HUNT
Bringing that Kansas City first-class
sound to Florida's First Coast!
Friday, January 15, 2016 ~ 8:30pm
w/ special guest Amy Hendrickson
at
501 A1A Beach Boulevard
St. Augustine, FL 32080
originalcafe11.com (904)460-9311
$15adv / $20door
Kansas
City-based, internationally acclaimed roots/blues/americana singer songwriter
Kelley Hunt has performed all over the world and on some of the biggest, most
competitive festival stages anywhere, but somehow she has managed to miss St.
Augustine…until now. On her way to a
fourth featured appearance on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise Hunt and an
all-star touring band will be in concert at Cafe 11 Friday, January 15 8:30 pm, and Amy Hendrickson opens. In the intimate,
well-produced confines of Cafe 11 this show promises an electric energy
exchange between fan and artist. Tickets
are $15 advance, $20 at the door and available online at originalcafe11.com and
at the club 501 A1A Beach Blvd. 904.460.9311.
Kelley Hunt will arrive in
St. Augustine still riding a wave of accolades for her 6th release “The Beautiful Bones” which streeted mid-2014 and has been universally hailed by press,
radio and fans on both sides of the Atlantic as the best work of her career. “If
there truly is a Higher Power, He/She should press PLAY on the latest release
by Kansas City’s Kelley Hunt. Rest
assured that the takeaway will be, despite how everything’s been going lately,
everything’s going to be okay after all.” said BLUES
MUSIC MAGAZINE; “Kelley Hunt soars on her new release and invites listeners along
for the ride.” said CASHBOX; “It
is not very often that we receive an album that makes us sit down and really
listen; like, grabs us and demands our full attention. Multi-instrumentalist Kelley Hunt has done
just that with her new album, ‘The Beautiful Bones’. This album has depth, soul, personality, and
nuance. (It) will definitely lift your spirits and make you smile, on the
inside.” AMERICAN BLUES SCENE; “a
beautiful work of art…It is an album you will want to hear over and over
discovering something new each time.” added TUMBLR.
THE SEATTLE TIMES proclaimed her “One of the best songwriters
of the genre” in an earlier review.
Hunt’s music has been
described as a gumbo of roots music styles influenced by blues, roots R&B,
gospel, soul, the piano vernaculars of Kansas City, St. Louis and New Orleans -
all framed by her unique identity as a songwriter, crossing roots boundaries
and at times taking on social and political issues. It’s all delivered with superior skills as a
singer and keyboardist. She has a
simpler take, however.
“All the stuff I grew up
listening to - things my parents and siblings turned me onto and things I
sought out and connected with - it all just went in the way it went in and
comes out the way it comes out. It’s an
organic process for me. Sometimes a song or song idea bubbles to the surface
seemingly on its own and I have no idea why, I just run with it,” said Hunt.
In addition to a list of
favorite traditional artists, Hunt cites as a young girl hearing the sound of
her mother’s and grandmother’s voices (both jazz/gospel singers, her
grandmother having toured with a gospel choir out of New Orleans for awhile)
among her most powerful influences. There were also pivotal piano lessons at
age 10 from former Vaudeville / boogie woogie specialist Mary Burke Norton in
Emporia, KS where the family lived at the time.
According to Hunt, Norton was a big-hearted, eminently talented
caricature - bright red wig, cigarette often dangling from her mouth, gravelly
voice and an eye for talent, who celebrated Hunt’s early ability to play by
ear, built on it, taught her boogie-woogie and how to read music.
“She was my musical angel
and, man, did she have an attitude,” said Hunt.
“But thank God for her - she made me the piano player I am today,” she
added.
Kelley Hunt’s career
comprises 6 critically acclaimed releases, hundreds of thousands of indie units
sold, a long list of appearances on some of the most significant roots/blues
and pan-genre festival stages in North America and Europe, song placements in
major studio and indie feature films and much more. The show is presented by Rick Ambrose Productions.
*Special Jazz & Blues Florida Promotion Announcement!!
There will be a drawing for two FREE TICKETS TO ATTEND THE ROBERT RANDOLPH and the FAMILY BAND CONCERT with special guests PARKER URBAN BAND at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall on Feb 11, 2016! MUST BE PRESENT to win, and MUST ATTEND to enter! All entries will be at this event – SOMEONE IN THE ROOM WILL WIN!
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- Drawing will be held before start of last set.
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