Black Fret's NWA Sessions 3/6

519 West Dickson Street,Fayetteville AR 72701

01 April, 2022

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FREE Show featuring Tony Kamel with support from Willi Carlisle 6PM Doors // 7PM Show Tony Kamel With a laid-back studio and a kick ass band, all Tony Kamel needed to tie his debut solo album together were some grade-A, feel good tunes—and boy, did he deliver. Back Down Home finds the Houston-born songwriter and frontman for the Grammy-nominated string band Wood & Wire striking out to make a solo record for Bruce Robison’s label, The Next Waltz. In just a few days of no-fuss tracking at The Bunker, Robison’s all-analog studio in Lockhart, Texas, Kamel and several talented contributors crafted an album that fully conveys the down-home vibe its title suggests, as well as the laid-back nature of life on Texas’ Gulf Coast, especially Galveston. The sum of all of these parts is a sonic travelogue of sorts that takes listeners from Texas-imprinted country-folk, old-time and bluegrass styles to Louisiana’s singular stew of Cajun, jazz, funk and other special ingredients; a stunning solo debut most aptly described as Third Coast roots music. https://www.tonykamelmusic.com Willi Carlisle Willi Carlisle is a raconteur and folksinger from the Ozark mountains of Arkansas and Missouri.The Washington Post says he is “powerful,” “down-home and brainy.” Twin Cities Pioneer calls him “impressive on banjo, accordion, and fiddle.” In Cincinnati, a reviewer said his songs and stories “turn the cliche of solo performance on their head.” With a varied and exuberant program of folksongs, stories, and original stomps and croons, Willi has performed internationally with Grammy-Winning talent like Dom Flemmons and Los Texmaniacs and been featured in places like NPR’s “LGBTQIA+ Playlist” and Western AF. https://www.willicarlisle.com Black Fret is a 501(c)3 charity headquartered in Austin, Texas with chapters in Seattle, Colorado's Front Range and NOW Northwest Arkansas. Their mission is simple: to support the creation and performance of music. But behind its simplicity lies great significance. Black Fret is bringing together some of the best bands from Austin, Seattle and Northwest Arkansas to create an intimate and unique listening experience in this six week concert series. For Black Fret’s first events in NWA, grant recipients from Austin and Seattle will perform at various venues throughout NWA, and each show will feature a talented NWA based artist. Black Fret has partnered with The House of Songs to produce this 6 concert series spanning from March to May. https://www.blackfret.org/ https://www.thehouseofsongs.org/ www.BlackFret.org