March 2020
Heartwood Presents: The Shambles and Friends, featuring Fodder Wing
This is a free event! Gainesville’s favorite jam band! Bringing you sounds from Grateful Dead, The Band, Steely Dan, Chicago and more! The City of Gainesville says “The Shambles are a rock ‘n’ roll dance band that play an eclectic mix of classic rock, contemporary blues, cosmic country music and Shambles dance party music that features a large repertoire of more than 100 songs." If you don’t know who Fodder Wing is you probably know the players. The band includes…
Find out more »Heartwood Presents: Sam Pacetti and Chris Henry
Sam Pacetti is one who brings it all together. A fingerstyle guitar wizard. A deft songwriter, capable of haunting depth and wry humor in the space of one song. An impassioned and ecstatic vocalist, as well as a mesmerizing live performer, seamlessly melding head-spinning guitar pyrotechnics and raw emotion into one breathtaking package.
Find out more »Heartwood Presents: Zach Deputy
In making his fourth album Wash It in the Water, Zach Deputy dreamed up a sunny and soulful new sound that fuses hip-hop, funk, and folky pop with the spirited rhythms of soca and calypso. With that sound embodied by the album’s brightly melodic and richly textured title track, Wash It in the Water finds the Georgia-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist mining his Puerto Rican and Cruzan heritage for inspiration. “Because of the music I was raised on, I’ve always heard rhythm in a very tropical,…
Find out more »CPW Productions and Heartwood Soundstage Present Willy Porter, with support from Cat Braaten
For more information on becoming a Friend of Heartwood, with special discounted ticket prices, see our support page. Willy Porter has been turning first time listeners into die hard fans for more than two decades. Willy blurs the line between indie folk and rock with his searing signature finger-picking guitar sound, absorbing lyrics, and playful, high-energy live performance style. He has shared world stages with music icons Jeff Beck, Tori Amos, and Paul Simon, carving out a successful solo career…
Find out more »Heartwood Presents: Marbin
MARBIN is a progressive jazz-rock band based in Chicago, IL, with a unique story that stands out in today's music world. With a do-it-yourself approach, Marbin started touring extensively in 2011, bringing their original instrumental music to every part of the United States. Through word of mouth, Marbin has gained hundreds of thousands of devoted fans all over the world and has sold tens of thousands of albums. Marbin has released seven albums: Marbin (2009), Breaking the Cycle (2011), Last…
Find out more »April 2020
WUFT Presents – A Music Festival with Ethan Bortnick
WUFT presents a Local Music Festival. Join, International superstar, Ethan Bortnick, as he presents some of Gainesville's most incredible musicians. Spend the day listening to all genres of music and at the end of the evening, you will enjoy the incredible music of Ethan Bortnick. A portion of the proceeds will support WUFT (PBS TV). More info to come... Stay tuned. Tickets limited and are available by clicking on "view website" below or by clicking here.
Find out more »Pulp Presents: Ryley Walker
Ryley Walker is an accomplished fingerstyle guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Chicago whose music and evolution as an artist have proven mercurial. He moved from noisy avant-garde work in his nascent stages into virtuosic guitar playing and floating spiritual pop that traced lines between Bert Jansch and Van Morrison. After spending years cutting his teeth on the Chicago indie and experimental music scenes, Walker began giving solo live performances on acoustic guitar, drawing the inevitable comparisons to his peers, from William…
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