Coming House Concerts

An invitation for you to a LilFest
House Concert
About the House Concerts: Join me, if you will, for the fun and
music in the living room of 711 Lake Ave., Wilmette, IL. The
refreshments provided will be simple and non-alcoholic.
Contributions of goodies - homemade, store-bought, your choice
of beverages, whatever, are also most welcome. There will be a
basket available to support the House's expenses: PR,
equipment, refreshments, chairs, repairs and the like, should
you choose to do that. Suggested contributions for the artists
vary between $12 and $20. Reservations are necessary, please,
e-mail (Info@LilFest.com)
preferred. Phone 312-371-2284. Space is limited and sellouts do
occur. Doors open fifteen minutes before the show and we are
located 4-5 blocks from either the CTA's Linden stop on the
purple line or the METRA's Wilmette stop. (See partial list of
past performers)
LilFest
presents
Josh White,
Jr.
Friday, January 2,
2009
6:30 Doors, 7:30 Concert,
Holiday Pot Luck Dinner
711 Lake Street, Wilmette
IL
A very special night of songs
and stories to welcome the New
Year
Meet him in
person after his WFMT 98.7FM radio live
broadcast on New Year’s Eve
http://www.joshwhitejr.com/
Josh White,
Jr., became, a 'hit' literally over night at
the age of four, by performing with his
legendary father JOSH WHITE one night at New
York's famed "Café Society" night club
(America's first integrated nightclub). For the
next five years, Josh, Jr. and Sr. performed
from New York to Boston to Philadelphia. In
1949, Josh, Jr. landed his first role on
Broadway, and as Josh says, "It was type
casting..." he played his father's son in How
Long Til Summer? with Dorothy Gish and Don
Hanmer. While continuing a solo acting career,
Josh went on to perform and record with his
father for the next seventeen years on radio,
television, Broadway, concert halls and
nightclubs around the world. A solo career as
deep and wide as his voice followed. As a
concert artist, Josh, Jr. has performed on the
world's greatest stages of four continents,
including Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall,
Lincoln Center, Odeon Hammersmith Hall, Berlin
Philharmonic Hall, and Madison Square Garden to
name a few. At the peak of this folk boom, in
the mid 60s through the late 70s, Josh was
considered one of the college circuit’s most
celebrated and honored performing artists, the
'Dean of College Concert
Attractions'.
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LilFest
presents
Bill & Kate
Isles
Friday, January 23,
2009
7:30 Doors and Pot Luck
Dinner, 8:00
Concert,
711 Lake Street, Wilmette IL
Welcoming home two LilFest
true favorites
“There are moments of
brilliance.” Many! NJE
http://www.billisles.com/
Bill Isles' songs are
down-to-earth poetic reflections of life
experiences and often explore adventurous
metaphorical worlds. These worlds vary
greatly in scope and texture such as the
differences between the clever honky-tonk
ambiguity of "The Hole in Our Town" and
the enchanting feel of "Sistine Chapel",
both from his 2003 release "The
Threshold". Each of his compositions
provides a spectrum of interpretation
opportunities, as well, as demonstrated by
"Sistine Chapel". It is this
multi-layering that has drawn fans to
listen over and over again, and to
describe his live performances as
"mesmerizing".
Bill's performance at the Just Plain Folks
Anniversary Party in Minneapolis caught the
attention of City's Tone Publisher David
Keiski. "Isles' use of word pictures and
metaphors separates his work from the others in
more ways than one. He is a more seasoned
craftsman that has put a lot of work into the
task of songwriting, and it's easy to tell that
Isles takes a lot of time, is serious and
diligent about his subjects. He is a thoughtful
and creative storyteller, mixing interesting
images into what is the perfect introduction to
the other songwriters, and to our table, this
song, Photo Mosaic... I imagine Bill Isles
doing very well in Nashville, and at bluegrass
and folk festivals... he has the craft of
songwriting down... The musical feeling of
(his) CD is warm like Isles' voice... there are
moments of brilliance"
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Past performers
include: Jim Bizer, Jonathan Byrd, Andrew Calhoun, Craig
Carothers, Jeremy Clyde, Chad and Jeremy, Bianca De Leon, Tom
Dundee, Antje Duvekot, Mark Dvorak, Justin Earle, Kat
Eggleston, Cliff Eberhardt, John Flynn, Gina Forsyth, Freebo,
Freebo and Photoglo, Funkadesi, Eliza Gilkyson, Eric Hanson,
Tim Harrison, Patrick Hazell, Terri Hendrix, Bill Isles, Jan
Krist, Jimmy LaFave, Howard Levy, Radoslav Lorkovic, The
Kennedy's, Lloyd Maines, Khalif Walter Malone, Lisa Markley,
James McCandless, Dan McKinnon, Michael Miles, Dave Moore, Pete
Morton, David Olney, Kristina Olsen, Garnet Rogers, Danny
Schmidt, Michael Smith, Rosalie Sorrels, Sons of the Never
Wrong, James Lee Stanley, Chad Stuart, Chuck Suchy, Eric
Taylor, Melvin Taylor, Andy White, Jack Williams, Steve Young,
Lee Zimmerman, Natalia Zukerman, and The Front Page Follies of
Ekstrom and Quinn.
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