Shannon McNally and Beth Bombara embark on joint tour, including stop at The Venue in Aurora
Acclaimed musicians Shannon McNally and Beth Bombara are set to captivate audiences as they embark on a joint tour. The tour stops at The Venue in Aurora, promising an unforgettable night of soulful performances.
Enjoy an evening of live music at 8 p.m. Friday, April 12, at The Venue, 21 S. Broadway in downtown Aurora. Doors open at 7 p.m.
McNally, a Grammy-nominated Nashville songwriter, has been busy launching a new label (Queen Maeve Records) with five new releases including an 80-minute live album called “Live At Dee’s.”
She will be performing a selection of greatest hits from her past catalog, along with iconic covers by Waylon Jennings, Bobby Charles and J.J. Cale.
Sharing the spotlight is St. Louis-based songwriter Beth Bombara, celebrated for her recent album, “It All Goes Up,” which garnered widespread critical acclaim. Her heartfelt storytelling and soul-stirring melodies promise to complement the evening, creating a harmonious blend of musical artistry.
Advance general admission tickets are $20 or $25 for premium reserved seating. It’s an additional $5 at the door. For tickets, go to www.themusicvenue.org.
Once called “a Zen-like, post-Beat song poet,” McNally's 20-year career began on the jam band circuit of the 1990s with bands like Robert Randolph and Derek Trucks.
McNally writes as well as she interprets the songs of others, has a top tier musicality to her craft, a soul stirring voice that immediately grabs one by the heart strings and a troubadour’s wanderlust, not to mention as it turns out, she is also an excellent electric guitar player. She brings a timeless effortlessness to all she does. With a long catalog and longer list of peers with whom she has written, recorded and toured, McNally continues to turn out great music that defies blatant genre-fication.
Known to serve the song, her independent spirit serves her well in the Americana music world.
“Over and over again, she manages to locate a smoldering intensity, a searing hurt buried deep within the music’s deceptively simple poetry, and she hones in on it with surgical precision” — Guitar Girl Magazine
Beth Bombara’s “It All Goes Up” is for this moment what Kathleen Edwards’ “Back to Me” was for the early 2000s. It’s all there — the songwriting first and foremost with a voice that connects on a raw, emotional level alongside production led by Bombara’s undeniable musicality, retaining the intimacy of being wholly conceived by the artist herself.
Bombara’s last album, “Evergreen,” was well-received by fans and media alike. “The likes of Aimee Mann and Jewel are fair comparisons,” noted the L.A. Weekly, “every tone is tinged with emotion, nothing is wasted.”
“The result is a tasteful tapestry of shimmering sounds, all of which reflect Bombara at her best — that is, as a confident and compelling songstress who’s clearly come into her own.” — American Songwriter
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