The 2008 Music From The Front Porch Concert

Lovett Live and WKMS proudly present:

Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet
~and~ Bawn in the Mash

Legends of Today and Tomorrow in Concert

Saturday, January 19 at 7 p.m.
Lovett Auditorium, Murray State University
Doors open and Silent Auction Starts at 6 p.m.
Tickets General Admission Only:  $15
Tickets are available NOW at all Ticketmaster locations, Ticketmaster.com, the Regional Special Events Center Box Office, or by calling 1-877-894-4474.  Tickets will also be available at the door.

Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet

Peter Rowan and Tony Rice have helped reinvent American roots music over the course of their respective solo careers. When they joined forces for their first duo release, 2004’s “You Were There for Me,” they began a bold new chapter in their continuing artistic journey. Rowan’s aching vocals and poignant, poetic songs were elevated by Rice’s elegantly fleet flat-picking, resulting in an album that bore distinct traces of each man’s prior accomplishments, yet achieved a synthesis all its own.  Rowan and Rice’s touring Quartet’s latest album, Quartet, is a moving document of this new ensemble, expressing all the fire and fluidity of the band’s remarkable live performances. Bluegrass Now writes that, "The spellbinding synergy of Rowan's soulful serenades and Rice's masterful flat-picking ...it's almost as if the singer and accompanist are one in the same."

Want more? Visit myspace.com/peterrowan or myspace.com/tonyrice.

Bawn in the Mash

Bawn in the Mash wowed the crowd at 2007’s Front Porch concert, and WKMS is pleased that this explosive, inventive band makes a return in 2008. If you did not catch their Lovett Live performance this summer, do not make the same mistake twice.
Bawn in the Mash uses stringed instruments for an original sound. Nathan Lynn, Josh Coffey, Cody Campbell, and Thomas Oliverio formed Bawn when they were students at Murray State in 2002. Alex Faught joined in, and Bawn began performing regionally three years later. Eddie Coffey replaced Campbell in 2006, and the quintet hit the road, performing nearly 200 live shows across the Midwest and Southeast in less than three years.  Bawn in the Mash has also released two independent studio albums -- Welcome to the Atomic City (2006), and Hurry Up and Wait (2007).

Music from the Front Porch regularly features tracks from both Bawn albums.  You can see and hear more at bawninthemash.com or myspace.com/bawninthemash.

SEE YOU AT THE SHOW!