Ring in the New Year with
PIETA BROWN AND FRIENDS
Don't miss this first-ever CSPS New Year's Eve party and concert, featuring Pieta Brown and other leading Americana musicians.
BeJae Fleming | Based in Ames, Iowa, BeJae Fleming is an energetic and entertaining performer of Southern blues and finely crafted original material. With passionate singing, innovative guitar work and engaging storytelling, she celebrates tribulation and triumph in songs that range from gentle to gritty, from heartfelt to humorous.
Joe and Vicki Price | A native of Waterloo, Joe Price has been performing for over 30 years, and was inducted into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame in 2003. Reminiscent of the juke joint, his blues are a bit rough and tons of fun. His live shows, often featuring partner Vicki Price, feature Joe's stunning slide work and original songs. They get the dancers onto the floor, and have been known to bring the house down.
Pieta Brown | The daughter of two preacher's kids, Pieta Brown spent her childhood in Iowa and Alabama amidst a bohemian and musical family. In her bare-bones Iowa upbringing, she was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her folk-singer father, Greg Brown. Later, while growing up in the deep south of Birmingham, with her full-time working mother, Pieta drew on and expanded these musical influences and began writing poetry and composing songs for piano.
But it wasn't until her 20s that she picked up a guitar and honed her influences into what became the songs on her eponymous first album. From the beginning, her songs, like her poetry, conveyed a strong sense of place — equal parts southern gothic and heartland hip.
Since that self-released CD, Brown has collaborated and toured with highly respected guitarist and producer Bo Ramsey. In 2005 Ramsey co-produced her next album and national debut, In The Cool. All but universally acclaimed, the release was named one of the year's top 10 by newspapers across the country (including Kansas City, Little Rock and Chattanooga) and was chosen one of the Best CDs of 2005 by Amazon.com. It also reached the Top 20 on the Americana charts and the Top 30 on the AAA radio chart. Soon Pieta Brown, with her unique blend of folk, rock, country and blues, was evoking comparisons to such musical forbears as Rickie Lee Jones, Bobbie Gentry and Bob Dylan.
In September 2007, One Little Indian Records released Brown's Remember The Sun, a new album steeped in the rising songwriter's unique personal history. By turns hypnotic and driving, the eleven new, original songs on Sun — all penned by Brown and delivered in her distinctive, throaty drawl — combine alluring poetry with a reporter's eye for detail. Lyrically and musically poetic, her deceptive simplicity and seductive purity combine to create songs that meet somewhere between the Carter Family and Tom Waits.
Mon Dec 31 | 8 pm
CSPS | 1103 Third St SE | Cedar Rapids
$45 advance | $50 day of show

Entertainment includes three different bands between 8 and midnight. Ticket price includes heavy hors d'ouevres all evening, beer and wine, champagne at midnight. Limited tickets available.

Staying over? The Crowne Plaza Five Seasons is offering concert-goers a discount rate of $70 plus tax. To make reservations call the hotel directly at (319) 363-8161 and ask for the Legion Arts rate.

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