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The CarLeans • Walt Wilkins & Marc Douglas Berardo

Thursday, August 24

Show: 8p | Doors: 7p

Tickets: $20 advance / $25 door

A CarLeans' special show at the Knickerbocker Music Center with our friends, the great Walt Wilkins from Texas, and Westerly's own Marc Douglas Berardo!

 

WALT WILKINS
waltwilkins.com

Walt Wilkins is a poet, singer, musician, and producer.  He spent a decade in Nashville writing songs for many well-known artists including, Pat Green, Cory Morrow, Brandon Rhyder, and Tommy Alverson. He also has had cuts recorded by Kimmie Rhodes (“Espiritu Santo Bay”), Kenny Rogers (“Someone Somewhere Tonight”), Ricky Skaggs (“Seven Hillsides”), and Ty Herndon (“Big Hopes”).  His songs have been recorded by over 100 artists.  His work has been likened to the greatest and most timeless of the Texas/American troubadours: Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and Kevin Welch among others. Wilkins has produced albums for Rhyder, Jamie Richards, Bonnie Bishop, Jason Eady, Sam Baker, and Brian Langlinais, and more. Wilkins also earned a star on the South Texas Music Walk of Fame in Corpus Christi.

MARC DOUGLAS BERARDO
marcdouglas.com

Singer-songwriter, performer, and keen observer, Marc Douglas Berardo's songs are sharply drawn and cast a net on unusual and beguiling characters and places. His songs have been recognized at many prestigious national festivals and events such as The South Florida Folk Festival, The Wildflower Art and Music Festival, and the legendary Kerrville Folk Festival. For over thirty years MDB has performed thousands of shows big and small including nights with The Doobie Brothers, Kim Richey, Ruthie Foster, Little Feat, John Hiatt, Martin Sexton, Livingston Taylor, Kevin Welch, Red Molly, Guy Clark, and the late David Olney among others.  Berardo's interview and live performance featured on the Sirius/ XM Satellite Radio show The Village was voted one of the best of the year by listeners.  "Berardo takes you to a place within yourself to make changes you want to see in the world." Mary Jane Twohy, The Village, Sirius/XM Radio

THE CARLEANS
thecarleans.com

The CarLeans are a New England-based acoustic trio. Singer-songwriters?Jim Carpenter?and Sarah MacLean along with bassist,?Corina Malbaurn, have been charming audiences from Maine to Texas with driving, percussive acoustic guitar and upright bass, and Sarah's sultry to soulful vocals. The trio's vast repertoire of original compositions encompasses the diverse rhythms of americana, cajun, bluegrass, reggae, and Texas folk. Their performances, at once emotional, inspiring, and humorous, often incite an audience to its feet to dance. Their fourth album entitled Melodrama, will be released in June 2023. The CarLeans have toured throughout the country and shared the stage with the likes of?The Subdudes, Mipso,?The Birds of Chicago, Marcia Ball, Hooray For The Riff Raff, Sarah Borges, The Wolff Sisters,?and?The Preservation Jazz Band?. . . performing in such renowned venues as Daryl’s House CT, Ossipee Music Fest ME, Kate Hepburn Theater CT, Isis NC, Neutral Ground NOLA, Infinity Hall CT, Blue Plate Radio Show TN, Providence Folk Festival RI, The Southern TX, Skinny Pancake VT, Knickerbocker Music Hall CT, Proclamation FL, The Buzz Mill TX, Frank Brown Songwriting Festival FL, The Narrows RI, Eugene O’Neil Theater CT, Awendaw Barn Dance SC, Cafe 9 CT, and Lulu Buffett’s in AL.