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Lake Tahoe Music Festival In The Village July 21, August 4th & 25th, 2011!
You're not going to want to miss the 29th Annual Lake Tahoe Music Festival concerts held exclusively in the Village at Northstar beginning with Grammy-award winning Blues Traveler performing live on the Village stage on July 21. Grammy-award winning recording artist Michael Bolton and singer, songwriter Colbie Caillat round out the line up for the 2011 Lake Tahoe Music Festival this summer. Combining diverse music with the beauty of the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe, the festival is the largest summer cultural event benefitting local communities. The Lake Tahoe Music Festival is scheduled for July 21, August 4 and August 25, exclusively at the Village at Northstar.
Programmed to open the festival is Grammy-award winning Blues Traveler on July 21. Ticket prices are $55 for preferred seating and $35 for general admission. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 27 and are available for purchase in the e-Store on www.NorthstarAtTahoe.com or in person at the Tickets & Season Pass Office in the Village at Northstar.
For more than 24 years, Blues Traveler has been entertaining fans with John Popper on vocals and the harmonica, Chandler Kinchla on the guitar, Ben Wilson on keyboards, bassist Tad Kinchla and Brandan Hill on the drums and percussion. The group had produced eight studio albums and four live discs, six of them certified Gold or Platinum, with combined worldwide sales of more than 10 million units. The band’s best-known single, “Run-Around,” was the longest-charting radio single in Billboard history. Along the way, the band has played more than 2,000 live shows in front of more than three million people.
After signing a deal with A&M Records, Blues Traveler released its self-titled debut, including the hit track “But Anyway,” in the spring of 1990. The album won the group a national audience that continued to grow with the following year’s Travelers and Thieves and the live EP On Tour Forever, and 1993’s Save His Soul. In 1992, Blues Traveler founded the touring H.O.R.D.E. festival, which became an influential outlet for bands associated with the jam scene. 1994’s Four became a quintuple-platinum breakthrough for Blues Traveler, spawning the Grammy-winning smash single “Run-Around” and the follow up hit “Hook.” The in-concert collection Live from the Fall arrived in 1996, followed by the 1997 studio effort Straight On Till Morning. The 1999 release of Popper’s debut solo project Zygote was followed that August by the shocking news of bassist Bobby Sheehan’s sudden death at the age of 31.
Blues Traveler eventually bounced back from the loss of their comrade, regrouping as a reenergized five-piece with the addition of Chan’s brother Tad Kinchla on bass and Ben Wilson on keyboards. The new lineup made its recording debut with 2001’s Bridge, followed by the live What You and I Have Been Through. The acclaimed studio album Truth Be Told arrived in 2003, followed in 2004 by Live on the Rocks and its companion DVD Thinnest of Air. 2005’s Bastardos!, produced by ex-Wilco member Jay Bennett, reasserted Blues Traveler’s experimental edge. 2007 saw the release of Cover Yourself, a set of acoustic reworkings of Blues Traveler favorites. Also in 2007, Popper stepped out again to tour and record with the John Popper Project featuring DJ Logic, which also included Tad Kinchla on bass.
The band is on tour this summer promoting their newest album North Hollywood Shootout produced by Grammy-winner David Bianco, whose diverse resume includes work with the likes of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger and Teenage Fanclub. Fans can expect to hear memorable tunes as the uplifting road-trip anthem “You, Me and Everything,” the playfully romantic “Love Does” and the elegant, evocative “Orange in the Sun” boast infectious melodic hooks while showcasing the interactive instrumental chemistry that originally endeared the band to its rabidly devoted fan base.
Colbie Caillat will take the stage on August 4 and Michael Bolton's performance wraps up the annual summer festival on August 25. Tickets will be available for purchase in the e-Store on www.NorthstarAtTahoe.com starting June 10 or in person at the Tickets and Season Pass office in the Village at Northstar. General admission tickets will be priced at $35 for both Blues Traveler and Colbie Caillat and $55 for preferred seating. Tickets for Michael Bolton's performance are priced a t$45 for general admission and $70 for preferred seating.
Colbie Caillat is admired for her dusky vocals and acoustic guitar. The release of her newest album, All of You, hit stores on May 24, 2011. Caillat is recognized for her homespun music and continues to resonate with listeners and win new fans. Little more than a year after the release of her nearly double platinum debut album, CoCo, Caillat has quickly made an enduring impact. USA Today declared the California girl a vital part of “a new wave of troubadours luring fans of all ages into a peaceful, easy feeling.” The national newspaper puts her in the company of other platinum plus artists such as Sara Bareilles, Jack Johnson and duet partner Jason Mraz.
Caillat is a constant fixture on the road touring the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia. She has alternated between headlining her own sold-out concerts and opening for artists such as John Mayer, one of her major influences. Caillat’s newest album promises to reflect the amazing journey she continues to take as a young woman and an increasingly accomplished artist.
Michael Bolton is a multiple Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter and has sold more than 53 million albums and singles worldwide. Currently he is on a 115-city world tour spanning several continents. Known for his soulful voice and poignant lyrics, his timeless style, charm and good looks have also earned him a spot in several “People Magazine’s Sexiest Man” issues, including this year’s “Sexiest Man in his 50’s.” Bolton credits his fans with being “the best in the world” and loves nothing more than bringing his timeless hits and classic brand to thrilled fans globally.
Bolton is set to release a brand new album GEMS-The Duets Collection on June 21, 2011. The album features “I’m Not Ready” as performed with Delta Goodrem on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. As well as includes collaborations with Rascal Flatts, Deal, Chris Botti, Eva Cassidy and more.
In recognition of his artistic achievements, Bolton has received two Grammys for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance, six American Music Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a songwriter, he has earned more than 24 BMI & ASCAP Awards, including Songwriter of the Year, nine Million-Air awards, and the Hitmakers Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
