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SUMMARY:Mark Hummel’s All Stars w/ Anson Funderburgh & Junior Watson
DESCRIPTION:With support from Porch Rockers. Sisters Bar & Restaurant opens at 5pm. Information and reservations here.A seated show.  \n\n\n\nGrammy Nominee\, Blues Award Winner\, Author\, Harp Man Mark Hummel had a banner year in 2014. Grammy Nominated for his Remembering Little Walter CD he produced and performed on\, Mark also won Best Blues CD and Best Traditional Blues CD at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis\, TN. Mark’s The Hustle Is Really On climbed to #2 and stayed in the top five for four months on the Living Blues Radio Charts. Hummel’s book “BIG ROAD BLUES:12 Bars on I-80″ garnered rave reviews and was nominated for best Independent Book release.  \n\n\n\nMark Hummel started playing harmonica in 1970 and is considered one of the premier blues harmonica players of his generation. Thanks to over thirty recordings since 1985\, including the Grammy nominated 2013 release Blind Pig recording Remembering Little Walter (part of the Blues Harmonica Blowout CD series). Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout™ started in 1991 and have featured every major legend (Mayall\, Musselwhite\, Cotton\, etc.) on blues harp as well as almost every player of note on the instrument – a who’s who of players. \n\n\n\nHummel is a road warrior – a true Blues Survivor. Along the way\, he has crafted his own trademark harmonica sound – a subtle combination of tone\, phrasing and attack combined with a strong sense of swing. Mark has been with Electro Fi Records since 2000\, releasing five CDs. Thanks to Mark’s earlier albums\, constant touring and appearances at the major blues festivals\, he’s firmly established his solid reputation around the US and Europe.  \n\n\n\nBorn in New Haven\, CT but raised in Los Angeles till he graduated high school. Mark moved to the Berkeley at age 18 to pursue a career in blues music\, where he felt the music was taken more seriously.  \n\n\n\nMark started the Blues Survivors in 1977 with Mississippi Johnny Waters. By 1984 Hummel began a life of non- stop touring of the US\, Canada and overseas\, which he still continues at least 130-150 days out of each year. Hummel has toured or recorded with blues legends Charles Brown\, Charlie Musselwhite\, Lowell Fulson\, Billy Boy Arnold\, Carey Bell\, Lazy Lester\, Brownie McGhee\, Eddie Taylor\, Luther Tucker and Jimmy Rogers.
URL:https://rhythmandroots.org/event/mark-hummels-all-stars-w-anson-funderburgh-junior-watson/
LOCATION:La Rosa Tucson\, 800 N Country Club Road\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States
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SUMMARY:Steep Canyon Rangers
DESCRIPTION:A Celebration and ENCORE of the Rhythm and Roots Last Show\, celebrating 30 years of community and music.PRESENTED WITH THE FOX TUCSON THEATREON SALE THURSDAY at 10 am. PRESALE is one day only.  \n\n\n\n\n\nSteep Canyon Rangers arrive at a moment of renewal and reaffirmation with Next Act\, their 15th studio album set to be released May 22\, 2026. The record represents a conscious tightening of focus: a return to the bluegrass foundations that first bound the band together\, approached with the confidence and emotional range earned through years of collective evolution. It is an affirmation that bluegrass still contains endless expressive possibility. Next Act finds the Rangers sounding deeply at home in their own musical language\, drawing strength from tradition while continuing to write new chapters within it. \n\n\n\nFormed in North Carolina and shaped equally by the Appalachian Mountains and the Piedmont\, Steep Canyon Rangers have long occupied a singular space in American roots music. From their earliest recordings\, the band demonstrated an unusual ability to honor traditional bluegrass forms while allowing contemporary songwriting\, literary influence\, and regional storytelling to seep naturally into the music. Over time\, this balance earned them both bluegrass credibility and broader Americana acclaim\, culminating in a Best Bluegrass Album GRAMMY Award for 2013’s Nobody Knows You\, additional nominations for Rare Bird Alert (2012) and North Carolina Songbook (2020)\, and an induction into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. \n\n\n\nIn recent years\, as their audience expanded and their songwriting reach grew wider\, the Rangers began to feel a pull back toward the elemental forces that shaped them: acoustic instruments speaking clearly\, songs built for ensemble interplay\, and stories grounded in lived experience and regional memory. Next Act emerges from that impulse. \n\n\n\nSteep Canyon Rangers is made up of Graham Sharp on banjo and vocals\, Mike Guggino on mandolin/mandola and vocals\, Aaron Burdett on guitar and vocals\, Nicky Sanders on fiddle and vocals\, Mike Ashworth on drums\, dobro\, percussion and vocals\, and Barrett Smith on bass\, guitar\, and vocals.
URL:https://rhythmandroots.org/event/steep-canyon-rangers/
LOCATION:Fox Tucson Theatre\, 17 West Congress St\, Tucson\, Arizona\, 85701
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