Sara Evans, Travis Linville to perform in Shawnee
Sara Evans has had five #1 singles, sold millions of records, won the Academy of Country Music’s Top Female Vocalist Award and claimed a Country Music Association trophy for her signature song, Born To Fly.
It’s tough to imagine many accomplishments Sara Evans hasn’t already checked off her bucket list.
Oklahoma’s Travis Linville is described as inexplicably authentic, and it’s carried him from dive bars and classrooms to The Tonight Show and esteemed theaters and festivals across the globe.
They’ll both be performing in February at the Grand Event Center located in the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Evans will perform Saturday, February 9 at 7 p.m. Linville will be a part of Play It Loud 2 on Saturday, February 23 at 7 p.m.
Evans resume now includes 14 Top 20 country hits, ranging from her reassuring first #1 No Place That Far, featuring background vocals by Vince Gill – to the neo-traditional Suds In The Bucket to the elegant, spiky pop feel of Slow Me Down.
With the release of her eighth studio album, Words, she demonstrates she’s still willing to leap into the unknown, taking greater control of her career and calling the shots in a way that’s unusual in country music – particularly unusual for a woman in the genre.
Words closes with an acoustic revision of A Little Bit Stronger, her pensive, heartbreak anthem that spent two weeks at #1.
Play It Loud 2 is an original music series that follows award-winning independent filmmaker Adam Hampton as he explores Oklahoma's vibrant music scene with an eclectic lineup of the state's rising artists and musicians.
Season 2 featured artists are Mike Hosty, Allie Lauren Project, Travis Linville and KALO.
Hosty: Out of Norman, Oklahoma, witty guitar guru Mike Hosty, plays as a One-Man Band playing drums with his feet, playing the guitar and singing. He entertains as the Hosty Duo with sometimes with the addition of a drummer combining for a tour schedule of 250 shows a year. Hosty simultaneously tears through gritty slide leads, blows harmonica and or Kazoo and uses foot pedals to stomp bass lines.
Allie Lauren Project: The Allie Lauren Project formed in 2011 is an avant-garde project curated by singer-songwriter Lauren (pronunciation: lʌ-‘rɪn) Nicole Clare. Named for her great-grandmother Allie and defying genre lines, the impulsively passionate sound seeks to take its listener to a place that only seems familiar, while inspiring thought that transcends what music is often told to be.
Travis Linville: It’s a quiet confidence, an air of authority limited to only the most studied artists, a commanding irreverence woven with a thread of vulnerability. There’s something inexplicably authentic about Oklahoma’s Travis Linville, and it’s carried him from dive bars and classrooms to The Tonight Show and esteemed theaters and festivals across the globe.
KALO: Israeli guitarist, singer and songwriter Bat-Or Kalo fronts her eponymous trio and also travels and tours the U.S. and Israel solo (wearing only her last name and her vintage Gibson electric guitar). Fiery, unbridled and electrifying, KALO’s guitar chops and contralto voice are a force like none other.
In the Grand Event Center, Sara Evans will perform on Saturday, February 9 at 7 p.m. Play It Loud Live 2 will be performed on Saturday, February 23 at 7 p.m. For tickets, visit www.grandresortok.com.
For more info on the Play It Loud series, visit www.playitloudshow.com.
Please be aware that this event is for guests aged 21 and older only. Anyone under 21 or those without a valid state or government issued photo ID will be not be permitted to enter the venue or asked to leave.
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