New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) The Americana
Music Association and Lincoln Center have partnered for the first time to present Americanafest NYC, a music and film experience taking place Aug. 4-10 during Lincoln Center's popular free Summer music program,Out of Doors, now in its 44th season.
Americanafest NYC will present concerts by a range of artists drawing from the deep wells of Folk, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Rock and R&B. Also offered will be film screenings, a related photo exhibition by
Music Maker Relief Foundation and a symposium exploring the elders and their legacies finding new expression among younger generations of musicians.
"We're thrilled to partner with the American
Music Association this summer," shares Jill Sternheimer, Producer, Public Programming for Lincoln Center. "The organization, led by Jed Hilly, is at the epicenter of a vital movement bringing together new voices, celebrated icons, and eager audiences. Our initial thought was for Americana to be represented at our annual "Roots of American Music" weekend but we realized that this music is such a part of the country's cultural canon, that a full week of programming was the way to go."
"After receiving the invitation from Lincoln Center to co-curate this event, my first call was to invite Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris, who've been champions of our cause," said Jed Hilly, Executive Direcotr of the Americana
Music Association. "Rodney called me back within minutes and said, 'Let's do it.' We are truly humbled by artists' support and the acknowledgement of our work by America's greatest cultural institution, Lincoln Center."
Bill Bragin,
Director of Public Programming, Lincoln Center agrees. "Based on our enthusiasm for the scope of the programming, we decided to make this week a centerpiece of our season, much like Kronos Quartet was last summer, and bring in additional partners across Lincoln Center, including Target Free Thursdays at the
David Rubenstein Atrium, Film Society of Lincoln Center and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts."
All events are free with no tickets required. Events take place on Lincoln Center's Plazas between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues, from West 62nd Street to West 65th Street (except where noted)..
A full calendar of events - all presented by the Americana
Music Association - is provided below . For current listings, please visit www.americanamusic.org or lc.lincolncenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
7:30 PM at Damrosch Park Bandshell
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Robert Ellis
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
7:30 PM at
David Rubenstein Atrium
Tift Merritt with Eric Heywood
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
7:30 PM at Damrosch Park Bandshell
Cassandra Wilson
The Campbell Brothers: A Sacred Steel Love Supreme (World Premiere; 50th anniversary celebration of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme commissioned by Lincoln Center Out of Doors)
Featuring visuals by Brock Monroe, Joshua Light Show collaborator
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
1:00 PM at Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater
Heroes of American Roots: From the Historic Films Archives
1:30 PM at Hearst Plaza
Old 97's
The Devil Makes Three
John Fullbright
4:00 PM at Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater
Heroes of American Roots: From the Historic Films Archives
6:00 PM - Damrosch Park Bandshell
Rosanne Cash
The Lone Bellow
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10
1:00 PM at
David Rubenstein Atrium
Symposium
Heroes of American Roots: From the Historic Films Archives introduced by Joe Lauro
5:00 PM at Damroch Park Bandshell
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinnaires
St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Bobby Patterson
Music Maker Blues Revue*
Featuring Dom Flemons, Beverly "
Guitar" Watkins, Ironing Board Sam
Presented in association with the
Music Maker Relief Foundation
*Related Exhibition
July 9-August 29, 2014 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts,
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center and Corridor Gallery
We Are the
Music Makers
Exhibition Hours: 12-8 Monday and Thursday; 12-6 Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Closed Sunday.
