Visionary Bluesman Selwyn Birchwood to Perform Live at Middle C Jazz! Award-winning Florida bluesman Selwyn Birchwood will perform live at Middle C Jazz in Charlotte on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. Birchwood’s latest release is his highly anticipated fourth Alligator album, Exorcist. The young guitarist, lap steel player, songwriter and vocalist sets a course for the future of the blues with his visionary, original music. He calls it “Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues,” an intoxicating mix of deep blues, blistering, psychedelic-tinged rock, booty-shaking funk and sweet Southern soul, played and sung with fire-and-brimstone fervor.
Alligator Records Artists Tinsley Ellis and Marcia Ball to Perform Live at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center! Alligator Records artists Tinsley Ellis and Marcia Ball will bring their “Acoustic Songs and Stories Tour” to the Booth Playhouse at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte on Sunday, February 18, 2024. Each artist will play a solo set, and to close the intimate evening they will join forces and share some songs and stories together. Ellis plans to perform many of his most popular songs, plus Delta blues covers and classics by artists like Gregg Allman, Bob Dylan and Leo Kottke, on his 1937 National Steel and 1969 Martin D-35 guitars.
Chris O'Leary Celebrates Alligator Records Debut at Middle C Jazz! Devastatingly soulful vocalist, dynamic harmonica master and superlative songwriter Chris O'Leary will celebrate the release of his Alligator Records debut album with a live performance at Middle C Jazz in Charlotte on Thursday, February 8, 2024. The Marine veteran and ex-Federal police officer and former lead singer of Levon Helm’s Barn Burners has walked a hard line from his upstate New York home to stages all over the world.