Andy Tanner and The Changing Colors play Showcase

jzd — Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:48:55 -0700

FREE CONCERT: Andy Tanner and The Changing Colors perform July 15 in free concert in Showcase at Studio Bee

The Showcase at Studio Bee series returns this month with Andy Tanner and The Changing Colors 6:00 PM July 15 for a free concert in the Showcase at Studio Bee. Studio Bee is located on the east side of the Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., in Colorado Springs. This concert is free (no ticket required) and open to the public. Photos of these bands are attached to this email. MP3 files of these performers' songs are available upon request.

The Showcase at Studio Bee highlights the best of local artists performing original music. The July 15 concert is part of this monthly concert series presented free of charge to the public in collaboration with KRCC, COPPeR, the Independent, the Gazette and the Pikes Peak Center . Artists included in the Showcase are homegrown talent from El Paso, Teller and Pueblo counties, have produced an album and write their own music.

WHEN: All Showcase at Studio Bee concerts are planned for 6:00 PM are at the Pikes Peak Center; 190 S. Cascade Ave. Please enter through the doors on the east side of the building marked "Studio Bee."

ABOUT ANDY TANNER (6:00 PM): Andy Tanner was one of the first artists to perform in the Showcase at Studio Bee in October of 2008 and we're proud to welcome him back for an encore performance. In summer 2008, Andy Tanner released “Suitcase Full of Air,” an 11-track disc described as half dark piano pop, half post-punk medium core. Tanner is best known regionally for his seven-year stint as singer-songwriter for the band Laymen Terms.

ABOUT THE CHANGING COLORS (6:45PM) : The tiny hamlet of Manitou Springs, Colorado sits just below the soaring heights of Pikes Peak. A place frequented by thousands of tourists each year, it is a Mecca for flatlanders and southerners longing for the cool mountain air and the remarkable views. It is also a haven for gifted songwriters and musicians. Among the most capable of these writers is Conor Bourgal, who along with his twin brother, Ian, and an interchangeable ensemble of musicians, form a group called the Changing Colors.

It is the surrounding mountains that inform the Color’s music and lend them it’s spiritual resonance. They are a band that sings of longing and beauty, hope and regret. Their latest album, Ghost of Red Mountain takes its entire theme from the legendary story of Manitou resident Emma Crawford. Sometime in the early 1900's Crawford’s coffin was washed down onto Main Street from it’s perch above town on Red Mountain. The story is the source of Manitou’s biggest festival – the internationally renowned Emma Crawford Coffin Races held each Halloween. Bourgal chose to look beyond the gothic story and to bring a hardscrabble pioneer woman’s life to light.

The Colors' style remains accessible in its similarity to folk and Americana, but it’s substance is far more complex. Bourgal’s songs paint a landscape of the human journey through fear and despair into ultimate freedom and spiritual release. Each song on the album forms a particular scene in the narrative, moving toward ultimate transcendence. A recurring theme is separation – usually of lovers – and the passage through the anxiety and anguish of withdrawal. This experience is often examined from both perspectives – the one leaving and the one left behind. The ultimate theme is the transformation of the human spirit through acceptance of one’s migration through ordeal to triumph. Finally, the listener is left with a feeling of ascendancy and tranquility.

Since their first show in June 2008, The Changing Colors have played over 100 shows in 7 states.

All Showcase at Studio Bee performances start at 6:00 PM (doors open at 5:30 PM) and are free and open to the public. The Showcase at Studio Bee takes place inside Studio Bee, located on the north end of the Pikes Peak Center at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs. Please enter through the entrance marked "Studio Bee." A cash bar and concessions will be available for purchase.

Interviews available upon request . Please contact Jessica Delos Reyes at 719-477-2103 or jessica@worldarena.com.

We are recruiting for our next Showcase at Studio Bee series. Are you a local musician who performs original music? Do you have the chops to perform at the Pikes Peak Center? If so, we want to hear from you!

Bands and artists are invited to apply for the next round of the Showcase at Studio Bee. In order to be selected, an artist must:

Perform original music. The music must be wholly original (no covers). Musicians performing classical music may perform classical pieces from other composers but are welcome to share original compositions

Be a resident and active in the "music communities" of El Paso, Pueblo or Teller counties for at least 12 months

Submit recordings of radio quality

Have an online presence or be willing to institute a website, MySpace or Peak Radar profile

Submitted tracks must be free of any obscenities

Music must appeal to a broad base of musical tastes.

To apply, submit a CD with the following information by July 30:

Name of Band

Band contact

Address

Phone/cell number

Email address

Past history of where your band has performed

Send this information to:

Pikes Peak Center

c/o Showcase at Studio Bee

190 S. Cascade

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

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Andy Tanner and The Changing Colors play Showcase

We are recruiting for our next Showcase at Studio Bee series. Are you a local musician who performs original music? Do you have the chops to perform at the Pikes Peak Center? If so, we want to hear from you!