Acoustic cafe
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Acoustic Café is an independent, syndicated radio program, produced in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. Started in 1995, Acoustic Café presents singer-songwriters in various genres, playing songs in the Acoustic Café studio and chatting with host Rob Reinhart. A selection of current and past recorded material (on CDs) is also a part of each weekly program.
Over the years Acoustic Cafe has presented artists including John Prine
, John Mayer
, M Ward, Emmylou Harris
, Beck
, Tori Amos
and Ani DiFranco
(whose "Million Dollar Intro" is the music played at the program's opening and closing). New, up-and-coming talent remains a constant of Acoustic Cafe's mission.
Acoustic Café can be heard on commercial and non-commercial radio stations around North America
, and worldwide on Voice Of America
. Web broadcasts and a streaming archive are also widely available on the net.
In 2009, Acoustic Cafe began producing short films of their in-studio guest visits which can be viewed through their Facebook "fan page." These films are being produced by Lucciana Costa for Costa Productions of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Acoustic Cafe Amphitheater is an annual music festival put on by Steve Masterson over Memorial Day weekend in northern Alabama. The Acoustic Cafe has been taking place since 1996 and artists who have performed there include John Hartford, Doc Watson, Sam Bush, Tony Rice, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Dread Clampitt, Norman Blake, Edgar Meyer, Mike Marshall, Brennen Leigh, The Red Stick Ramblers, The Hackensaw Boys
, Frankie Velvet and the Veltones, Herb Trotman, the Waybacks, the Dappled Greys, Uncle Bob's Band and many others.
The festival is known as the largest gathering of earthy tie-died people in Alabama and has been written up in local media including Wine Subllime and Birmingham News.
Over the years Acoustic Cafe has presented artists including John Prine
John Prine
John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...
, John Mayer
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
, M Ward, Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
, Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
, Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
and Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon.-Biography:...
(whose "Million Dollar Intro" is the music played at the program's opening and closing). New, up-and-coming talent remains a constant of Acoustic Cafe's mission.
Acoustic Café can be heard on commercial and non-commercial radio stations around North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, and worldwide on Voice Of America
Voice of America
Voice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...
. Web broadcasts and a streaming archive are also widely available on the net.
In 2009, Acoustic Cafe began producing short films of their in-studio guest visits which can be viewed through their Facebook "fan page." These films are being produced by Lucciana Costa for Costa Productions of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Acoustic Cafe Amphitheater is an annual music festival put on by Steve Masterson over Memorial Day weekend in northern Alabama. The Acoustic Cafe has been taking place since 1996 and artists who have performed there include John Hartford, Doc Watson, Sam Bush, Tony Rice, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Dread Clampitt, Norman Blake, Edgar Meyer, Mike Marshall, Brennen Leigh, The Red Stick Ramblers, The Hackensaw Boys
The Hackensaw Boys
The Hackensaw Boys are an Americana band from Charlottesville, Virginia inspired by punk, bluegrass, and old-time music. They formed as a quartet consisting of Tom Peloso, David Sickmen, Rob Bullington, and Robbie St. Ours in the fall of 1999...
, Frankie Velvet and the Veltones, Herb Trotman, the Waybacks, the Dappled Greys, Uncle Bob's Band and many others.
The festival is known as the largest gathering of earthy tie-died people in Alabama and has been written up in local media including Wine Subllime and Birmingham News.