Thursday Jul 23, 2015
Thursday, July 23, 7:30PM
Weesner Family Amphitheater – Minnesota Zoo
13000 Zoo Blvd
Apple Valley, MN 55124
BLACK JOE LEWIS hails from Austin, TX, the collision center where Southern soul meets mid-western blues and vagabond punk. Unable to keep away from the infectious music scene Austin is infamous for, he soaked it all in and soon found himself purchasing his first guitar while working in a pawnshop. The rest is history. Once compared to “The Godfather of Soul,” Black Joe Lewis is letting his punk-flag fly on the group’s third studio album, Electric Slave. He has perfected his gritty shouting and raw guitar riffs, honing his signature sound on the band’s upcoming album. As always, Black Joe Lewis finds a way to make tracks full of horns and blues riffs, women chasing hard-knocks, and all-around good time tales to tell, and refuses to be confined to genre-defining boundaries or cater to only one of his many musical influences.
CAROLINE SMITH has never stopped evolving. From folky beginnings and an indie rock second album, she has been consistently pushing herself to new heights. Merging ’90s R&B and neo-soul with her indie-rock roots, Caroline Smith’s new music has settled comfortably into a new backdrop as she takes a step from girl to woman. Her newest album, Half About Being a Woman, is a record about self-acceptance and growing into yourself; it’s about going back to the roots of “feel-good” music. With soaring vocals and catchy melodies at the heart of all three of her albums, Caroline is settling into a sound that feels more like home. In addition, a glimpse of Caroline as an artist in flux was captured in the PBS documentary on Caroline, My Way Back Home.