If you've never experienced live music in a library setting, you have no idea what you're missing. I will say that there is something vaguely naughty about the whole deal.Find out firsthand what it is like to listen to a band in the library after hours. (And, yes, we went all high-end on you!)
Join us at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Parker Library branch of Douglas County Libraries as we kick off the 2009-2010 run of Parker Library's Live Local Music Series with a performance by local favorite Angie Stevens & The Beautiful Wreck!
Stevens is an amazing indie / Americana / folk-rock princess who grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Westword did a great piece on her three years ago this month, around the time of the Stand Up Girl discs. that really gives you a picture of her life leading up to her early 20s.
Angie Stevens just recently released Queen of This Mess, and I was lucky enough to catch her live at her CD release party at the Soiled Dove back in May.
She was truly fabulous live -- everything they say and more -- and The Beautiful Wreck is a band you write home about seeing live.
When I found out we could kick off the year with a high-end band, I did my homework, talking to a range of music writers, including a guy who has recommended other great music to me over the years: Mark Brown, music editor of the former Rocky Mountain News, who highly recommended Angie.
Brown on Angie: "With a songwriting acumen that is stunning for a 25-year-old and a gorgeous, warm voice that seemingly can do anything, Stevens is an artist who earns fans on the first listen or show. ...
[She] is one of the best voices and songwriters I've heard in a long time, local or otherwise. She is a superb talent."Jay Ruybal of Red Rocks calls Angie "the best female singer/songwriter to ever come out of Denver."
Other quotes from Angie's myspace page ...
"Angie Stevens is a songwriter in the truest sense of the word. Some people write good music with no story, others have good ideas with weak music. She writes passionate songs and there is power in her story. She's got the songs and her performance of them is riveting." Isaac Slade, The Fray
"Angie's voice knocks audiences over like a sledge-hammer!" Matt Fecher, Monolith Festival executive director
"We were just blown away by her talent. She shows such passion for music. ... I would drag every friend I know to her future shows. It was truly a spiritual performance. [She] really changed my life tonight. I'm so inspired I can't sleep." Eric Fletcher, Colorado Music Buzz
"See for yourself why people are tripping over themselves to see this powerful young woman perform." Swallow Hill, Denver
"Jewel would kill to be this good." Shay Quillen, San Jose Mercury News
"Her music not only exposes but expresses the human condition." CORE magazine
"The toast of Denver has a bittersweet country-folk voice and a way with words." Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"One of the most talented chicks in the world." Jess Taylor, Eclectic Cafe, Brainerd, Minnesota
"This Denver-based singer-songwriter's ballads are layered, carrying both the toe-tapping satisfaction and quiet melancholy with which life often socks us. ... Keep your ears open for some exceptionally tasty bass work and for Stevens' seasoned voice, which subtly captures the feeling that things are neither right nor wrong, but a wonderful mix of both." Jake Schroeder, 5280 Magazine
WOO! Find out for yourself: Join us for music in the library -- after hours -- on Aug. 29!
And until then, enjoy her video for "Give It on Back" from Queen of This Mess (Boss Koala Records 2009).
http://www.myspace.com/angiestevens
http://www.angiestevens.com
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