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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: FREE: Eden Brent & Fiona Boyes Showcase @ Center fo
 r Southern Folklore\nEvent Url: http://www.artsmemphis.org/event/detail/44
 0741707/FREE_Eden_Brent_Fiona_Boyes_Showcase_Center_for_Southern_Folklore
 \nEvent Date Begin: 2010-05-06\nEvent Date End: 2010-05-06\n\nThe Center f
 or Southern Folklore presents a rare double Brown Bag concert Thursday\, M
 ay 6 as Yellow Dog Records celebrates 2010 Blues Music Award Nominations f
 or two of their best: Fiona Boyes from noon to 12:45 p.m. followed by Eden
  Brent with Colin Linden from 12:45 to 2 p.m.  Then\, on Friday\, May 7 at
  noon\, Americana singer/songwriter Christine Conley makes her Brown Bag d
 ebut.  As always\, the Center provides the music and the audience either p
 rovides their lunch or purchases the goodies in the Folklore Store such as
  vegetarian greens\, hot water cornbread or peach cobbler.  The Folklore S
 tore is located at 123 S. Main Street @ The Peabody Place Trolley Stop in 
 the heart of downtown Memphis.  \n\nFiona Boyes\nThursday\, May 6 From Noo
 n to 12:45 p.m.\nAustralian blues guitarist and singer Fiona Boyes is on a
  hot streak &mdash\; brilliantly displayed on her current US release &ldqu
 o\;Blues Woman&rdquo\; which has earned Boyes unprecedented international 
 recognition and a nomination for the newly-renamed Koko Taylor Award as Tr
 aditional Blues Female Artist of the Year.  As Fiona puts it\, &ldquo\;Com
 ing to America and spending time where the blues began and developed\, lik
 e the Delta\, really gave me a sense of place about this music\,&rdquo\; B
 oyes goes on to explain Blues Woman's genesis. &ldquo\;But what's been rea
 lly wonderful and exciting is the opportunity to be mentored by some great
  American players &mdash\; and to record with them.&rdquo\;  There's more 
 info & reviews at http://fionaboyes.com.  You can sample her music at http
 ://music.yellowdogrecords.com/fiona.\nEden Brent with Colin Linden\nThursd
 ay\, May 6 from 12:45 to 2:00 p.m.\n&ldquo\;Little Boogaloo&rdquo\; Eden B
 rent has long been a favorite of Mid-Southerners for her sassy yet sophist
 icated blend of jazz and blues.  While most know her for her soulful vocal
 s\, this year Eden is receiving well-deserved recognition for her phenomen
 al talents as a pianist\, with her second consecutive Blues Music Award no
 mination as Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year.   As a special treat
  for the Center's Brown Bag crowd\, Eden will preview songs from her upcom
 ing album 'Ain't Got No Troubles'\, recorded last month in New Orleans and
  slated for release this fall.   She will be joined in her set by award-wi
 nning guitarist and producer Colin Linden\, who produced 'Ain't Got No Tro
 ubles.&rdquo\;  To learn more about Eden Brent and sample her music go to 
 http://www.edenbrent.com/bio.html and http://music.yellowdogrecords.com/ed
 en\,\nPress photos for both Eden Brent and Fiona Boyes are available at ht
 tp://yellowdogrecords.com/presskits'\n \n \n\nStart time: Noon to 12:45 pm
  12:45 to 2:00 pm
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SUMMARY:FREE: Eden Brent & Fiona Boyes Showcase @ Center for Southern Folkl
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