Editor’s Pick: Kathy Mattea at The Ram’s Head On Stage
metroweekly.comAn Evening with JD Souther, a solo acoustic show featuring the songwriting legend known for his hits for The Eagles (“Best of My Love”), Linda Ronstadt (“Faithless Love”), James Taylor (“Her Town Too”), and countless others. (8/2)She may be the only original member left in the iconic quintet The 5th Dimension, but nearly 60 years later, Florence LaRue is still kicking and captivating audiences with signature hits “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” and “Up, Up and Away.” (8/6)Girl Named Tom, the only group ever to win NBC’s The Voice, is a sibling folk trio from Ohio offering distinctive harmonies and heartfelt performances (8/12), while the Grammy-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo, “South Africa’s cultural ambassadors to the world,” return with more uplifting vocal harmonies, signature dance moves, and charming onstage banter. (8/18)Kathy Mattea, the first major country star to speak out about AIDS thirty years ago when she was a presenter at the Country Music Awards (where she also defied organizers’ ban at the time on wearing red ribbons), appears mid-month.
Her hits include “Goin’ Gone,” “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses,” and the haunting “Where Have You Been?” (8/19)Gavin DeGraw, the sunny contemporary pop artist known for hits “I Don’t Want to Be” — the theme song to the CW’s One Tree Hill — and “Not Over You,” closes out the month. (8/23-24).Ram’s Head On Stage is at 33 West St., Annapolis.
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