Robert Earl Keen

Sunday, July 1, 2007 • 7:30 p.m.

Robert Earl Keen may just be the most successful artist that many Americans have never heard. He's had songs recorded by George Strait, Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin, the Dixie Chicks and the Highwaymen (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson). Keen has performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Today Show. He consistently plays to sold out audiences that numbers sometimes as many as 25,000. As the Washington Post said, "...a fine choice for those searching for country music and authenticity."

The Waybacks

The Waybacks delight in turning notions of genre on their heads. Their new release, The Pasture To The Future, finds the agile, acoustic quintet effortlessly knitting together sonic threads as diverse as punchy, hook-laden rock, fluent fiddle waltzes, jazz-inflected rumbas, and Celtic-tinged folk. With virtuosity and instrumentation suggestive of a bluegrass band—albeit one in which dynamic drumming is integral, banjo is conspicuously absent, and actual bluegrass material is a rarity—The Waybacks ultimately embrace multiple genres and put their unique stamp on the lot.

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