The Brownville Concert Series will present Marissa Mulder in “I’ll Follow The Sun – The Songbooks of John Lennon & Paul McCartney.” Multiple award-winning songstress Marissa Mulder digs deep into the iconic catalogue of John Lennon and Paul McCartney and puts her unique stamp on infectious songs like “Penny Lane” to haunting ballads like “Julia” and “She’s Leaving Home.” She seamlessly weaves in personal stories about the writers, shedding light on their most prolific works. Come hear these beloved songs as you never have before. It’s sure to be one you won’t want to miss!
The show will be in cabaret on Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, October 8, at 2:00 p.m. Sponsors are F&M Bank of Falls City and Blake and Julia Hurst of Tarkio.
Marissa Mulder is one of the most successful young cabaret artists on the Manhattan scene. In 2011, she beat out 60 other singers to win the MetroStar Challenge at the Metropolitan Room, an American Idol type contest for up-and-coming cabaret artists. Since then, she has performed in several of her own shows. Stephen Holden of the New York Times called her show “Tom . . . In His Words, The Songs of Tom Waits,” “Far and away the season’s best show, everything the genre can be but almost never is.”
She was the winner of the 2013 Noel Coward and Julie Wilson awards. She was the winner of the 2014 MAC award for Major Artist and Album Of The Year. She also won the 2014 Bistro Award for vocalist of the year. TimeOut NY named Marissa, “Rising Star of The Year” in 2013 and has continued to call Marissa “one of the biggest breakout successes of the past five years.” She was a featured guest on Piano Jazz hosted by Jon Weber on NPR. In New York City, she has performed at The Carlyle, Lincoln Center, Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, The Algonquin Hotel, 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, Birdland, The Metropolitan Room, and many others. She has taken her shows on the road to Dallas, St. Louis, Florida, Colorado, Nebraska, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Binghamton, and many more. She has three CDs available for purchase: “Two Tickets Left,” “Tom . . . In His Words” and “Illusions” on iTunes, Cdbaby.com and Amazon.
Jazz pianist Jon Weber lives in New York City and hosts NPR’s “Piano Jazz with Jon Weber” after frequently serving as guest host for Marian McPartland. Jon has recorded and toured all over the world, winning numerous honors for performance and composition – scoring extensively for television since 1987. His critically acclaimed release, “Simple Complex,” rose to #1.
He released his debut album, “Jazz Wagon” in 1993 and the follow-up, “Simple Complex,” in 2004. Showcasing an all-star group of jazz associates including trumpeter Roy Hargrove, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and vibraphonist Gary Burton, “Simple Complex” features compositions Weber began in high school and rediscovered years later. Now based in New York City, Weber travels extensively as a soloist and as a highly sought music director for top jazz and cabaret performers.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.brownvilleconcertseries.com, on Facebook or call 402-825-3331. The Nebraska Arts Council (www.nebraskaartscouncil.org), a state agency, supports this program through a matching grant funded by the Nebraska Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
