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SUMMARY:Antje Duvekot
DESCRIPTION:ADVANCE PURCHASE: $25\nAT THE DOOR: $35\nAll tickets will in
 cur an additional $5.50 surcharge.\nALL AGES\n\nFormer Rolling Stone mus
 ic editor Dave Marsh says: “This is a brilliant\, brilliant album. I h
 ave had this reaction once in the last 10 years and that was the first t
 ime I heard Patty Griffin.”\n\nAntje Duvekot has solidified her reputa
 tion as one of Boston’s top singer songwriters with “Big Dream Boule
 vard” her debut studio release and “the Near Demise of the Highwire 
 Dancer” and “New Siberia” her follow-up albums. The debut CD was p
 roduced by Seamus Egan\, founder of the Irish super group\, SOLAS and th
 e project was released on songwriter Ellis Paul’s label and quickly at
 tracted international attention for Antje. It was voted “#1 Folk Relea
 se of 2006” by the Boston Globe and was named to the “Top10 Releases
  of the Year” by National Public Radio’s\, Folk Alley. Her follow up
  albums “the Near Demise of the Highwire Dancer” and “New Siberia�
 �� were produced by Richard Shindell and along side with Richard feature
  other “folk royalty” such as John Gorka\, Lucy Kaplancky and Mark E
 relli.\n\n“What a blessing to have worked with someone as talented as 
 Antje. With a voice like hers\, and songs as good as these\, a producer 
 (especially a first-time producer!) just tries to get out of the way\, t
 o do no harm\, and to let the artist speak for herself.” – Richard S
 hindell\n\n“Duvekot has gotten hotter\, faster than any local songwrit
 er in recent memory. Her songs feel at once fresh faced and firmly roote
 d\, driven by the whispery sensuality of her voice. She believes in the 
 redemptive power of the shared secret\; and is utterly unafraid to mine 
 the darkest corners of her life for songs that turn fear into resilience
  and isolation into community”. The Boston Globe\n\nAntje has won some
  of the top songwriting awards including the Grand Prize in the John Len
 non Songwriting Competition\, the prestigious\, Kerrville (TX) “Best N
 ew Folk Award” and in one of the nation’s top music markets\, she wo
 n the Boston Music Award for “Outstanding Folk Act”\, three of the t
 op prizes in the singer songwriter world.\n\nAntje has extensive touring
  experience\, criss-crossing the US and Europe many times. She is a comp
 elling live performer and has been invited to play some of the top festi
 vals including The Newport Folk Festival as well as the Mountain Stage\,
  Philadelphia and Kerrville Festivals. Internationally\, she’s headlin
 ed the The Celtic Connections Festival in Scotland and the Tonder Festiv
 al in Denmark.\n\nIn December of 2007\, The Bank of America featured Ant
 je’s song “Merry Go Round” in a national TV advertising campaign s
 een by millions\, including a Super Bowl audience. Antje’s fast growin
 g fan base\, the viral spreading of her music and a track record of sold
 -out shows are a testament to her growing popularity. Neil Dorfsman\, th
 e producer of Bob Dylan\, Bruce Springsteen and Sting says\, “When I f
 irst heard Antje I knew I was witnessing something very special. She cre
 ates an entire\, detailed world in verse\, and takes you there with beau
 tiful and understated melody. Her songs are stunning paintings of color 
 and shade and always generate the heat and light that real art should. I
 n an unpoetic and ‘in your face’ world\, she is lyrical and subtle�
 �\n\nIn 2010\, Antje played the TEDMED conference in san diego (among th
 e unveiling of ozzie osbourne’s genome). according to CNN: “Then\, t
 his morning\, the tone of the conference turned from intellectual to dee
 ply emotional when Antje Duvekot got up with her guitar and sang about h
 er grandmother descent into Alzheimer’s disease. Twitter revealed that
  I wasn’t the only one who was holding back tears – Duvekot’s song
  was all too relatable for those of us who have watched loved ones slip 
 away. ‘And Anna tries to form a thought / But at the end she’s forgo
 tten where she started from / There’s something she would like to say 
 / But the words in her head seem to have got away’ she sang”.
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LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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