BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Mark Erelli &\; Laura Cortese X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20221106T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20221106T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mark Erelli &\; Laura Cortese DESCRIPTION:ADVANCE PURCHASE: $20\nAT THE DOOR: $25\n10% MEMBER DISCOUNT \n\nMark Erelli has forged a colorful career by making the art of “bei ng everywhere all the time” seem effortless. It’s hard to think of a nother artist who seems equally at home serving as a sideman for GRAMMY- winning artists like Paula Cole\, Marc Cohn\, and Josh Ritter\, or produ cing albums for Lori McKenna\, as he does writing and producing his own material\, like 2019’s “By Degrees\,” on which he was joined by a host of voices including Rosanne Cash and Sheryl Crow\, and nominated fo r Song of the Year at the Americana Honors and Awards. His 2020 album Bl indsided found Mark “nodding to another icon\, heartland hero Tom Pett y\,” emphasizing “12-string guitar jangle and straightforward vocal hooks.” (Rolling Stone). An album in “the sweet spot” (Associated Press)\, Blindsided combines the exuberance of Erelli’s signature soun d with the wisdom that comes with over 20 years of songwriting\, capturi ng an artist at a point in his career where he is clearly digging deep a nd swinging for the fences.\n\nLaura Cortese &\; the Dance Cards is n othing if not a culmination: the gathering of a select group of acoustic roots musicians at the zenith of their careers. Together\, these women build something that is more than the sum of their already impressive pa rts. They create something wholly new–a fusion of the countless tradit ions and influences that they each bring with them into the creative pro cess.\n\nBest thought of as a collective rather than a fixed band\, this ensemble has featured a rotating cast of unmatched talent over the year s since its official founding in 2014: Valerie Thompson (cello)\, Jeni M agana\, Zoe Guigueno\, &\; Natalie Bohrn (bass)\, and Jenna Moynihan\ , Sumaia Jackson &\; Mariel Vandersteel (fiddle). And of course\, at its core lies Cortese herself–serving as both the gravitational center around which the group organizes and the creative engine that fuels the compositions that emerge from it. Performing live in trio or quartet co nfiguration\, these artists produce music as rich and intricate as any s ymphony\; as heartfelt and true as any country classic. Centered on the virtuosic string instrumentation of its members\, Laura Cortese &\; t he Dance Cards ties together driving rhythms\, broad creative vision\, a nd resonant harmonies to create music that sweeps you up in its current\ , carrying you away from your everyday worries and into the arms of its cathartic embrace. URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/mark-erelli-laura-cortese / UID:urn:uuid:a738c197-c55a-4fc6-8c72-643ca0ef7465 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260706T013023Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221112T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221112T220000 LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\, Maine 04101\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR