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SUMMARY:Ray Bonneville w/ Stephen Clair
DESCRIPTION:Juno Award winning roots and blues artist Ray Bonneville has cr
 eated and mastered a fusion of traditional American Roots and Blues music 
 all his own\, and deeply influenced by his upbringing in French Canada and
  the years he spent writing and playing music in New Orleans. He is known 
 as the master of the slow burn\, the groove and acclaimed for his harmonic
 a tone. With a greasy guitar style\, horn-like harmonica\, smoky vocals an
 d pulsing foot percussion he captivates audiences by being his own backing
  band. Known for his sparse evocative storytelling\, Ray’s songs often f
 eature characters living on the fringe of society\, set down lonely roads\
 , on long stretches of highway or in the belly of teeming cities. In 1999 
 Bonneville won the Juno award (Canada’s Grammy) for his Album “Gust of
  Wind” and was nominated twice more. Ray's song “I am the Big Easy” 
 was the most played song by American folk DJs and won “Song of the Year
 ” in 2009 and was recorded by Jennifer Warnes in 2018. Ray won the Inter
 national Blues Challenge solo category in 2012 in Memphis. Ray Bonneville 
 began writing songs when he was forty years old and has released ten album
 s in thirty-five years since then. He will release his eleventh album in 2
 026. He tours relentlessly across the U.S.\, Canada\, Europe and Australia
 .\n\n\nhttps://raybonneville.com/\n\n\nSTEPHEN CLAIR\nStephen Clair's gran
 dfather was always singing from behind the wheel while occasionally openin
 g the car door to spit. It was Grandpap who played young Stephen a Johnny 
 Cash record when he was five years old\, and that's everything Stephen rem
 embers from his youth. Best known for his wry humor and guitar stylings\, 
 the Beacon\, NY musician has been a fixture on the Americana\, alt-country
 \, and dorky independent rock scene since his 1997 debut\, Altoona Hotel\,
  named for the town his grandfather called home.�\nHe's released many mo
 re albums over the years and toured and done all the things\, experiencing
 �all the near misses of life in the biz. Critics and his family love him
  first. Everyone else has come�around in their own sweet time.�\nRawbo
 ned\, his latest effort\, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life\, feat
 ures only Clair and a�guitar\, except when it's Clair and a rickety pian
 o. The songs are miniature stories\, the essence of�emotion\, and the ar
 rangements and performances fit accordingly. "Every note\, every part — 
 including the air around it — is intentional\," says Clair. "I recorded 
 it alone\, in a room\, over months\, guitar in my lap\, mousing with one h
 and\, groping through the microphones surrounding me. I recorded take afte
 r take of each song. What you hear are complete\, intact performances of e
 ach song. No punching in\, no edits\, no cutting and pasting. Each track o
 n the record is a complete performance."�\nThere's air in these songs\, 
 for sure. Every melody counts\, as does each breath\, word\, and the�spa
 ce in between. Repetition is another device Clair takes full advantage of.
  Repeating words or�lines can show longing\, anticipation\, and even obs
 ession. The singer in "Watering the Flowers"�and "Pizza and Fairy Tales"
  uses this to full effect. The sanguine narrator provides the play-by-play
  as they incessantly water the flowers\, waiting\, wondering\, attempting 
 to keep their shit together.�\nClair first came to prominence when the l
 ate Rita Houston pronounced her love for "Jen in Her�Underwear\," adding
  it to regular rotation on WFUV\, thereby putting Clair on the map and the
  road. His next effort was Under the Bed\, followed by What Luck (2007.) I
 n 2019\, Clair teamed up with celebrated producer Malcolm Burn (U2 and Emm
 ylou Harris)\, the result\, an epic garage album\, Strange Perfume. Paste 
 Magazine declared "Clair's lyrics are everyman poetry with a dash of self-
 deprecation and gallows humor to go with his otherwise uncluttered views o
 f the world around and within him.”�\nWith an album so bare is this ne
 w one\, it’s as if we are in the room with Stephen Clair\, knee to�kne
 e. Just listen.
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LOCATION:Colony Woodstock NY\, 22 Rock City Rd\, Woodstock\, New York\, Uni
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