Tomorrow night, GRAMMY-nominated veteran Levitt performer, Cedric Burnside will treat Levitt AMP New Albany audiences to an evening of hill country blues with the Cedric Burnside Project! This will be Burnside’s fifth performance on a Levitt stage and his second Levitt performance of the season, after his recent show at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks. Continue reading
Featured Levitt AMP Music Series artists, by column, left to right: (Levitt AMP Carson City) SambaDá, Whitney Myer and Incendio; (Levitt AMP Denison) John Fullbright, Danielle Nicole and Billy Joe Shaver; (Levitt AMP Greensboro) Gate City Divas, Carolyn Malachi and The Suffers; (Levitt AMP Jacksonville) Benton Blount, Radio Birds and Old Salt Union; (Levitt AMP New Albany) Dee-1, Marcella & Her Lovers and Pala Mali; (Levitt AMP Sheboygan) Flor de Tolache, Synthian and the Rebirth Brass Band.
Artists pictured above (L to R, from top to bottom): Alvin Youngblood Hart, Dee-1, Marcella & Her Lovers, Sam Mosley and the Muscle Shoals Horns, Cedric Burnside Project, Drvin’ N Cryin,’ Scott Mulvahill, Papa Mali, Young Valley and Holy Ghost Electric Show.
Today, the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation awarded $375,000 in matching grants to 15 nonprofits serving small to mid-sized towns and cities across America to produce free outdoor concerts, as part of the second annual Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards. Reflecting the Levitt Foundation’s commitment to creative placemaking projects generating community support, once again the Foundation opened the AMP selection process to the public to choose the Top 25 Finalists. Continue reading