Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Storytelling in music is as old as melody. Although today's pop music tends to focus more on "beats" than ballads, musical storytelling is still alive and well in acoustic music. Over the last five years, Fiddlers Crossing has been bringing some of the best musical storytellers to Tehachapi. Berkley Hart, returning for their second appearance in the venue Sept. 12, is certainly in the top tier of musical storytellers. The combination of Kerrville New Folk Songwriter Award winner, Jeff Berkley,...
Juni Fisher is no stranger to these parts. She has already given three sold-out concerts in Fiddlers Crossing and will ride into town July 10 for her fourth appearance. Fisher is the real deal – a Western singer who actually IS a cowgirl. Many of her songs are about women rodeo riders of bygone days, and she can be funny and poignant at the same time. Fisher grew up horse crazy on a San Joaquin Valley citrus farm, achieving 4-H and FFA honors, listening to the music of Marty Robbins, Joan Baez and Burl Ives, and learning Western songs from h...
Norman Rockwell painted everyday American scenes of small town life with affection, charm and humor. What Rockwell did with paint, Kerry Patrick Clark does with music. The award-winning singer-songwriter gives us musical portraits of everyday life that show us what we as a people have in common. His ability to do this with affection, charm and humor has earned him the title of "The Musical Norman Rockwell." A native of Ohio, Clark's music, which centers around stories of love, faith, family, fri...
Get out your dancing shoes and get ready to tango – Café Musique is coming back to town! The Quintet received such an enthusiastic reception when they performed in Fiddlers Crossing last year that they are giving an encore concert Friday, June 12, at 7 pm. Instead of the usual downtown venue, Fiddlers Crossing is holding the concert in the larger St. Jude's in the Mountains Anglican Church, 1200 South Curry St. The five members of Café Musique may hail from the California's central coast, but...
May 7, 2015 – Nurses at Tehachapi Hospital are being honored with The DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform everyday. Tehachapi Hospital honored two nurses with the DAISY Award as part of their Nurses’ Week celebration. The first award recipient is Carrie Shultz, RN who works in the Emergency Department. Carrie received the highest number of total compliments through the hospital’s Connect Call-back program. Patient’s comments about Car...
As a descendant of Cornish miners who had a tradition of singing while they worked in the mines, singer-songwriter Rita Hosking grew up with a deep regard for the power of the human voice. In her songs, she draws on her own childhood growing up outside of Mount Shasta, as well as her family's roots in the gold mines of Grass Valley. She sings of forest fires, demolition derbies and the hopes and dreams of the working class in the small town of her youth. While rooted in Northern California,...
Fiddlers Crossing has just passed its five-year milestone as an acoustic music venue in downtown Tehachapi. Over that time, it has gained a reputation among the top ranks of touring musicians as a fun and friendly place to perform, with a terrific and responsive audience. This has resulted in some outstanding musicians stopping to perform in Tehachapi who would otherwise be passing right on by to their concerts in the big music festivals, in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. On May 1,...
Anyone who has attended music festivals in California is bound to know the band Houston Jones. The “High-Octane” Americana quintet is one of the most popular groups on the circuit. Lately, however, the co-founders guitarist Glenn Houston and vocalist/guitarist Travis Jones have taken a side-trip as a duo. It’s hard to believe that less could be more in the case of Houston Jones, but the Houston and Jones reduction proves that the band rocks solid at its core. The duo will rock Fiddlers Crossing on Friday, April 17, at 7 p.m. Their origi...
First Friday, April 3, will be a special celebration at Fiddlers Crossing, starting at 7 p.m. A host of local musicians will be on hand to help mark the fifth anniversary for the popular venue. Fiddlers Crossing first opened on Saturday, April 17, 2010, with a performance by local band Geezers on the Loose. The establishment opened as “a work in progress” in what had been the Art Center. According to co-founder Peter Cutler, “We threw a venue together with whatever we had lying around, slapped some ugly paint on the walls and some even uglie...
Listening to the old-school country songs and honest back porch voice of Amber Cross has been likened to putting an archival Smithsonian recording on the turntable. Hers is an authentic voice, both in sound and feeling. She writes from her own life’s struggles and experiences, with great power and emotion and a sense of place. Originally from Maine, Cross spent her early years surrounded by gospel music in a small town church where her father preached and her mother played piano. Today she lives on California’s central coast, where she spe...
Camp Kiya, Tehachapi’s traditional family music camp, has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Arts Council of Kern. The “Arts in the Community” grant was given for the scholarship program, which helps make the camp affordable to students and adults who would not be able to attend without some financial aid. Camp Kiya will take place July 26-30 this summer. The Arts Council of Kern – in partnership with the California Arts Council, the County of Kern and local agencies – provides, supports and promotes arts access, advocacy and education...
What better way to spend a blustery March afternoon than enjoying the elegant sounds of Acoustic Eidolon's cello-guitar duo? The husband and wife team will give a matinee performance in Fiddlers Crossing on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. Acoustic Eidolon combines the lush sounds of Hannah Alkire's cello and Joe Scott's double neck "guitjo" invention, and they captivate audiences wherever they play. Hailing from Colorado, the two have graced stages throughout the US, Europe, Australia and Canada....
Tehachapi's own Luke Halpin will be returning to town with fiddler and singer/songwriter Stephanie Bettman on Friday, March 13, for a concert at Fiddlers Crossing. The duo last performed in Fiddlers Crossing in 2011 to a full house. With their infectious mixture of folk, bluegrass and jazz, with mostly original songs, the evening will be filled with joyful fiddling tunes and soulful ballads. Many in Tehachapi will remember Luke Halpin as a youngster, growing up playing music with his parents,...
Scottish folksinger Ed Miller will return to Tehachapi for the third time on Friday, Feb.13, for a 7 p.m. concert in Fiddlers Crossing. Miller is a folklorist as well as a musician, with graduate degrees from the University of Texas, and entertains with the stories behind the songs. Although, now a resident of Austin, TX, his Edinburgh accent still delights his audiences. Miller has been hailed as "one of the finest singers to come out of the Scottish Folksong Revival" and as "one of Scotland's...
Nothing says “Christmas” like bagpipes, right? Well, maybe it helps to add fiddle, guitar, a singer and some Irish dancers. Then you have the makings of a fantastic Celtic Christmas Celebration! On Sunday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m., in the BeeKay Theatre, Fiddlers Crossing will present “Winterdance,” a Celtic holiday show featuring traditional band, Molly’s Revenge. They will be joined by vocalist Christa Burch, along with the Rosemary Turco Irish dancers from San Jose, in an evening of music, song and dance associated with the festive season. T...
One critic said of Americana singer-songwriter Dulcie Taylor that she is "a major talent who's been hiding from the rest of us for too long." Bringing "hidden talents" to Tehachapi is one of the goals of Fiddlers Crossing. Taylor will be performing at the downtown Tehachapi music venue on October 10, at 7 p.m. She will be joined by guitarist George Nauful and percussionist Tracy A. Morgan. Dulcie Taylor learned a hard music lesson at an early age – don't leave your ukulele unattended in a p...
The logo for the duo, JC & Laney reads, "Heart 'n' Soul & Rock 'n' Roll." That's the perfect summary for this dynamic musical duo who will take the stage at Fiddlers Crossing on Friday, September 26. Although they have been together for just five years, they have already released five CDs of original compositions, are regularly played on Pandora, Spotify, and dozens of other internet radio stations, and have had many of their songs picked up by touring artists throughout Europe and the US. JC...
On Friday, September 5, Fiddlers Crossing is bringing back one of the favorite performers from last year. Angelo M is an authentic voice of experience from the American Heartland, whether singing the blues or other styles of American "roots" music. Angelo M (short for Melasecca) was a hit with Tehachapi's audience because he is the real deal. Many performers can sing the blues, but this former steel worker has lived it. When the Pennsylvania steel mill where he had worked for nearly 30 years...
Fiddlers Crossing is putting a classical note on the end of summer by presenting a string quintet in concert on Friday, Aug. 22. The Millington Strings is a quintet of classical musicians who play their own arrangements of both classical and contemporary music. The group hails from Sacramento, where they perform in different formations – duo, trio, quartet or quintet – depending on the venue and occasion. The concert will take place at 7:00 p.m. in St. Jude's In-The-Mountains Anglican Chu...
On Friday, May 30, Fiddlers Crossing will present popular satirist Roy Zimmerman in his third appearance in Tehachapi. Zimmerman played to sold-out crowds at Mama Hillybeans several years ago, and at a house concert last year. Zimmerman finds just about everything and everyone funny in one way or another. As a satirist in the vein of Tom Lehrer, but with a decidedly more political point of view, his "funny songs about ignorance, war and greed" skewer our major politicians and celebrities, as...
When reviewers first dubbed Chuck Pyle the "Zen Cowboy" he decided to be true to his motto: "Always ride the horse in the direction it's going." He took the nickname to heart, shaving his head and blending his upbeat perspective with old-fashioned horse sense. Pyle will perform at Fiddlers Crossing on First Friday, May 2, at 7 p.m. His music is an infectious blend of hummable melodies, straight-from-the-saddle poetry and quotes from bumper stickers, proverbs, world leaders and old cowboys....
This season Fiddlers Crossing has been introducing Tehachapi to some of the best contemporary singer-songwriters now touring. The next performer in this series of exceptional concerts is Eric Taylor, an icon of the Texas style of songwriters, coming to Fiddlers Crossing Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m. Taylor has been called "a sage musician, a lyrical genius and a master of the guitar." His songs have been recorded by Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith and many others. Griffith calls him, "The William...
The "big dream" for many singer-songwriters is to have their music used in film or TV scores. For Ernest Troost, it was the other way around. Troost became an Emmy Award-winning composer of movie and TV scores first, and only recently became an award-winning folk-blues songwriter, as well. "Songwriting was something I had put in the trunk and sat on for 20 years because it was an impractical thing to do," he said. "I hadn't done it since high school." Ernest Troost will perform at Fiddlers...
Mention John Gorka to anyone who has heard him and the response is immediate: "Where and when is he playing and how do I get a ticket?!" The short answer is: Fiddlers Crossing, March 16, at 4 p.m., in concert with fellow singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot. For tickets call Mountain Music, 661-823-9994. And do it soon! Among the acoustic singer-songwriters, Gorka is generally considered to be one of the brightest stars. His songs have been covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, Mary...
What if Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had hailed from California instead of Britain? Would the Rolling Stones songs have sounded more like The Beach Boys', sung in tight harmony and played on acoustic guitars? James Lee Stanley and John Batdorf will present their answer to that question when they perform their "All Wood and Stones" concert in the BeeKay Theatre Saturday, March 1, presented by Fiddlers Crossing. With songs that in the hands of these two virtuoso singers and acoustic guitarists...
