Songwriters series tonight at Kelly’s

April 18, 2019 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

The Songwriters Showcase series will return to Kelly’s Bar, 1597 Mahoning Ave., at 7 p.m. tonight.

In the monthly series, five area singer-songwriters each perform original music for a half hour. To sign up for a future night, email songwriters5x5@gmail.com.

Here is tonight’s schedule:

7 p.m.: The Project

7:30 p.m.: Terry and Diane McCabe

8 p.m.: Jim Scott

8:30 p.m.: Jonathan Blackshire

9 p.m.: Corey Azok

Earlybird jam festival at Nelson Ledges park

GARRETSVILLE

Nelson Ledges Quarry Park will begin its concert season April 26-28 with Earlybird Festival.

In addition to weekend headliners the Quasi Kings (Friday) and the Rumpke Mountain Boys (Saturday), the festival will feature Quarry favorites the Cat’s Meow, the Flying Jays, the JiMiller Band, Roots of Creation, Michelle Finacham, Cheryl Anne Crowe and more.

Admission is $70 ($55 presale) for Friday through Sunday, or $50 ($35 presale) for Saturday through Sunday. There is no extra charge for camping. Presale tickets are available at nlqp.com.

The park is 12001 Nelson Ledge Road.

David Krakauer band in Ford hall concert

YOUNGSTOWN

David Krakauer and Ancestral Groove will perform at 8 p.m. April 27 at Ford Family Recital Hall, 260 W. Federal St., as part of Youngstown State University’s Pipino Performing Arts Series.

Tickets are $34 ($28 for senior citizens and YSU faculty and staff, and $5 for any student) and are available by calling 330-744-0264 or at deyorpac.org.

For more than two decades, the world renowned clarinetist has been reinventing and remixing the Jewish music of his ancestry with the sensibility of a contemporary musician strongly informed by funk, jazz and hip-hop.

Widely considered one of the greatest clarinetists on the planet, Krakauer has been praised internationally as a key innovator in modern klezmer as well as a major voice in classical music. In 2015 he received a Grammy nomination in the Chamber Music/Small Ensemble category as soloist with the conductorless orchestra A Far Cry, and a Juno nomination for the CD Akoka with cellist Matt Haimovitz.

Over the past decade, Krakauer has emerged as a symphonic soloist.