Steve Martin, Edie Brickell Tune Up
PALM DESERT – Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, along with the Steep Canyon Rangers, will perform songs from their new album, “Love Has Come for You,” on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the McCallum Theatre. The evening presentation will showcase new material performed by Martin and Brickell, along with the unique hybrid of bluegrass and comedy with which Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers have been delighting audiences at their sold-out, critically acclaimed shows. Martin is currently in the fifth decade of a uniquely accomplished career in which he’s excelled as a comedian, actor, author / playwright, and Grammy-winning bluegrass banjoist and composer. He has also hosted the Academy Awards and been accorded a Kennedy Center Honor. Martin’s fellow Texas native Edie Brickell, burst onto the national scene in the late 1980s
fronting the New Bohemians, and she has since carved out an iconoclastic solo career that’s solidified her reputation as a compelling singer and a songwriter of rare insight. Although the new musical partners have built widely-loved individual bodies of work, their inaugural album as a duo is a substantial departure and a creative milestone for both. “Love Has Come for You” offers 13 eloquently rootsy Martin / Brickell compositions that combine the former’s inventive, expressive five-string banjo playing with the latter’s heart-tugging vocals and vivid lyrics. The album is the product of a songwriting partnership. Martin invited Brickell to write lyrics for a banjo tune he’d recently created. Despite living on opposite coasts, their working relationship quickly blossomed, with the two writing separately and exchanging digital files via email. The results of the pair’s unconventional cowriting method are inspired —
combining the gentle yet feisty humanity of Brickell’s vocals with the effortless economy of Martin’s banjo work. In 2011, the Steep Canyon Rangers released its first collaborative record with Steve Martin, “Rare Bird Alert,” which debuted at number one on Billboard’s Bluegrass Chart. In 2010, the latest solo record from Steep Canyon Rangers, “Deep in the Shade,” remained in the Bluegrass Top 10 on Billboard for 18 weeks. While headlining festivals like MerleFest and Bonnaroo alongside Steve Martin, the Rangers continue perform alone as a quintet on stages such as Telluride Bluegrass Festival and “A Prairie Home Companion,” with Garrison Keillor. With smooth vocals, smart songwriting, ferocious instrumentals and jawdropping harmony, the Rangers are bringing Bluegrass to music lovers across the U.S. and around the world. The Palm Desert
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, along with the Steep Canyon Rangers, will perform songs from their new album, “Love Has Come for You,” on Oct. 9 at the McCallum Theatre. performance begins at 8 p.m. at $65, and they are available by the McCallum Theatre, located calling 760-340-ARTS or visiting at 73000 Fred Waring Dr. mccallumtheatre.com. Tickets are $125, $95, $75 and
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Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, along with the Steep Canyon Rangers, will perform songs from their new album, “Love Has Come for You,” on Oct. 9 at the McCallum Theatre.
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