Madison Cunningham: The Ace Tour
Depending on the game, an ace can be the highest or lowest card, zero or infinity. A breakup feels similar—one path crumbles, while all others remain infinitely possible. How do you write about heartbreak when you’re going through it? Ace, GRAMMY Award-winner Madison Cunningham’s third record for Verve Forecast, tracks every part of it: falling out of love, having your heart broken, and then falling in love again. Co-produced by Cunningham and Robbie Lackritz (Feist, Rilo Kiley, Bahamas, Peach Pit), the fourteen-track album is honest and full of heart, even as it breaks. Ace builds off of the success of Revealer (2022), a darkly funny portrait of an artist that won Cunningham her GRAMMY for “Best Folk Album,” but it is a different record. A slow burn until it wasn’t. It follows a period of writer’s block. On Revealer and her debut album Who Are You Now (2019), Cunningham says that she was writing songs about heartbreak, but they weren’t about her heartbreak. They were sketches, observations. She wanted Ace to be emotions first. Heartbreaking and lush and bold. Her first single from Ace, “My Full Name,” was released to praise by Paste Magazine, who called the lyrics, “simultaneously sprawling and intimate,” recalling “an ancient work of poetry.” On Ace, for which Cunningham serves as co-producer, she wanted piano to move into the foreground. “I wanted it to feel like a mountain peak,” she says. “I wanted Ace to feel like a mountain we built together.” It’s a record that feels alive and lush in all the ways Cunningham hoped when she started writing. It is a record of mastery and honesty. Cunningham loves every single song on it. You can tell.
Another Longworth-Anderson Series evening of great music, food, and drink! Complimentary pre-concert reception features live music from Stone & Snow, light bites from Ollie’s Trolley and N.Y.P.D. Pizza, and craft beer tastings from HighGrain Brewing Co.
“Taste and Tour” with Colonel Todd Mayer
Cincinnati Memorial Hall Society (CMHS) is pleased to present our new “Taste and Tour” series at historic Memorial Hall, with generous support from the Friends of Memorial Hall. Join us on a one-hour tour hosted by Colonel Todd Mayer, CMHS Trustee. Learn about Memorial Hall’s storied past and stunning 1908 Beaux Arts architecture. Enjoy complimentary, artfully crafted charcuterie from Taste of Boujie and a Veterans Affairs art exhibition on view in the lower-level ballrooms.
CHARCUTERIE & SELF-PAY BAR (21+): 5:30-6pm
TOUR: 6-7pm starting at the Memorial Hall front steps and moving inside
FREE | 18+ | MAXIMUM CAPACITY 25
REGISTER AT MEMORIALHALLOTR.COM
Peter Rowan with Sam Grisman Project
The music that my father David Grisman and his close friend, Jerry Garcia, made in the early 90s (in the house that I grew up in) is not only some of the most timeless acoustic music ever recorded, it also triggers my oldest and fondest musical memories. What I find most inspiring about this material is the way their camaraderie and their love and joy for the music, simply oozes out of each recording. It is also impressive how deeply they get beneath their favorite songs—whether they are originals, covers or traditional/old time tunes—and how expertly that material was curated.
My goal in starting Sam Grisman Project is to build a platform for my friends and me to showcase our genuine passion and appreciation for the legacy of Dawg and Jerry’s music. By playing some of their beloved repertoire and sharing the original music that our own collective has to offer, we will also show the impact that this music has had on our own individual musical voices. Ultimately, there is nothing that makes me happier than playing great songs with my best friends and my hope is to share that happiness with audiences all over!
Another Longworth-Anderson Series evening of great music, food, and drink! Complimentary pre-concert reception features live local music, light bites from Ollie’s Trolley and N.Y.P.D. Pizza, and craft beer tastings from HighGrain Brewing Co.