Cara Cantarella Band With Lara Ruggles Opening

A special event at Ziggies, presenting two female fronted acts. Live music from 8pm until 1:30 am for only $5 total for both shows! Lara Ruggles Cara Cantarella Band Note The early start time of the music this evening, starting at 8pm. Lara Ruggles, vocals, piano, & guitar is a solo act who has been compared to a cross between Tori Amos and Natalie Merchant. She will perform from 8:00 ~ 9:15. http://www.myspace.com/lararuggles ...from her website, "I wrote my first song when I was 8. It had 3 notes.… Show more It was called "The Real Lara's Theme". Because I didn't like the one from Dr. Zhivago at the time. I grew up fiddling around on the piano and at one point decided I would be a piano, guitar, and flute player. I never learned flute. You can't sing and play flute at the same time, and it turns out I really love to sing. And loud. My biggest dream is to spend most of each day sitting at the piano and writing songs, to embrace the struggle of finding the perfect words and remembering just the way I was hoping the melody would bend before I got up and ate lunch. To stay with it, to keep practicing every single day and make that the most important thing. I'd like to spend my life doing that." Influences: Tori Amos, Natalie Merchant, Bright Eyes, Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, Ben Folds, Cat Stevens, Gillian Welch, Bob Dylan, The Judds, Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly...and lots more Sounds Like: "It was recently announced that Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair Tour, which rounded up some of the biggest female musicians of the day a decade ago, is being revived in 2010. While she's not yet big enough to warrant an invitation, Colorado singer-songwriter Lara Ruggles would fit the bill well. Her slightly ethereal songs, backed by her piano- and guitar-playing, fit nicely into the template forged by McLachlan (and Tori Amos, Jewel and the young Joni Mitchell)-and she sings the hell out of them." ~ the Tucson Weekly. Followed by The Cara Cantarella Band ~ 9:30 to 1:30 http://www.caracantarella.com/ http://www.myspace.com/caracantarella Cara Cantarella Band-Live at Ziggies! Spend a rockin' evening with some good friends and great tunes. The songs run the gamut from Cara's originals to favorites from the 70's, 80's, 90's, and today. Come share in the Cara Cantarella Band Experience and see why folks are raving: - "I came home so high on Saturday night that I couldn't sleep for hours-an overload of adrenaline and good vibes." - "I'm still uplifted from the CCB's luminous performance Saturday night. The songs, the message, are embedded in my mind-what could be better?" Cara's originals are mainly pop/rock, but the band has serious blues roots. Drummer Jana Johns fronts the driving blues band Sugarhouse, and bass player Clarence Johnsen plays with the Mama Raven Band. Together with backing vocalist Cindy Cable, they make a powerful foursome with soaring harmonies and funky grooves! ...from their webite... "Cara Cantarella -- lead vocals, rythym guitars; Clarence Johnsen -- bass, lead guitars, harmony vocals; Cinthia Cable -- harmony vocals; Jana Johns -- drums, keys, percussion, harmony vocals. Influences: Cara's songwriting influences: James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Steve Winwood, Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin, The Story (Jonatha Brooke and Jennifer Kimball), Jonatha Brooke, Patti Griffin. Major divas: Chaka Khan, the Pointer Sisters, Celine Dion, Beyonce Knowles, Destiny's Child, Eva Cassidy, Jevetta Steele, and India Arie. Influences for the band sound: the Beatles, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Dire Straights, Fleetwood Mac, the Dixie Chicks. Sounds Like: Sarah MacLachlan, The Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin, Jonatha Brooke, Mindy Smith, Ani DiFranco, Alanis Morissette, KT Tunstall, Patti Griffin" Advance reservations available by calling Ziggies any day after 6:00 pm or calling Carla directly at 303-808-1903. Have a credit card ready to reserve your table for this special event.

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