This Saturday evening, the Live Acoustic Venue Association - aka LAVA Music - will present Big Wide Grin in the Abounding Grace Sanctuary, 2450 S. Kolb Road.
Everything about this award-winning trio is big, from its stage presence to its sound to its message. They all write, sing and play a variety of instruments - guitars, bass, banjo, mandolin, strum stick and djembe - that they pass around during their concerts.
Elaine Dempsey, Lawrence Lambert and Karl Werne are Big Wide Grin. They write and perform contemporary acoustic music with a feel that is both familiar and nostalgic, recalling the peaceful and loving vibes, the great harmonies, and the social consciousness of groups such as Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Mamas and the Papas, Peter, Paul and Mary, Poco, Pure Prairie League and Simon and Garfunkel.
Big Wide Grin is recording tracks for its fourth CD, expected this year. The group's previous releases are receiving increased worldwide airplay.
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The concert is from 7 to 9 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $15 at www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/98302
Tickets will be $20 cash at the door.
Go to www.lavamusic.org for more information.
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