Ray Bonneville Concert at WAC
Saturday | September 16 | 7 pm
Winona Arts Center | 228 E 5th St.
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Austin, TX, Singer-Songwriter and Bluesman Ray Bonneville In Concert at Winona Arts Center
Juno award winning Americana/blues artist Ray Bonneville is on tour and playing a show at the Winona Arts Center on Saturday, September 16th. Canadian born, and now living in Austin, TX, Ray has shared the bill with blues heavyweights Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Dr. John, JJ Cale, and Robert Cray. He is touring in support of new singles, “On the Blind Side,” and “The Way It Was Before,” ahead of an album release in October.
Bonneville has been called “a poet of the demimonde” with a style that sometimes draws comparisons to JJ Cale and Daniel Lanois. His music is blues-influenced, New Orleans-inspired, and has earned him the apt description of “song and groove man.” His original songs are gritty narratives inspired by a lifetime of hard-won knowledge set against his steely, soulful guitar and harmonica playing, accented by stirring foot percussion.
In addition to his own work, Bonneville has performed on albums by Mary Gauthier, Gurf Morlix, Eliza Gilkyson, Ray Wylie Hubbard and other well-known Americana/Roots artists. He shares songwriting credits with Tim O’Brien, Phil Roy and Morlix, among others. He is a winner of Canada’s coveted Juno award, and in 2012 won the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge Award.
The concert takes place on Saturday, September 16th at 7 pm at the Winona Arts Center, 228 E 5th St. in Winona. Coffeehouse and gallery are open 1 hour prior to concerts. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased at Hardt’s Music, 115 East 3rd St. in Winona, or online via Eventbrite. More about the artist at www.raybonneville.com.
The Winona Arts Center is a member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.