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At its core, as well as at first glance, Warrant is an American rock band through and through. Formed in 1984, the Hollywood, CA based band rose through the ranks of the local and regional club scene to the level of multiplatinum selling, chart-topping success. The band first came into the national spotlight with their debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. This album produced the massive hit “Heaven” which reached #1 in Rolling Stone and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Warrant’s sophomore album Cherry Pie was released in September 1990. This album, which spawned the hits “Cherry Pie,” “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and “I Saw Red,” reached the Top 10 in the United States and went on to sell 3 million copies. Over the course of their career, Warrant has sold over 10 million albums internationally.

Warrant’s music has undergone significant evolution throughout the band’s 20-year history. Their style is typical of many Sunset Strip glam metal bands, and remains the band’s signature sound. In September 2008, Robert Mason replaced Jani Lane as lead vocalist. Their current album Rockaholic (May ’11), released on Frontiers Records has been highly regarded and reviewed peaking at #22 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart.

Warrant has been headlining festivals, casinos and clubs all over the country in support of the new album not to mention their support slot on the summer 2011 tour with Motley Crue & Poison, and will continue to tour into 2012. The band can’t wait to play not only all the hits fans know by heart, but also new tunes like “Life’s A Song” and “Sex Ain’t Love.”

Warrant takes the stage July 2.

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Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye never intended to hit a nerve when they sat down on St. Patrick’s Day and wrote “Girl In A Country Song.” Merely expressing their own reaction to the reductive tilt of today’s BroCountry, the pair and co-writer Aaron Schwerz shamelessly skewered its Xeroxed stereotypes; “Girl” was as much a lark as it was ever “meaningful social commentary.”

Yet the response was so instant and intense, there was no denying it. NPR’s “All Things Considered” cited Maddie & Tae for “turning heads in different ways with their very first single,” Rolling Stone cited them as one of “10 New Artists You Need to Know” and David Letterman couldn’t get the plucky duo to New York fast enough. Even elevated cultural think-tank The Atlantic marveled, “Cheekily appropriating much of the sound of modern country, the two young women directly quote well-known bro-country lyrics and titles…”

No one was more surprised than the natives of Sugar Land, Texas and Ada, Oklahoma. Still in the studio tracking overdubs for “Girl,” they signed their record deal before Dan Huff had even finished four sides on the sunshine’n’moxie pair. “We wanted to go at it from a girl’s perspective, and we wanted to put ourselves in the shoes of this girl,” says Dye. “You know, how does she feel wearing those cut-off shorts, sitting on the tailgate?” “Boys, we love you, we want to look good, but it’s not all we’re good for,” Marlow cautions with a laugh. “We are girls with something to say. We were brought up to know how we should be treated.” Simple as that. But there’s so much more to Maddie & Tae than the song that is either a feminist declaration, an echo of Janet Jackson’s rebuke “I’ve got a name, and it ain’t ‘Baby’,” or this year’s feel-good finger-wag to dumb boys. NPR’s lead pop critic Ann Powers agrees, “Maddie and Tae are more. They’re songwriters, powerful harmonizers, and in the video for ‘Girl In A Country Song,’ natural comediennes.”

One listen to their self-titled EP shows that. The reeling mean-girl send-up “Sierra,” with its bending steel and trotting acoustic guitar, boasts harmonies that turn in on each other and the kind of truth that’s hilarious and straight-up. “There was this beauty-queen bully from high school who sent my friends and I home in tears plenty of times,” Marlow explains. “In order to get over it, I had to write a song. So I brought the idea of ‘Sierra,’ and started singing, ‘I wish I had something nice to say…’ “Tae and our co-writer Aaron Scherz lit up and ran with it.”

Anyone who’s suffered through and survived high school can relate. But the ability to rhyme “Sierra, Sierra, life ain’t all tiaras…” and taking the rejoinder “you’re gonna find out karma’s a…” to the brink is what sets these two late teenagers apart. Effervescent and savoring every moment, Maddie & Tae laugh when they lean into the cautionary “That high horse you’re riding… can buck you off clean,” then let their harmonies swoop free and high on the outro. Like a lot of young women, Maddie & Tae grew up on
the Dixie Chicks’ full-tilt acoustica. Both dreamers who knew what they wanted early, the pair met at 15
through their vocal coach and came to Nashville for “a summer camp publishing deal.” They met Big Machine’s SVP of A&R Allison Jones – and fate stepped in.

As Tae recalls, “She said, ‘If you really want to pursue this, you will need to move to Nashville.’ I knew that was what I wanted, but moving to Nashville also meant I had to figure out how to graduate from high school early, and Maddie had to turn down college.” In 2013, it was decided. The pair relocated –and never looked back. Publishing deal in hand, they were immersed in creativity, seeking a voice that was both authentic and truly their own. Like Taylor Swift, the duo knew by speaking their truth, their uniqueness would set them apart. As Marlow told Rolling Stone Country, “Our whole project revolves around keeping it real and being honest. We didn’t filter anything, because we felt like when it comes from an honest place, the truth will resonate so much better. The thing about Taylor, everything is real and relevant to what she’s going through, and that’s why people connect with her.” Listening to the double harmonies over an acoustic guitar hope-strung-over-doubt mid-tempo “Fly,” Maddie & Tae’s conviction is evident. Will what’s been built be betrayed? How do you keep the faith when you’re so unsure? Where is the courage to maintain your place when you’re afraid of the outcome?

Not since “Wide Open Spaces” has an act embraced the will to grow so unabashedly. In perfect synchronization, Maddie & Tae sing, “Keep on climbing, though the ground might shake, keep on reaching through the limb might break/we’ve come this far, don’t be scared now ‘Cause you can’t learn to fly on the way down…” It’s the sort of song that empowers people wherever they are in life, whatever challenge they may be encountering. Yes, it is about coming of age, but it’s also facing the things that scare you – and having the faith to transcend.

“’Fly’ hits home every time we listen to it,” Dye offers. “We really wanted to write a song that was, ‘You may not have anything figured out, but it doesn’t matter.’” Indeed.

Townes Van Zant wrote, “To live is to fly…” For Maddie & Tae, their wings are in the music. What they feel, how they live, what they dream – this is where they rise. One need only listen to the tumble down hoedown “Your Side of Town,” that’s all high jinx and higher spirits as they pair warn off a no-good man for the last time, to understand. Even in the hardcore throw-down, all bucking backbeat and bee-sting guitar, there is a romp and a plucky audacity that shows these young ladies have no interest in letting anything break their spirits.

Just as importantly, they fear no fiddles, no banjos, no steel guitars, even as they have bulked up drums that crash and guitars that slash and sting like the big boys.

While Rolling Stone observed, “Cheekily appropriating much of the sound of modern country,” there is so much more to Maddie & Tae than that. Independent thinkers, strong livers, hardcore dreamers, the pair are reaching for the sky – and winking at us all while they do it. Sometimes, it’s the freshest faces and brightest sounds that pull us in.

For Maddie & Tae, who embrace real country, it’s that merge of what’s right now and what they love that sets them apart/captures our imaginations in the best possible
way.

Maddie & Tae take the stage June 30.

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He’s a new voice for every man. Actually, make him an honest new voice for every man. That would be country-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist Logan Mize. Just listen to his current single “Can’t Get Away from a Good Time,” which was just released to country radio by his label Arista Nashville.

The anticipation is building, particularly since Mize spent a good part of 2013 behind the camera in a couple of high profile turns on the small screen. The Kansas native serendipitously found himself guest starring in two nationally- watched TV appearances that undoubtedly introduced him to new audiences.

He ended up in a widely viewed “Fabric Of Our Life” cotton commercial with Hayden Panettiere of ABC TV’s lauded Nashville. Mize and his band are shown performing on stage at Music City’s legendary Station Inn. But there’s more: Mize played himself and sang, also with his band, in an episode of The CW’s hit drama Hart of Dixie starring Rachel Bilson.

Mize, 28, saw both tube assignments as great ways to trumpet his debut national CD release, 2012’s Nobody In Nashville, an auspicious 10 song collection that highlights Mize’s rugged voice, his earthy songs and his ability to merge mainstream country with front porch rock ‘n’ roll. ‘I was just happy to get the gigs,” Mize said about the TV exposure. “I was real excited about them. It helped promote Nobody In Nashville. The commercial with Hayden was more just fun, singing some songs for a commercial. We were just playing the songs while she was shooting the commercial.” About Hart of Dixie, he has this to say: “I just played myself in the series. I had no lines but I was in a battle of the bands club scene and I won the battle of the bands.”

Making Nobody In Nashville, which is the follow-up to Mize’s very independent, regional 2009 self-titled first effort, was a musically organic experience. The disc was released on Big Yellow Dog Music, the imprint of his publishing company. It is an earthy project that puts the emphasis on Mize’s voice, guitar playing and songs. Unpolished gems include “State Of Your Heart,” “Hey Carolina,” “Sunflowers,” “Good Life” and the autobiographical “Rock N Roll Band.” “It wasn’t auto-tuned or anything,” Mize said about Nobody In Nashville. “The vocals are really raw. There are parts where I cringe a little bit. It’s a really dry sounding record, but I like it because it’s really simple. We didn’t hire the biggest names in Nashville. We kept it very grassroots.” “Sunflowers,” which is an ode to his home state, will be used as an official state tourism song promoting Kansas. Logan, has also been named an official Kansas Brand Ambassador by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and will promote Kansas as a premier visitor destination.

There are no artifices. Mize’s real guy-next-door demeanor is exactly the reason why Nobody In Nashville garnered immediate attention from Roughstock, The Boot, Billboard.com, Keepin’ It Country, and Music & Musicians magazine. He also has a fan in country and pop superstar LeAnn Rimes, who not only tweeted about Mize’s previous single, “Used Up,” but also invited him to open her 2013 Fall Tour in Europe.

Award-winning country vocal group Little Big Town also blew up Twitter with praise for Mize’s “Used Up.” No stranger to touring, Mize delivers a blistering live show with his commanding onstage presence. He has opened shows for headlining household names Lady Antebellum, The Band Perry, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town, Blake Shelton, Billy Currington, LeAnn Rimes and Hank Williams, Jr.

That’s pretty lofty company for the kid born in Wichita, Kansas who grew up in nearby Clearwater immersed in the music of Tom Petty, Elton John, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, The Wallflowers, Nirvana, the Foo Fighters and Stone Temple Pilots. “If it sounded good to me, I would listen to it,” Mize said about his eclectic musical tastes. “I am a song guy. There is no bias. I like it all.” His arms-open-wide philosophy extends into family, naturally. Mize, who is married to country singer-songwriter Jill Martin and has a 2-year-old son Lincoln, slowly soaked himself in the history of his great uncle Billy Mize.

The elder Mize, now 84, is considered a pioneer in the Bakersfield country sound that emerged in California and was popularized by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. Mize didn’t learn of his revered kin until he was in his early 20s. “When I found out about him I really researched the Bakersfield sound. Buck Owens was in Billy’s band. He also got Merle Haggard recognized. He was a behind-the-scenes guy.” Logan Mize, however, is not only behind a microphone; he’s also in front of the cameras. In characteristically every man fashion he’s getting priceless VIP attention.

Mize takes the stage July 1.

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Multi-platinum-selling country group Blackhawk have signed with Loud & Proud Records and are working on their first studio release in 12 years. The band (guitarist/vocalist Henry Paul and keyboardist/vocalist Dave Robbins) are currently in Nashville with co-producer Dale Oliver (Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman), putting the finishing touches on their new album Brothers Of The Southland, currently scheduled for a late spring release.

“Brothers of the Southland is the product of BlackHawk’s evolution,” says Loud & Proud Owner & President Tom Lipsky. “It represents the band through the years and their many hits, the adversity they faced and Henry and Dave’s decision to continue their musical journey together. BlackHawk’s sound remains a beautiful blend of melody and harmony with genuine and purposeful lyrics and Loud & Proud is excited to be their label partner. We know their legions of fans are going to love experiencing this new music.”

“We’re thrilled to be working with Tom Lipsky and Loud & Proud,” says Henry Paul. “His belief, commitment and appreciation for our music has us excited for the future. We’re looking forward to the next chapter of our story.”

Along with third founding member Van Stephenson, Henry Paul and Dave Robbins exploded onto the country music landscape in 1993 with their self-titled album and top 10 hit single “Goodbye Says It All.” Three more hit singles followed (“Every Once In A While,” “I Sure Can Smell The Rain” and “That’s Just About Right”), propelling the album to platinum status. They maintained that pace in the years that followed, scoring a dozen top ten hits, including two number ones, while selling more than seven million records.

Tragedy struck in 1999 when Van was diagnosed with melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. After a long and courageous fight, Van lost his battle in 2001. Henry and Dave honored his dying wish that BlackHawk continue to make great music and fight for a cure. They established the Van Stephenson Memorial Cancer Research Fund in his memory, donating the proceeds of their efforts to the Vanderbilt Cancer Research Center.

Over the course of their amazing career, BlackHawk’s songs have touched people young and old. Their unique musical character has been a catalyst in bringing non-country music fans to the genre. Twenty-one years after their arrival, BlackHawk’s legend grows.

Blackhawk takes the stage July 1.

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In her hometown of Hays, Hannah Norris got started on guitar at the age of 12. Two years and four more instruments later, she was writing and recording Americana-styled folk songs.

Her influences and styles have since shifted, but the electric sound remains the same. She cites her muses as T. Rex, Patti Smith, Laura Marling, Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin.

Hannah has performed live countless times, including appearances at several college radio stations, the 2015 Wild West Festival and Hays High School.

Despite her heavy involvement in music, Hannah is active in debate, journalism, and drinking good coffee. For more information, check out hannahnorris.bandcamp.com.

Norris takes the stage July 2.

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Lucas Maddy is a Midwest favorite whose music can be found on ITunes, Amazon and nearly a dozen radio stations in Kansas. Recently named “One to Watch” by the Nashville Songwriter’s Association, his releases “4440” and “Bro Country” have taken Lucas & the band to a new level in venues, fans and radio play.

Lucas began his career as a poet in a tractor, working the fields on a farm near Norton, KS. His first efforts were written in marker on the inside of the tractor windows as he spent hour after hour making dust in God’s country.

Picking up his first guitar at age 21, he nonetheless turned a late start into fast success, his first band show as an opener for legendary Oklahoma songwriter Mike McClure. Lucas was part of the red-dirt revival in Manhattan’s Aggieville, helping to re-start the open mic night at Longhorns’ a venue that would eventually spawn Kansas bands, Reckless Rebellion, Jared Daniels Band and Lucas Maddy Band.

Lucas credits longtime Kansas favorite Aaron Traffas for bringing him into the music scene and teaching him the ropes. Look for great things to come from this Kansan, a prolific songwriter whose following continues to grow throughout the Midwest.

Lucas Maddy & The Kansas Cartel take the stage July 1.

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The Hays Public Library will host a free concert Friday at 6:30 PM featuring the musical stylings of Sean Gaskell, who plays the Kora.

The Kora is a 21-string harp that is native to west Africa. Gaskell is a North Carolina-based musician who learned to play the Kora when visiting Gambia in west Africa.

Gaskell has been featured in a number of music festivals in Gambia, Senegal and the U.S. To learn more, visit his website, www.seangaskell.com.

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Nashville recording artist Rusty Rierson is a native of south-central Kansas (Leon). Rusty got into music when he was 14 years old. He started singing in church and soon it became a passion. He learned guitar when his father, Roger, suggested that they take lessons together.

In 2005, Rierson won the statewide “YF&R talent find contest” hosted by Farm Bureau and performed at the Kansas State fair where he is annually invited back. In 2007, Rusty won the “Colgate Country Showdown” at the state level and placed in the top 15 nationally. He competed again at state in 2008, 2010 and 2011, before signing with his first record label.

Rusty has played all over the US (including Alaska). He has toured abroad in Canada, Mexico, Central America, Scotland and in London. Rusty has opened for and shared the stage and worked with artists such as Sawyer Brown, John Berry, Michael Martin Murphy, Dustin Lynch, T. G. Sheppard, Billy Dean, Love & Theft, Collin Raye, Suzy Bogguss, Logan Mize, Craig Campbell, Joe Diffie, Don Williams & many more.

In 2012, Rusty released his single “Souvenirs”, a project recorded in Nashville with producer Richie Owens. Owens has produced albums for acts like Dolly Parton and Vince Gill. It went Number 1 for 4 straight weeks on Europe’s Country Music Chart, and held off country superstar Toby Keith to the 2nd position the whole time. In 2015, Rusty charted another single, “Hey Hey Hello”. In addition, he has released multiple Christmas singles to radio over the past few years.

In early 2016, Rusty started a new project with the development of his own record label, The Record Ranch. He is coming out in April with his first single, “Something About You.” This is a song Don Williams gave him when he visited Williams along with his sister about a year and a half ago. In addition, Charlie Daniels has committed to being on the song titled “What Happened to My Country,” which is a political project and something Rierson hopes will be noticed by the presidential campaigns.

Rusty Rierson & Forever Young take the stage June 30.

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ADAM CAPPS BAND

Adam Capps grew up listening to all genres of music and learned at an early age that good music is good music, no matter the genre. In his early teens he picked up an old, red, Danelectro guitar and began to pick away at it. It wasn’t long after that, he had written his first few songs.

During his attendance at Wichita State University, where he was an accomplished track athlete, he earned a degree in Spanish and Education. He used that degree to begin his first job as a high school Spanish teacher. During the last couple years of college he started performing at smaller venues and parties and gained a following in his hometown of Wichita. It wasn’t until the age of 24 that Adam had the aspirations to pursue a music career.

In early 2014 The Adam Capps Band came together and put out their first single “Play It Proud” became a sort of anthem for the band to live by and they strive to take pride in every aspect of their music and performance. “Play It Proud” is a gritty sounding rock/country anthem that has the subtle sounds of an acoustic guitar and then explodes into a southern rock number with a formidable 33 second guitar solo.

The band’s second single release, “I Call It Home” was honored by being placed on the 2015 top 200 list of music on the Iceman’s radio network, the largest radio platform for independent artists. Not much time after coming together the band was featured in the Kansas Proud Concert, opened for acts such as Dustin Lynch, Easton Corbin, Logan Mize, Cam and performance at Kicker Country Stampeded in the Summer of 2015, and Adam was invited to perform at a side stage at the CMA Festival in the summer of 2015.

The band consists of Adam Capps joined by a group of rockers who grew up in the 60’s and 70’s , during the golden age of rock music. Bill Hemmert plays a smooth lead guitar, Danny Burt pounding on the drums and Chuck Simon thumpin the bass. Their blend of classic rock, country, and southern rock has become a heck of a sound that isn’t like anything else on the radio today.

The band takes the Wild West Festival stage on June 30!

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RUSSELL — For three weekends each July, the Ad Astra Music Festival colors central Kansas with classical music by integrating emerging young artists, community members, and professional musicians. Audiences have come to expect fresh, new music alongside ebullient performances of history’s richest musical works of art under the artistic direction of Kansas native Alex Underwood and John Irving.

The 2016 festival runs July 15 to 31 with the exciting additions of a Young Artist String Quartet, a high school honor choir, a co-artistic director, and a fresh season of music: Handel Jephtha, Bach Cantata 94, Byrd Mass for 3 voices, Duruflé Requiem, Carissimi Jonas, and more.

Click HERE for a list of shows and locations this summer.

Founder and Artistic Director Alex Underwood is thrilled with this summer’s program.

“The festival has grown yet again and the caliber of musicians coming in to work and perform in Russell continues to surprise and inspire me. Our musicians have been trained at the country’s best institutions; Juilliard, Yale, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, Westminster Choir College, University of North Texas, University of Michigan, and the University of Illinois, with some of the country’s finest companies including; the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, Trinity Church Wall Street, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. These musicians will collaborate with one another and with local musicians from Russell and the surrounding areas for three weekends of performances. They also interface with our undergraduate Young Artists, who are in residence for the month of July, and are at the core of the festival. There truly is nothing else like this in Western Kansas.”

Underwood is a choral conductor and music educator originally from Russell. He conducts the University Women’s Chorus at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) where he is in his second year as a doctoral candidate in Choral Music studying with Andrew Megill. Alex completed a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting degree at Westminster Choir College in 2014, where he studied with Joe Miller and James Jordan, and an undergraduate degree from Sterling College (KS) in music education and voice performance.

Artistic Director John Irving is conducting associate of the A Cappella Choir and teaches undergraduate conducting as a doctoral student in choral conducting at the University of North Texas. He also serves as interim conductor of the Denton Bach Society. John recently completed a master’s degree in choral conducting from Westminster Choir College where he served as graduate assistant conductor of the Westminster Symphonic Choir. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Texas at Austin.

Tickets go on sale May 15. For more information, go to adastramusicfestival.org.