FALL RIVER – The Narrows Center for the Arts continues to bring quality music and arts to the SouthCoast, hosting a one-of-a-kind gallery show and a variety of concerts in May, from nationally acclaimed acts to local favorites, there’s something for everyone.
The concert program this month is as follows:
Sunday May 1st – The Zombies
Legendary British psychedelic-pop legends The Zombies are back to celebrate their long-awaited induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with a new album in the works and their 2022 Life Is A Merry-Go-Round Tour .
Friday, May 6th – Jonathan Edwards
Warm as the summer sun, real as the truth, intimate as a long overdue visit between old friends… such is a concert by Jonathan Edwards. Four decades after a distinguished career of uncompromising musical integrity, the man simply delivers night after night – songs of passion, songs of insight, songs of humor, all rendered in that pure and powerful tenor voice that, like fine wine, has only become sweeter with the Age.
Thursday, May 7th – The Jon Butcher Axis
Grammy-nominated guitarist Jon Butcher is among a select handful of influential recording artists to emerge from the legendary Boston music scene. MTV videos, hits and riotous live performances lay the foundation of a rich music career that continues to this day.
Wednesday, May 11 – Matt Andersen
Matt Andersen has traveled countless miles behind tiny white lines on the freeway, crossed vast oceans and forever changed audiences around the world through his powerful, soulless songwriting. For his latest full-length, the laid-back house to house, Andersen brings it all home with the sweet chemistry that just a voice and guitar can conjure up.
Friday 13th May and Saturday 14th May – Open Studios
Come to the Narrows Center on May 13th from 4pm to 8pm and May 14th from 10am to 2pm for this free Open Studios event! The Fall River Arts and Culture Coalition invites visitors to artist and maker spaces on self-guided tours of the city that celebrate art, culture and creativity. Fall River Open Studios offers everyone a chance to peek inside some of the city’s most creative spaces. An open studio door is an invitation! Various artists/makers are open for you to visit, chat and enjoy local art.
Saturday May 14th – A Tale of Two
Following their Bluebird Cafe debut, Nashville-based A Tale Of Two are an undeniably rising powerhouse duo in today’s roots music scene.
Wednesday May 18 – Danielle Nicole
Danielle Nicole Schnebelen, founding member, lead singer and bassist of the internationally acclaimed blues/rock band Trampled Under Foot, went into business for herself in 2015 with her debut album Wolf Den. In 2018, Nicole returned with a follow-up release through Concord Records entitled Cry No More, which received a Grammy nomination for Contemporary Blues Album and 2 Blues Music Awards for Bassist and Contemporary Artist in 2019.
Thursday May 19th – Low Cut Connie
Since Low Cut Connie’s debut album Get Out the Lotion (NPR’s Fresh Air Top 10 Albums of 2011), they have firmly established their reputation as one of the most exciting live shows in the US with Greg Kot (Sound Opinions / Chicago Tribune). They are “the essence of what rock ‘n’ roll should be,” and The New York Times declared that “the group’s live show is an odd phenomenon.”
Friday, May 20 – Quinn Sullivan
Quinn Sullivan is a rare artist who always sounds older than he is. He has been touring the world since he was 11, playing legendary venues such as Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl and RFK Stadium in Washington DC, as well as the Mahindra Blues in India Festival, Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival and three Montreux Jazz Festivals. This Massachusetts native has taken the rich skills of his youth and is now thriving them as a young adult, taking him in new artistic and creative directions.
Saturday May 21 – John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
After a decade-long run in the Northeast music scene during which they were recognized as one of the best and most popular unsigned acts in the country, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band finally broke through nationally with leader John Cafferty’s score, “Eddie and the Cruiser”. After forty years, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band is an enduring and sought-after attraction and is undoubtedly one of the biggest and most successful acts in Rhode Island music history.
EXHIBITIONS IN THE ART GALLERY
The Heart of the Story: Illustrated Adventures of Creatures Real and Imagined runs through May 14
Three local artists, Linda Bourke, Nancy Cote and Thea Ernest, explore the ways illustrations illuminate a story, lending it heart, humor and humanity.
Geometric Incidents begins May 21st and runs through July 9th
This three-person exhibition of paintings, works on paper and sculpture focuses and illustrates the artists’ interest in geometric compositional strategies. The work illustrates the influences that are fundamental in nature, science and architecture. Artists featured: Michael Cochran, Lloyd Martin, Jason Travers
The Narrows Center for the Arts, located at 16 Anawan St. in Fall River, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The Narrows showcases visual artworks in all mediums in two art galleries and is home to a 430-seat concert space showcasing international, national and local artists across musical genres. With arts education programs, local school tours, artists’ studios and free festivals for the community, the Narrows proudly present an ever-growing approach and community in the arts. Visit: www.narrowscenter.org