Grammy Award Winner Marc Cohn, February 14th!
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Soulful piano work and intriguing songwriting (Walking In Memphis) won Marc Cohn the 1991 Grammy for Best New Artist! This acclaimed singer-songwriter, pianist, acoustic and electric guitarist, will appear in The Midland’s Lively Arts Series, Sponsored by Park National Bank, Sunday, February 14th at 8:00pm. Marc Cohn is often named among the most personal, most introspective lyricists of his generation. He used his husky voice and distinctive songs to great effect when his debut album won the Grammy. After a brush with death, Marc Cohn has reconnected with his songwriting muse and delivers his most accomplished music to date! Cohn’s most recent release, Join the Parade, provides tracks that are earthy and raw, creating an artistic, insightful and soulful statement.

To purchase tickets call 740/345-LIVE (5483) or stop by The Midland box office at 36 North Park Place in downtown Newark, Monday – Friday, 9am to 4pm and one hour before the performance. Tickets are also available online at www.midlandtheatre.org. Tickets are $20, $30, $40, and $50. Please note: add $2 to each ticket for handling and historic preservation fees.

Marc Cohn always leads his audience on a musical journey filled with layered textures and soulful singing. Despite his time away from the recording studio, the acclaimed singer/songwriter, has continued to perform live and his audiences have remained steadfast. He endured the pain of divorce, but in 2002 he married news anchor Elizabeth Vargas. He struggled with writer’s block and sought to break through it with a month-long tour in the summer of 2005. The gigs went great until the night of August 7, 2005. That’s when Marc Cohn was shot in the head during a random attempted carjacking after a concert in Denver.

Even though the bullet was lodged near his left temple, Marc never lost consciousness and walked out of the hospital the next day. Three weeks later, while recovering at home in New York from post-traumatic stress disorder, Cohn watched the city of New Orleans destroyed by flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

“I got home a couple of days after being shot,” said Cohn. “And then Hurricane Katrina hit a few weeks later. I’m in the middle of my own crisis, and now I’m watching all these haunting images on television of thousands of people suffering through a far more horrific event. And then something I never could have predicted happened. It was like my song writing receiver got flipped into the on position. Everywhere I turned, in conversations I overheard, even in get well emails I was receiving, song ideas started coming. For several weeks, I’d be working on 2-3 songs simultaneously. And these songs weren’t polite about their sudden presence either; they insisted on being written.”

Out of all this, and all that came before, comes the release of Join the Parade, a recording that is being called Marc’s most accomplished and compelling album to date. Cohn has translated some of his most complex and private emotions into lyrical song-poetry and then set those words to music of remarkable depth, toughness, and complexity. In doing so, Marc has created a work that is certain to touch a universal chord of memory and feeling. The deep grooves, layered textures, and soulful singing make this musical journey a sensual pleasure.

Marc and album co-producer Charlie Sexton (Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams) enlisted an exceptional supporting cast for Join the Parade that includes members of Cohn’s road band (guitarist Shane Fontayne, drummer Jay Bellerose), top session players (drummers Jim Keltner and Charley Drayton, guitarist Danny Kortchmar), and such bold-face “name” guests as Tom Petty keyboard ace Benmont Tench and vocalists Shelby Lynne, N’Dea Davenport, and the Holmes Brothers.

The Newark Midland Theatre Association is a local organization dedicated to building value in our community with the positive, shared experiences of the performing arts, both locally produced and nationally recognized, in the beautifully restored Midland Theatre. Built in 1928, The Midland Theatre annually presents touring and local artists through its five performance series, inspiring arts education and community outreach programs, and other events. The Midland Theatre’s mission is enriching the lives of audiences today and tomorrow.

Generous support for The Midland Theatre’s 2009-2010 season is also provided by: Media Partners – Time Warner Cable, The Advocate, ThisWeek Newspapers, WNKO/WHTH; Funders- Ohio Arts Council; Presenters Circle Sponsors - AEP Ohio, Equity Resources, Inc., First Federal Savings & Loan, Gutridge Plumbing, Inc., The Jerry McClain Company, Inc., Licking Memorial Health Systems, MedBen, Reese, Pyle, Drake & Meyer P.L.L., and State Farm.

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