WMNF Presents Paul Thorn – $20/25

8pm $20/25

WMNF CONCERT TICKET PURCHASING INFORMATION

You can purchase advance tickets online at wmnf.org/events by calling the station during business hours at 813-238-8001 or in person at Skipper’s Smokehouse or other WMNF ticket outlets.

Paul Thorn Band (SOUTHERN ROCK)

For fifteen years Paul Thorn has been one of WMNF’s favorite live artists. He has maintained that status by continuing to put out strong albums that evolve his sound and expands and renews audience. His longtime backing musicians are one of the best and tightest southern rock bands playing today.

www.paulthorn.com

Jennifer Westwood And The Handsome Devils (COUNTRY/ROCK/ALT)

Jennifer Westwood cut her teeth on Detroit Gospel before hitting the gritty Detroit bars that set her career in motion. She has been a Detroit Music Award winner and nominee in several categories, and has contributed music to multiple Emmy Award winning commercials and documentaries, as well as film.

She first found confidence to consider music as a career by the encouragement of a church acquaintance, a professor of music who had previously served as ensemble choir director for the late Bishop C.L. Franklin, father of Aretha. Performing in church lead to her first work in the outside world, singing backup locally for Motown artist Carl Carlton (Bad Mama Jama). Studio work for various local artists followed, first in R & B and soul genres, followed by roots and blues. Those experiences gave her insight on the direction she wanted to embark on for her own music before leaping out on her own. It also opened doors for commercial work due to her vocal flexibility and enthusiasm. The same enthusiasm has driven each performance — whether it has been 7 ppl, on up to 70,000. Sharing the bill with rock icon Patti Smith at the world’s largest Masonic Temple have marked a highlight of her performance career.

Jennifer has fully embraced the character and spirit of Detroit; and considers her greatest accomplishment to be creating a career in music during some of the most troubling economic times for her hometown.

www.jwhandsomedevils.com