Acoustic Cafe Series Concert is Tonight at St. Cecilia Music Center

Tonight is the night! The Acoustic Café Series Concert at St. Cecilia Music Center with
Ralston Bowles and an all-star cast of musicians from Austin, Texas; Nashville; Traverse City; Lansing; Marquette; and Grand Rapids.

What is this all about?

It's all about some of the top musicians in the country gathering at St. Cecilia Music Center tonight at 7:30 for one knockout acoustic concert.

Musicians include Nashville-based Phil Madeira who has played with Emmy Lou Harris, Alison Krauss, Toby Keith and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band among many other well-known artists; Austin musician Michael Fracasso; The Accidentals, from Traverse City; and 10-year-old composer-musician-keyboardist Milo Birch from Marquette.

Other performers include Mike Lynch, who has toured with Bob Seger and Larry McCray and performed with Willie Nelson at his 80th birthday party in Nashville; and Dan Rickabus vocalist and drummer of indie-folk band The Crane Wives.

Tickets for the concert are $25 for general seating and can be purchased by contacting St. Cecilia Music Center at (616) 459-2224 or visiting the box office at the door. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.scmc-online.org.

An interesting side note: Rob Reinhart of the Ann Arbor based nationally syndicated radio show "Acoustic Café" will be at the concert to tape it for his program. "Acoustic Café" airs on more than 80 commercial and non-commercial stations across the U.S. in addition to online.