2012 Santa Fe Reporter Arts Festival Brings Grammy-Award Winning Alternative Rock Band Wilco, with Special Guest Jonathan Richman, Presented by Heath Concerts, to The Santa Fe Opera Sept. 18

Santa Fe, New Mexico (PRWEB) September 09, 2012

Heath Concerts is thrilled to announce WILCO live at the stunning Santa Fe Opera theater from 7 ? 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 for a show with very special guest Jonathan Richman. The acclaimed Chicago sextet appears in support of its latest release, the Grammy-nominated ?The Whole Love?. The concert is featured on SantaFe.com?s event calendar.

?Quite simply, this is the work of a great band at the peak of their powers, and The Whole Love is a joy to hear?confirming once again that Wilco is as good a band as America can claim in the 21st century.? - All Music

The band?s reputation as a live powerhouse continues to grow: ?Wilco?s new millennial emergence as an avant-garde Americana juggernaut now grooves a newfound equilibrium. Never has this band been so comfortable and confident live?. These boys, often in a three-guitar front line (hello Skynyrd), live to make noise?? ? Austin Chronicle

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Jeff Tweedy formed Wilco in the mid-1990s. The Whole Love is the third album by the band?s current lineup, which solidified in 2004 when guitarist Nels Cline and guitarist/keyboardist Patrick Sansone joined Tweedy, founding bassist John Stirratt, drummer Glenn Kotche and keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen. Together, they released Sky Blue Sky in 2007 and the Grammy-nominated Wilco (The Album) in 2009. Wilco has won Grammy Awards for its 2004 release A Ghost is Born in the Best Alternative Album and Best Recording Package categories. Wilco?s Jeff Tweedy won a Grammy award as producer for Mavis Staples 2010 album You Are Not Alone.
Wilco has released 10 studio albums to date, including Mermaid Avenue Volumes 1 & 2, which, in collaboration with British folk singer Billy Bragg, set original music to song lyrics by the truest of American icons, songwriter Woody Guthrie.

Wilco?s dBpm Records is a full-service label releasing all future Wilco recordings and more. ANTI-Records provides distribution and additional label services for all dBpm releases. In 2010 Wilco, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art created the Solid Sound Festival, a three-day event of music, art, comedy and culture. The festival returns to MASS MoCA in June 2013.

Ticket Info:
Purchase Tickets Online a The Santa Fe Opera Box Office or by phone at (800) 280-4654
Prices - $ 30-$ 47

Contact Info:
Santa Fe Opera Box Office: 505-986-5900, 800-280-4654; santafeopera.org.

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