Acoustic artist to give Logan concert

    The Bridger Folk Music Society presents a concert with acoustic singer/songwriter, blues guitar slinger and rock and roll raconteur Dana Hubbard on Saturday April 23, 2011, at 7:30 pm at Crumb Brothers Bakery, 291 S. 300 W. in Logan. Tickets are $13 and are available at the door or by calling (435) 757-3468. Seating is very limited, so advance purchase is recommended. The concert is sponsored by Import Auto and Utah Public Radio.      

    Both a singer/songwriter and an acoustic blues artist, Dana Hubbard deftly combines the two genres with a warm and engaging personality on stage, singing, telling stories, and playing both guitar and harmonica at an impressive level. In 2009 he was selected as a finalist in four national songwriter showcase competitions and two national acoustic blues competitions in which he garnered two first place wins. He performed as a song competition finalist at Wildflower Festival in Texas, Mountain Music Festival in Utah and Tucson Folk Festival in Arizona, and was a finalist select at the West Virginia Appalachian Blues Competition.  His CD, The Grounds Keepers, was included in the “Best of 2008” new releases list on 90FM WWSP’s Acoustic Revival show.

    On his latest CD “The Grounds Keepers” each track is a single guitar performance with no overdubs, no re-makes. What you hear is a singer/songwriter front and center, addressing issues of environmentalism and social injustice in a voice that sometimes growls, sometimes he lilts or laughs, but he’s always got a little twinkle in his eye. He has a social activist soul with a bluesman’s grin.

    Called “…a cross between Bruce Cockburn and Jorma Kaukonen” and noted for being a “terrific live performer,” Dana is “worth hearing just for the guitar playing, and his vocals are a bonus.”