An Evening with Greg Brown  2 tickets   Sat, Feb 1st, 9pm

During the 1980s Brown toured and had recurring performances on A Prairie Home Companion.^[3] Brown self-published two albums, 44 & 66 and The Iowa Waltz. A friend founded a record company calledRed House Records and Brown became its first recording artist.^[4] Brown has recorded two dozen albums. In 1986 he released an album called Songs of Innocence and of Experience based on poems byWilliam Blake. His album One Big Town, which was recorded in 1989 won an Indie Award from the National Association of Independent Record Distributors.^[5]

The Poet Game, his 1994 CD, received a second Indie award from NAIRD and his 1996 release, Further In, was a praised by Rolling Stone magazine^[6] The 1997 album, Slant 6 Mind, earned Brown his second Grammy nomination.^[5] In 1999 he re-released his live performance album, One Night, on Red House Records. His album Solid Heart CD was recorded in 1999 during a benefit concert. His 2002 album, Going Driftless: An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown feature guest vocal performances by Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch, and Shawn Colvin. A recording of another benefit concert was recorded and released in 2007 under the name Yellow Dog on the EarthWorks Music label. In 2007, Brown was nominated for a Folk Alliance Award.^[7]