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"Songwriters in the Cellar" Curated by Cindy Howes

Sat. Dec 13, 2014 at 9:00pm EST
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"Songwriters in the Cellar" Curated by Cindy Howes

"Songwriters in the Cellar" Curated by Cindy Howes from WYEP/Morning Mix.


Tickets are $10 in advance $15 at the door.


PITTSBURGH WINERY PRESENTS : SONGWRITERS IN THE CELLAR Songwriters from Pittsburgh and beyond will be coming together for a unique performance on the Pittsburgh Winery Cellar stage. Cindy Howes from WYEP/Morning Mix will host and has put together a stellar lineup of 3 amazing songwriters. Bill Deasy, Brian Webb and Rachel McCartney. 
SONGWRITERS IN THE CELLAR Derived from popular songwriter circles in LA and NYC. The artists are all on stage together taking turns sharing songs and stories, as well as collaborating on each others material. This always makes for a unique and spontaneous show. This eclectic group of local songwriters span many different music genres so we feel it will be a great experience for anyone that is a fan of a good night of wine and music. It will surely be an intimate and highly entertaining evening. We hope you can join in the magic that a songwriters round creates


Bill Deasy


“He calls to mind Paul Westerberg and many of the finest rock songwriters who mix poetry and drunken bluster, yet somehow sound macho and sensitive at the same time...” - Performing Songwriter Magazine

 

"Sensitive singer/songwriters are a dime a dozen, but really good ones are a rarity. Bill Deasy is the real deal. In a perfect world, you'd already know this." - All Music Guide

Singer-songwriter and novelist Bill Deasy has toured nationally behind eleven critically-acclaimed albums, four with the Gathering Field, and seven as a solo artist. Bill has written for artists including Martina McBride and Billy Ray Cyrus, in addition to collaborating on songs with the likes of Howard Jones, the Clarks, Maia Sharp, Bijou Phillips, One Flew South, Kim Carnes, Odie Blackmon and many others. Bill's recording of "Good Things are Happening," a song he co-wrote on a trip to Nashville, became the long-running theme for Good Morning America on ABC and he appeared in the promo spots, strumming his guitar and singing. Bill also is credited with the Emmy-Award Winning “Your Home” Campaign for KDKA TV in Pittsburgh.


In 2006, Bill added "published author" to his list of accomplishments with the release of Ransom Seaborn which went on to win the Golden Needle Award and is currently being adapted for film (with Bill writing the screenplay). Traveling Clothes followed in 2009 and Ghost Tree in 2010, both delivering generously on the promise of Ransom Seaborn.


Bill was selected as one of Pittsburgh Magazine’s 25 “most beautiful people” in 2005 and, in 2008, Bill was included in the book “Pittsburgh Born, Pittsburgh Bred” as one of 500 of the most memorable Pittsburghers from the past 250 years.


Rachel McCartney:


Singer-songwriter Rachel McCartney was born among cornfields of Iowa, raised seaside in the fishing town of Gloucester, Massachusetts, cut her teeth singing with Minneapolis bands, and launched her songwriting career in mid-90s Pittsburgh, before landing in the heart of the Boston songwriter scene in 2001 - performing at Passim and other legendary venues.  She migrated to scenic New Hampshire in 2010, where she lives now - making music, raising a family, and nursing others.


Street performing in Boston was one of the ways she built her following organically.  She was a regular performer in Harvard Square, Cambridge - in a time when street performers had a heyday resurgence in the city and it was in that time that McCartney met fellow songwriter Brian Webb, busking in the subway, and the two were fast collaborators.  If you didn't find McCartney in Harvard Square, she'd be singing with Brian Webb in Somerville's Davis Square subway station.  McCartney and Webb went onto collaborate in many incarnations, touring together and singing on one another's albums for several years - and have only in the last year reunited to make music together again.


Before returning home to Boston in 2001, McCartney was a local favorite at Pittsburgh venues, opening shows for Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, David Gray, and others.  She headlined popular venues including The Quiet Storm and Club Cafe.  Her music was the soundtrack to a successful Pittsburgh independent film called "The Bread, My Sweet" (later re-named "A Wedding for Bella") in which she also played a cameo on-screen role as a Pittsburgh street performer.

 

Brian Webb:

Brian Webb is a singer/songwriter from Atlanta Georgia who now lives in Warwick, RI. His easy flowing acoustic style is striking, goes from very laid back to rousing and stays with you long after you've left the show. Webb had a good run in Boston's folk scene in the oughts ('00's), where he busked in the subways, made waves on local public and college radio and also sold-out headlining gigs at local clubs and theaters. Nowadays, when he's not recording other artists (Arc Iris, The Low Anthem), playing the occasional gig or fixing up amps, you'll find him in the classroom teaching math to high school students in Central Falls, RI. 

 
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Pittsburgh Winery 2815 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222