ST Petersburg FL: Writers in the Round with Grace Morrison, Marc Douglas Berardo & Alicia Crawford

Name: ST Petersburg FL: Writers in the Round with Grace Morrison, Marc Douglas Berardo & Alicia Crawford
Start: 2025-01-08T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Seven C Music

Schedule

Wed, 08 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Seven C Music | Saint Petersburg, FL

The Tampa Bay Singer-Songwriter Alliance (TBSSA) and 7C Music is pleased to announce our WRITERS IN THE ROUND event featuring Grace Morrison, Marc Douglas Berardo, and Alicia Crawford.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Doors at 6:30 PM - Concert at 7 PM
7C Music
535 22ND Street South
ST Petersburg, FL
WRITERS IN THE ROUND is patterned after the original Blue Bird Café events held in Nashville Tennessee. The Songwriters will be sitting in a circle with the audience surrounding them. Each Singer/Songwriter will introduce their song and give us an insight as to its creation. This intimate setting will help cultivate a truly unique evening of entertainment and a one-of-a-kind musical experience. Our seating will be limited to 85 seats with only Three VIP Tables with 3 seats available. So be sure to get your tickets early before they are sold out.
Advanced Tickets: $ 15.00
Door: $ 20.00
VIP Table of 3 seats: $ 65.00
ABOUT GRACE;
Website: gracemorrison.com
“Her voice smacks of Jewel, and her style, cadence, song structure is every inch from the school of Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, Natalie Merchant — Lauren Daley/Boston Globe
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“She is folk. She is pop. She’s unbelievably masterful behind the wheel of a guitar. Morrison’s vocal storytelling can make you cry; it can make you sing.” — Emily Clark Old Colony Memorial
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Born and raised on the shores of Cape Cod, Grace’s unique brand of “saltwater country” has established her as a confident, refreshing voice in country pop. With performances at Nashville’s Bluebird Café and co-writes with multi-Grammy winner Lori McKenna (Humble and Kind) and hit songwriter Barbara Cloyd (I Guess You Had to be There) under her belt, Grace made a name for herself in 2022 at songwriter festivals from Massachusetts to Montana. During this stretch she gained further recognition and invitations to write with Dana Hunt Black (Check Yes or No), and Steve Dean (Round About Way).
Outwardly effortless and radio-ready you might take for granted what makes Grace’s songwriting special. With musical influences ranging from Fats Domino’s rock and roll licks; the raw expression of jazz; Celtic ballads; and 90’s pop choruses – Grace delivers “three chords and the truth” in a package that is familiar and yet undeniably unique.
Grace Morrison is a mother, musician, renaissance faire performer, cranberry farmer, songwriter, and storyteller. With subjects ranging from Titanic to tantric; an “evening with” Grace will take you from the court of King Henry VIII to debauchery in Denver. With humor and raw honesty, audiences leave Grace’s shows with her songs stuck in their heads and their toes tired from tapping.
ABOUT MARC:
Website:Marcdouglas.com
"Berardo takes you to a place within yourself to make changes you want to see in the world." -- Mary Jane Twohy, The Village, Sirius/XM Radio
"High-quality story-telling, picking, and playing." -- Rob Ellen, The Medicine Show Radio Moose Mobile, U.K.
Singer-songwriter, performer, and keen observer, Marc Douglas Berardo's songs are sharply drawn and cast a net on unusual and beguiling characters and places that bring to mind James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark, and Steely Dan with a touch of Mark Twain or Hunter S. Thompson. His songs have been recognized at prestigious national festivals and events such as The South Florida Folk Festival, The Wildflower Arts and Music Festival, and the Kerrville Folk Festival.
John Apice of Americana Highways had this to say about Berardo’s new full-length record “The Beauty of This Now”. It was released on May 31, 2024, and was produced by Texas legends Ron Flynt, and Walt Wilkins at Jumping Dog Studio in Austin, TX.
“There’s a seriousness to Marc’s compositions that’s not apparent in the slew of artists who seem to have a lot of nothing to say in an album’s worth of music…Marc is cut from the same cloth as James Taylor, early Elton John…”
He has opened for or shared the stage with The Doobie Brothers, Little Feat, John Hiatt, Martin Sexton, Eric Taylor, Kevin Welch, Kim Richey, Will Kimbrough, Ari Hest, Red Molly, and David Olney. Berardo's interview and live performance featured on the Sirius/ XM Satellite Radio show The Village was voted one of the best of the year by listeners. No Depression Magazine called his last CD Whalebone: “sincere, fluid, charming and above all gripping.”
Berardo’s new full length record “The Beauty of This Now” was released on May 31, 2024. It was recorded in Austin, Texas and produced by Texas legends Ron Flynt, and Walt Wilkins.
ABOUT ALICIA:
Website: aliciacrawfordmusic.com
Alicia began her career in music classically trained on violin before making the switch to bass at age 12. By age 14, Alicia began performing on stage with bands opening for the Doobie Brothers, The Nelsons, Debbie Gibson, The Backstreet Boys, and Jars of Clay to name a few.
In the summer of 2002, an opportunity opened up for Alicia to become the bass player for Nick Carter. Nick was taking a break from the Backstreet Boys and was getting ready to release his first solo album. The Nick Carter tour took her all over the United States, England, Germany, The Netherlands, and Japan to perform on television shows including Top of the Pops, The Tonight Show, The View, MTV’s Total Request Live, The Wayne Brady Show, and Regis & Kelly. Alicia’s irrepressible personality and energetic stage presence shine in the MTV Video for Carter’s single “Help Me”, as well as in MTV’s Making The Video feature.
In 2008, international recording artist Trans-Siberian Orchestra asked Alicia to play bass on a track for their double album. In October of 2009, Trans-Siberian Orchestra released their album Night Castle where Alicia’s bass work is featured on the track “Tracers”.
In 2023, Alicia's musical career began a new chapter as she launched into working on her debut album of original music with Hideaway Recording. The album includes appearances by John Kelly, Joey Interrante, Jeremy Douglass, Gale Trippsmith, Rob Pastor,e and Nalisio Taveras to name a few. The first single from the album, "Door to June" was released in the summer of 2023 and immediately received airplay and support from Sunshine 96.7 radio. "Door to June" captures the essence of Alicia's collective musical influence which leans on folk lyric styling surrounded by accents of Americana and blues all tied together with catchy pop melodies. The debut album promises to take listeners on a journey of fleeting romance, starting over, heartbreak, and new beginnings. Alicia's debut album was released in October of 2024.