KELLEY HUNTKELLY HUNT

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NOVEMBER 21, 2020

ROOTS/BLUES/AMERICANA MEETS FOLK/AMERICANA

AT THE HISTORIC FOLLY THEATER

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On Saturday Nov. 21 at The Folly Theater if you ask the question “what’s in a name?” the answer will be “everything”. The Folly is proud to present the first formal on-stage convergence of two brilliant artists from our home area - that just happen to have the same phonetic name. There is iconic Roots/Blues/Americana singer songwriter keyboardist Kelley Hunt, with a highly decorated multi-decade international career and who has filled The Folly on several memorable nights. And there is folk/Americana singer songwriter banjo player Kelly Hunt, who’s star has been rising rapidly on the international folk scene since the May 2019 release of her critically acclaimed debut album “Even The Sparrow”. This show is a study in evocative complements and contrasts, inspired, skilled songwriting coming from very different stylistic directions and a collaboration of two soulful artists who are also friends and fans of each other….and just happen to answer to the same name.

Roots/Blues/Americana singer songwriter keyboardist, guitarist Kelley Hunt’s career comprises over 1800 live performances including some of the most significant festival stages in North America and Europe, airplay on 5 continents, 6 acclaimed commercial releases and hundreds of thousands of indie units sold and downloaded. Her music crosses roots music boundaries, organically referencing soul, roots R&B, gospel, folk, funk and Americana forms, and the piano vernaculars of Kansas City, New Orleans and St. Louis - all places where she and her family have roots. Her music is also known for at times taking on social observations and political commentary and for messages of hope and uplift. It’s all delivered with

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passion and superior skills as a singer, keyboardist/guitarist and writer. Among volumes of critical praise doled out over her long career, The Seattle Times called her “One of the best songwriters in the genre.” NYC’s Elmore Magazine said: “(this release) shifts the focus to her songwriting skills and immense voice.” “...a superb live performer, immediately drawing you to the power of her music and her voice…” And Blues Music Magazine advised: “If there is truly a Higher Power, He/She should press PLAY on the latest release (“The Beautiful Bones”) by Kansas City’s Kelley Hunt. Rest assured that the takeaway will be, despite how everything’s been going lately, everything’s going to be okay after all...” Kelley is currently at work on her 7th full-length album projected for release sometime the first half of 2021.

Critical praise for folk/Americana singer songwriter banjo player, guitarist Kelly Hunt’s May 2019 debut effort “Even The Sparrow” was effusive from almost every corner of the national folk music scene. Uber music critic Greil Marcus wrote in Rolling Stone: “From the first instant you know you’re in a place where there is no sense of time, where anything can happen and no one will ever have to admit to a thing.” Stacy Chandler of No Depression said: “[Hunt’s] stories — gut-punching in their truthfulness and beautiful in their imagery, often simultaneously — make her debut album, “Even the Sparrow,” the musical equivalent of a book you can’t put down, one you’ll want to revisit again and again to catch every nuance and turn of phrase.” And “Sparrow” was a finalist for International Folk Music Awards 2019 album of the year among many accolades. A self-taught highly skilled banjo player, superior lyricist and storyteller, Kelly and her musical co-conspirator Stas’ Heaney have been hard at work on her highly anticipated sophomore release produced by lauded folk producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and artist Dirk Powell, and those recording sessions just wrapped at Powell’s studio near Lafayette, LA. A release date is expected sometime early in 2021.

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SPONSORS

P R ES E N T I N G S P O N S O R

P L AT I N U M S P O N S O R S

Pete and Julie Walker BrowneFeist Charitable Foundation Kim Jones and Shelly FreemanKissick Construction Co., Inc.Lockton CompaniesPNC BankTheater LeagueWagner Family Foundation

Stinson LLP

G O L D S P O N S O R S

Tricia and Chris Benner, and DST Matching Gifts FundBlue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City Sherry and Gary Forsee Ross Haynes and Mark Seely Alison and Steve PaddockRoswitha and Ken SchafferSarah and Jim WeitzelSara E. WelchStinson LLPVoltage

PAT R O N S P O N S O R S

V I D EO P R O D U C T I O N S P O N S O R

Libby and Bob BerkebileScott Burnett, Jackson County LegislatureDan Carpenter and Kaye SummersPaul Fingersh and Brenda AlthouseJoy and Stewart KoestenJulie and Bill Miller

Linda and Brad NicholsonLaura and Reuben Perin Jamie and Patrick PribylTom and Rose Schrempp Randy Sedlacek and Mary VenturaJ. Michael SiglerSkyline Salon

Frost Media

A D D I T I O N A L T H A N K SThis project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

This project is also made possible through generous support from the Missouri Arts Council – a state agency, and the ArtsKC Fund, a community-supported funding program administered by ArtsKC – Regional Arts Council.

S I LV E R S P O N S O R S

Aristocrat MotorsBRR Architecture, Inc.Burns & McDonnell FoundationMark and Sue CarlsonRobert Claassen Delta Dental of Kansas Ann and Gary Dickenson Family Charitable FoundationEmerick & Co.Sally A. FirestoneMichael Glennon and Richard KellerThe Greensman

Donald J. Hall, Sr. Kansas City Testing & Engineering, LLCEdward P. MilbankLyla and Rory PerrodinSheet Metal Contractors, Inc.Aimee and Rick StarksLinda and Steve TaylorTraneUMB Financial Corporation

Gregory Porter and James Townsend

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2021

You will not want tomiss two-time Emmy

Award winning actressand musical artist,

Megan Mullally, nextNovember for Folly

Frolic 2021! Mullally,from Will & Grace andParks & Rec, will bringher modern vaudevilleact, Nancy and Beth, to

the Folly stage for anight of song, dance

and laughs.

Nancy and Beth have performed at Lincoln Center, the SydneyOpera House, New York’s Café Carlyle, Nashville’s Grand Ole

Opry, as well as in Austin, Boston, Chicago, LA and San Francisco. The plan to release their 2nd album in 2021. Please join us for a

festive benefit concert for the historic Folly Theater!

TOASTING AN ICONIC THEATER

The Celtic Tenors

Karrin Allyson

Walker McGuire

Oleta Adams

The Hot Sardines

Nancy & Beth, featuringMegan Mullally

Kelley Hunt & Kelly Hunt

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A Benefit for The Folly Theater

ST E E R I N G CO M M I T T E EStacy Purvis, Co-ChairGregory Porter, Co-ChairJosh DampfJames MaidenSteve Paddock

B OA R D O F D I R ECTO R SSteve Paddock, PresidentSean Barnard, President-ElectRick Starks, TreasurerLyla Perrodin, SecretaryPete Browne, Past PresidentMark EagletonChristine Fisher

James HaileyKim JonesGregory PorterStacy PurvisAlex SolorioHoang-Anh TranSara Welch

FO L LY STA F FGale Tallis, Executive DirectorBrian Williams, Development DirectorKaelyn Whitt, Manager of Ticketing and AdministrationStephanie Spatz-Ornburn, Events ManagerJames Maiden, Marketing ManagerLee Saylor, Tech Director

A S P EC I A L T H A N K S

Stephanie Spatz-OrnburnGale TallisSara WelchKaelyn WhittBrian Williams

MANY THANKS TO OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS!