I recently became aware of some great new outdoor concerts called the Rooftop Concert Series. It's being held in down town Provo every first Friday night starting in May (last night) thru October. The thing that caught my eye was that they'd scheduled a great singer I recently became aware of (thanks Nancy Hanson!). Her name is Meaghan Smith and she hails from London, Ontario, Canada. Meaghan is scheduled to perform in June. Meaghan recently performed a couple of times with Lilith Fair and was featured on the sound track to "500 Days of Summer". She's a wonderful new LDS artist. I thought I'd check out the venue last night so I'd know the lay of the land in preparation for next month. I wasn't disappointed. The line up last night included 3 different artists. The openier to the opening was a girl with guitar named Emily Brown. She was followed by the true opener, Paul Jacobsen and the Madison Arm. The main event was Fictionist, a band that's been getting a lot of media attention locally as well as nationally. They are currently in the running for a contest to be on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine which will also net them a recording contract if they win. If You'll click the header, it will take you to their website where you can vote for them by picking on the five stars. Let me say this about Fictionist, while not being in a genre I regularly follow, they are Stinkin' Good!!! I highly endorse helping them win the contest.
Getting back to the Rooftop Concerts, don't be put off by the fact that their target audience is primarily college students and other musicians. There were plenty of middle aged folks there last night and I'm willing to bet I wasn't the oldest geezer among them! This is a great way to find out what's happening on the local music scene and to be exposed to some great stuff. Check out their line up. There's music there for most anyone except maybe classical lovers.I'm not sure how they're managing to get such a great schedule without charging admission, but that's the deal. Check it out!
http://www.rooftopconcertseries.com/
