Vega Studios
Featuring young and upcoming artists I am calling “THE NEW GUARD:”
SEAN VAN METER, and GIBSON WILBANKS
On Sunday, APRIL 30th from 6 – 8 pm, The New SOUTH Showcase with Caroline Aiken presents Sean Van Meter, and Gibson Wilbanks (featuring Carly Gibson and BJ Wilbanks) being recorded live from Vega Studio in Athens, Georgia for broadcast on WUGA FM / NPR.
Sean Van Meter
www.seanvanmeter.com
Songwriter, Singer and piano player. Classically trained and performing since Sean was 7 years old, Now he is 18, and burning up the road on tour. Sean has taken the stage at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, the 14th Street Playhouse, the Morton Theatre, The Improv, Jerry Farber’s Side Door, the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and Legends Park in New Orleans. He is a frequent entertainer at Atlanta’s historic events venue, Callanwolde, where he performed at the 2014 Georgia GRAMMY nominees reception. In 2015, Sean was one of 12 teenage musicians selected from hundreds of applicants to attend GRAMMY Camp Nashville, a week-long summer program hosted by the Nashville Chapter of the Recording Academy.
Gibson Wilbanks
www.gibsonwilbanks.com
Young and hot Americana duo tearing up Atlanta. Carly Gibson is (also one-half of THE PUSSYWILLOWS, she’s a guitar slinger (graduated from Atlanta’s Music Institute and teaches guitar) ah-mazing singer and songwriter.
BJ WILBANKS – songwriter performer, think Gregg Allman (voice) meets Waylon (songs, guitar).
Together, they are a force to be listened to.
New South Showcase prides itself on “intimate interviews and performances with the best of the best touring artists of all genres”.
This will be broadcast from Vega Studio in Athens.
Seating is limited.
Advance tickets are available for $10 and each person attending will get a download of the finished recording.
Reserve your seat by contacting Caroline Aiken at carolineaiken@gmail.com