Name: Vance Gilbert at Towne Crier Cafe
Start: 2026-03-27T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Towne Crier Cafe

“If Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens had a love child, with Rodney Dangerfield as the midwife, the results might be something close to the great Vance Gilbert,” says Richmond Magazine.
Vance’s newest album, “The Mother Of Trouble,” features Grammy winner Lori McKenna on background vocals, Juno award recipient and Bonnie Raitt Grammy hit song co-writer Joey Landreth on guitars, and Americana-Roots master mandolinist Joe K. Walsh. With 4 bullies, 4 deaths (3 of them murders), 3 moms, 2 accidents, 2 Black people, 2 dogs, 1 dog ball,, and 1 missed flight thanks to gas station sushi, this album benefits from the gifts of time and experience honing songwriting skills that put this most vital of acoustic storytellers at the top of the game.
One of the originators of the finally recognized R&B/Folk/Jazz crossover-sub-genre, Vance was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. Starting out hoping to be an R&B and jazz singer once at college, there he discovered his affinity for the storytelling sensibilities of the acoustic singer-songwriter thing. Word spread like wildfire about Gilbert’s stage-owning singing and playing, and Shawn Colvin invited him to be special guest on her 1992 Fat City tour where he took much of America by storm and by surprise. “With the voice of an angel, the wit of a devil, and the guitar playing of a god…” wrote the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Opener Nini Camps is a New York-based Americana singer-songwriter known for her emotionally rich songwriting and for delivering exciting, heartfelt live performances marked by strong vocals, expressive slide guitar, and a charismatic stage presence shaped by a lifetime of touring.
As the lead singer of the internationally touring, all-female band Antigone Rising, she has performed internationally, earning a reputation for emotionally powerful high energy shows that deeply connect with audiences.
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