POSTMODERN JUKEBOX

Join us for another FREE Friday night concert on the river with PostModern Jukebox!

Even in our futuristic age of AI chatbots and virtual realities, there is still nothing in the world that compares with the thrill of hearing classic genres of music, performed live by a group of exceptional singers and musicians that have truly mastered the ability to move an audience.

That’s the philosophy behind Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, whose Life In The Past Lane World Tour returns to 40 US cities this Fall. The revamped show will blend modern-day earworms and iconic pop hits with the original styles that put American popular music on the map: Ragtime, Swing, Big Band, Country / Western, Doo Wop and Soul. Equal parts time-traveling musical variety show and career-launching talent platform, Postmodern Jukebox (or “PMJ”) will feature a cast of performers from their wildly popular YouTube channel, to bring the musical universe to life.

Everything New is Old Again – leave the AI at home and take a road trip to experience Life In The Past Lane! Dressing in vintage attire is encouraged.

EMAY

Called “one of the most multi-talented artists you will ever come across” by Grassrootsy, EMay is a soulful singer, exceptional fingerpicking guitarist, and eclectic songwriter. She is most frequently compared to Alanis Morisette (who she has studied with), Tracy Chapman, Joni Mitchell and Janis Joplin, and is poised well to sit in this upper echelon of female singer-songwriters. Voted a “West Virginia Wonder Woman” in 2021, EMay has been honored with several awards and grants for her art and music, such as a Heinz Endowments Pittsburgh Creativity Project award for her “many contributions to our cultural landscape”, New Music USA, and the Mid-Atlantic Songwriter’s Association.

EMay has independently released six CDs since 2011. She has performed alongside 10,000 Maniacs, Rusted Root, Dar Williams, Loudon Wainwright III, The Black Lilies; at TEDx, Stanford University, The Purple Fiddle, and many more. She is a life-long student devoted to carrying on her creative lineages, with notable teachers including Alanis Morisette, Jorma Kaukonnen, W. A. Matthieu, Natalie Goldberg, and Michael Azgour – and she learns something new from everyone she comes across.