Crosstown
Uptown Live, a new concert series from the balcony of Shacklett’s Photography in downtown Murfreesboro, continues in July with Crosstown, Matt and Shonna Lund and the Todd London Trio.
On Saturday, July 7, beginning at 9 a.m. during the Murfreesboro Saturday Market, Crosstown will perform on the Murfreesboro Public Square. Crosstown—Joe Hunter, Chris Maze and Mark Glessner, from Murfreesboro—plays Americana music, a style with footholds in blues, country and rock, putting a grassroots approach on familiar songs coming from a span of over 70 years. Crosstown plays cover songs ranging from Hank Williams to Carole King to Adele. One of the band’s original songs, “Out in the Cold,” was chosen as a song of the week on Nashville’s Hippie Radio 94.5. For more information on Crosstown, visit facebook.com/nshvllechris.
Husband and wife duo Matt and Shonna Lund will pay a visit to the Shacklett’s balcony on Friday, July 20, performing from 7–9 p.m. Matt is an MTSU music graduate, composer, recording artist, arranger and guitarist. While he primarily performs jazz on the electric guitar, Lund also plays a variety of other instruments on a wide variety of styles ranging from pop and rock to blues, funk, folk, classical and country. Lund is currently active in The Lund McVey Group, The Time Raiders, Rescued Souls and Axe of God.
Matt Lund
“I believe art is a blessing and gift from God, and is important as a glorification of Him but also as an expression of one’s self and a form of communication,” Lund said. “I consider expression and communication between people to be essential to our development, coexistence and happiness.”
Shonna will accompany Matt on vocals for an evening of delightful music. For more information on Matt Lund, visit facebook.com/matt.lund.52 or mattlundmusic.com.
The following Friday, July 27, The Todd London Trio returns to the Uptown stage to share some classic jazz. This will include innovative renditions of familiar jazz standards, pop tunes and some original pieces that are both engaging and at often surprising. Drummer Todd London has served on the faculty of Belmont University School of Music since 1994 and frequently plays with the Coral Bay Steel Drum Band, Nashville Praise Symphony, the Nashville Opera and the Alabama Symphony. Bassist Carter Murphey and guitarist Mike Durham join him in the TLT.
Todd London Trio
London will be back to solo on steel drum on the Uptown balcony on Saturday morning, August 4. Find out more about the Todd London Trio at facebook.com/toddlondontrio.
For more information on Uptown Live, visit facebook.com/uptownlivemurfreesboro; Shacklett’s Photography is located at 105 S. Church St.
