Eddie Owen Presents: Kathy Mattea [2 SHOWS]

This Saturday, February 23rd, Eddie Owen Presents will be welcoming American country and bluegrass music sensation, Kathy Mattea, to the Red Clay Music Foundry stage in Beautiful Downtown Duluth for two performances.

Kathy Mattea began actively recording music in 1984 with her self-titled debut album which included four singles that went on to make the Hot Country Songs charts.

Since her stellar debut, Kathy Mattea has enjoyed the kind of success many artists only dream of:

• 2 GRAMMY wins,
• 4CMA Awards,
• 4 #1 country singles, and
• 5 gold albums (plus a platinum collection of her greatest hits).

The dream almost ended, though, when Mattea entered her 50s and began to find her voice changing. What followed was a three year journey through life challenges and vocal glitches that she describes as her “dark night of the soul,” a trying time of personal anguish and professional uncertainty that threatened to silence her permanently.

“The hardest thing was facing the question of whether I would still be able to sing well enough to enjoy it. That was the acid test for me, and I had to be willing to walk through a process that bumped me up against the very real possibility that, in the end, the answer might be 'No.'”

Instead, Mattea dug in with a vocal coach, re-committed to her music, and emerged with the most poignant album of her career, Pretty Bird. Working with her old friend and music roots wizard, Tim O’Brien, producing, Pretty Bird is a chronicle of her journey, song by song, back to singing for the sheer joy of it.

It’s an emotional, moving collection, one that draws its strength not only from Mattea’s touching performances, but also from her uncanny ability to weave seemingly disparate material into a cohesive whole. From a playful take on Oliver Wood’s “Chocolate On My Tongue” to a tender rendition of Mary Gauthier’s “Mercy Now,” and from a British traditional to a Bobbie Gentry classic, these are the songs that helped Mattea reclaim her voice, and she inhabits each as fully as if it were her own.

Exquisitely arranged and delivered with the kind of subtlety and nuance that can only come from a lifetime of heartbreak and triumph, Pretty Bird is a title Kathy Mattea inhabits quite literally, and it’s a welcome reintroduction to one of country and Americana music’s most enduring and beloved figures.

Don't miss your chance to see Kathy Mattea live in Beautiful Downtown Duluth at the Red Clay Music Foundry. Eddie Owen Presents will be offering TWO performances: Saturday, February 23rd at 5:30pm & 8:30pm.

The 5:30pm performance will feature Kathy Mattea in performance until 7pm, and the house will be open for guests to begin finding their seats as of 5pm. Currently, there are only 30 seats left to this performance, so get yours now: https://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/s/38173943

The 8:30pm performance will feature a 30 minute opener followed by Kathy Mattea in performance until 11pm, and the house will be open for guests to begin finding their seats as of 8pm. Currently, there are only 50 seats left to this performance, so get yours now: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/8151401/eddie-owen-presentskathy-mattea-duluth-eddie-owen-presents-at-the-red-clay-music-foundry?eventref=fb_oea&fbclid=IwAR0grRqjrWhcyMf0MPPRpehRQ_7TcPkYdX4YYlecmpEF-dPyFzKnf5w8oYQ