

“We will play dang near anywhere that’ll have us,” she says. “It’s always a pleasant surprise to me when he does, so I’ll likely never change my number.” Now, with Tempting Fate, Carolyn Wonderland is excited to get back out on the road and reconnect with her fans and friends. “Sometimes he’ll just call,” Wonderland says. “He’s a true musicologist,” Wonderland says of Dylan. They’ve crossed paths since, sometimes jamming, sometimes just talking about music. She drove the 165 miles at record speed to spend some time with him. Dylan asked Benson, “Hey, have you heard Carolyn Wonderland? She’s something else.” Dylan wanted to meet Wonderland, so Benson got her number from a mutual friend and called her in Houston, telling Wonderland to get to Austin immediately to meet with Dylan. One day in 2003, legendary musician Ray Benson (of Asleep At The Wheel) was having lunch with his friend Bob Dylan, who had heard Wonderland’s music. She has been featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, NPR Music’s Mountain Stage and Austin City Limits, and has been written up in publications from the Boston Herald to the Los Angeles Times. With four albums already under her belt, Wonderland moved to Austin, Texas in 1999, where she quickly earned a large and loyal following, creating plenty of press buzz and radio attention. Submitted Carolyn Wonderland will play at Battle, Axe and Tracks festival on Saturday. Her guitar work, on both six-string and lap steel, is often explosive and always melodic. Her vocals range from raw and fierce to subtle and gentle. Wonderland delivers ten riveting songs on the album, including five originals and one co-written. She has a knack for writing songs that sound like instant classics. According to a press release, she is known for her spine-chilling, soul-deep singing that matches her guitar prowess note for note. She released her latest album, Tempting Fate.

Carolyn Wonderland brings tour to Reno with a new chapter Carolyn Wonderland spent the last three years as lead guitarist in blues legend John Mayall’s Blues Breakers, and has now joined the Alligator Records family as the first female guitar hero in the label’s storied 50-year history. Carolyn Wonderland will play at Battle, Axe and Tracks festival on Saturday.
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Single-day tickets are available for $99 per day, and VIP tickets are available for $450 for the weekend with many perks, upgraded opportunities including free entrance to the Thursday night Axe Battle, a private meet and greet with selected artists, an indoor lounge and more. Find the music schedule here: Weekend tickets are $179 each for the 16 bands and on-site activities. Performers throughout the day include Ally Venable, King Solomon Hicks, Ian Moore, Dennis Johnson & the Mississippi Ramblers, Eric Henry Andersen Band and the winner of the Axe Battle. 2: Headliners Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Samantha Fish. Performers throughout the day include Six Mile Station, Jelly Bread, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Carolyn Wonderland, Los Coast, and Sue Foley. 1: Headliners Jimmie Vaughan and the Robert Randolph Band. Find the music schedule here: Schedule at a glance: Saturday, Oct. The music on Saturday and Sunday begins at noon with eight bands performing each day. There is also a pre-concert at Cypress in Reno, with Los Coast performing at 9 p.m.

KOZZ’s Max Volume hosts the event and 10 finalists will be giving their all to earn a coveted spot in the weekend’s festival line-up. 29, with a good ole’ fashion guitar competition, the “Axe Battle” at NoVi nightclub inside The Row. The event kicks off today, Thursday, Sept. The festival wants to keep the experience intimate for attendees, so only 4,000 tickets are being sold for the lineup. 1 Billboard recording artist and eight-time Grammy Award nominee Kenny Wayne Shepherd, powerhouse guitarist Samantha Fish, four-time Grammy winner Jimmie Vaughan and 10-time Grammy nominee Robert Randolph Band along with a curated lineup of nationally touring and local artists. The festival features blues and rock music, activities, food trucks, bars, a guitar battle, axe throwing and more. The first Battle, Axe and Tracks combines award-winning established and emerging rock, funk and blues musicians with the intimate setting of Rancho San Rafael Park. WEBSITE: *See website for complete festival line-up and detailed ticket information Reno is hosting a multi-day music festival this weekend with sixteen musicians and bands at Rancho San Rafael Park on Oct. Sierra St., Reno WHEN: Music begins at noon on Saturday and Sunday.
