FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 12, 2015

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An Eclectic Fusion of Music: Southern Troubadours in the Round Featuring Joe Ely, Ruthie Foster, and Paul Thorn March 14 at Tacoma’s Historic Pantages Theater

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Tacoma, WA – Three Southern musicians blend their distinct musical styles in an evening of genre-defying, soulful energy. Southern Troubadours in the Round features Joe Ely, Ruthie Foster and Paul Thorn on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the historic Pantages Theater. Tickets start at $19 and are on sale now.

Joe Ely began recording music in the early 1970s with friends Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock. Together the three men formed the group The Flatlanders. After disbanding in 1973, the group went on to successful solo careers. Today, Ely is known as one of the true pioneers of the alt-country, Americana, “too rock for country, too country for rock” brigade.

Ruthie Foster hails from a family of gospel singers, yet has emerged as a musician on her own, with a combustible blend of soul, blues, rock and folk music. Foster won the 2013 Koko Taylor Award, honoring notable female blues artists, and has received three Grammy nominations for Best Blues Album.

Before he was a musician, Paul Thorn jumped out of airplanes and was a professional boxer. His music has been described as a “muscular brand of roots music – bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern, yet also speaking universal truths.” His album Pimps & Preachers topped the Americana charts for three weeks and broke into the Billboard Top 100.

Tickets for Southern Troubadours in the Round at the Pantages Theater are on sale now and start at $19. To purchase tickets, call the Broadway Center Box Office at 253.591.5894, toll-free 1.800.291.7593, visit in person at 901 Broadway in Tacoma’s Theater District or online at www.BroadwayCenter.org.

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The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the following for support of the 2014-15 Season: ArtsFund, Ben B. Cheney Foundation, The Boeing Company, CHI Franciscan Health System, City of Tacoma, Key Bank, Korsmo Construction, The News Tribune, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Pierce County Arts Commission, The Puyallup Tribe, and Washington State Arts Commission.