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Dan Zanes brings Grammy-winning tunes to

Guthrie Green

ward-winning “family street, I see people from all over music” artist the world, and so I want my is coming to town for a record to sound like that.” free show at Guthrie Tulsa Children’s Museum AGreen, a n urban park in the heart and the Tulsa City-County Library of downtown Tulsa. Zanes and are helping bring this show to his band will perform at 2:30 p.m. town. The ever popular Buddy on Sunday, September 15 as part Bookworm, the library’s official of Tulsa Roots Rocks The Green, mascot and one of the few inver- an all-ages concert series featur- tebrates with his own Twitter ac- ing internationally touring musi- count, will be on hand to greet cians. Pack a picnic, grab a the kids, and children can visit blanket and head to the thriving the Bookmobile, which will be Brady Arts District for a relaxing parked nearby. The Children’s afternoon of music the entire fam- Museum, which opened its amaz- ily can enjoy. ing Discovery Lab in Owen Park Former frontman for the Del last spring, will have hands-on in- Fuegos, an early ‘80s teractive activities available for band out of , Zanes now the younger audience members. makes his home in . Two additional bands follow His music reflects both his pop- the Dan Zanes’ performance on rock roots and his own wide- the 15th, one of which is KON- ranging musical tastes. Zanes has GOS, a group of young musicians collaborated with musicians as di- originally hailing from South verse as , , Africa. Wear your dancing shoes and Philip Glass. and plan to make a day of it! Ar- “I definitely do have broad DAN ZANES Photo Credit: Concerted Efforts rive early and check out the musical interests,” Zanes told me everyone. “The message behind just what they’re missing with Guthrie Green Market. in a recent interview. “I’m very, what I do is really that music that. If you leave it to the profes- Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green very grateful that I’ve gotten to making is something that is avail- sionals, then you miss out on an is a free, five Sunday concert se- work with people that I love, peo- able for everyone. This is an expe- experience.” ries that runs Sept. 8 – Oct. 6. ple that I respect and really look rience that everyone can have, Zanes wants his music to Opening day features the infec- up to. I’m a fan. I’m a music fan. and I think, should have,” he ex- mirror the diversity he sees tious Latin rhythms of Austin’s To work with Philip Glass or the plained. “I think we should all around him. “We try to make Grupo Fantasma. Philbrook Mu- Blind Boys of Alabama, these are know what it’s like to participate music that sounds like New York. seum of Art will host weekly arts tremendous artists.” in music making, especially in That’s really what it’s about,” he and crafts projects for the kids. Behind Zanes’ humor, catchy these times that we live in. It’s commented. “It’s really just try- For more information and a com- hooks and diverse collaborations easy to slip into being a con- ing to be inclusive, trying to make plete schedule, visit www.tulsa- is the musician’s fundamental be- sumer, but a lot of times, people sure that everybody is at the rootsmusic.org lief that making music is for growing up don’t always realize party. When I walk down the

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