Guitarist, Singer Eric Bibb Back by Popular Demand For ISU “Season of Note” Series

Released by: Idaho State University Sept. 20, 2010
Written by: Rachel Essinger
Contact: Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office, (208) 282-3595

Guitarist, Singer Eric Bibb Back by Popular Demand
For ISU “Season of Note” Series

POCATELLO – Eric Bibb, internationally known guitarist and singer, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall of the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
The concert is part of the Idaho State University 2010-11 “A Season of Note” concert series. Bibb is famous for his blues, gospel, folk and New Orleans R&B roots music. Bibb last performed at ISU in 2008 as part of the “Season of Note” series.
“Bibb’s voice is a sweet, smoky baritone, and his finger-picking style is understated, coloring his songs rather than adding technical flash,” noted a reviewer from the Austin American States referring to Bibb’s recording “Get Onboard.” “The quieter, more reflective aspect of the blues doesn’t get a lot of attention, but when Bibb plays, blues and gospel can become one glorious whole.”
Nominated for nine W. C. Handy Blues Music Awards and winner of the “Best Newcomer” title in the British Blues Awards, Bibb has been appropriately described as “discreetly awesome” and “a total original.” In the words of “House of Blues Radio Hour” host Elwood Blues,“You are what the blues of the new century should be about.”
More information on Bibb is available at www.ericbibb.com.
Tickets are $20 main level, $16 upper level and can be purchased at the Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office online at www.isu.edu/tickets or by calling (208) 282-3595. They can also be purchased at the Vickers Stores in Pocatello and Idaho Falls.
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