Bringing great music to Alaska since 1994

Upcoming Season and Show Info Below!

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Tickets to Whistling Swan shows are available at Centertix.net or by calling 263-ARTS, and at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts box office.

Wailin' Jennys
Friday June 7 - Wendy Williamson Auditorium 7:30 pm

The Wailin' Jennys return Friday night June 7 to fill the Wendy Williamson Auditorium with their Juno Award winning sweet and soulful three part harmonies. The critically acclaimed trio (Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta, and Heather Masse),captivated a sold out Discovery Theatre during their last visit. Don't miss this opportunity to hear this acclaimed trio in its highly anticipated third Anchorage show.

These shows are fully seated events.

Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie "Prince" Billy duets are a sensuous display of give and take that includes everything that's resonating in the room, every surface that's being pressed or rubbed or hit is a part of the action. Their harmonies are in the tradition, but they are their own, not cutting-on-the-dotted-line of Everlys magic. They have their own natural way, and it is infused in every deep moment of every song here.

Bonnie "Prince" Billy is known for his "do-it-yourself punk aesthetic and blunt honesty," and his music has been likened to Americana, folk, roots, country, punk, and indie rock. He has been called an "Appalachian post-punk solipsist" with a voice that has been described as "a fragile sort-of warble frittering around haunted melodies in the American folk or country tradition."

McCarthy's performances draw on many influences, from British, Scandinavian, Appalachian and Eastern European music. Her shows often contain elements of theater—dance and puppet shows are common elements. Her music has been compared to Ewa Demarczyk and to neo-psych-folk artists such as Devendra Banhart and Current 93.

Cowboy Junkies and Over the Rhine

Friday, September 06 7:30PM Williamson Auditorium -UAA

Double-bill concert pairing two unique artists!

Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band. The band was nominated for Group of the Year at the Juno Awards in 1990 and 1991. Their sound, using the ambisonic microphone, and their mix of blues, country, folk, rock and jazz earned them both critical attention and a cult following.

Over the Rhine is an Ohio-based band, husband-and-wife team of Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist. Over the years, they shared the stage with Bob Dylan, John Prine, Adrian Belew, Squeeze, Ani DiFranco, My Morning Jacket, Hem, and toured as "adjunct" members of Cowboy Junkies.

Whistling Swan hosts this double-bill concert, pairing two unique artists, for the "Roots on the Rails" journeys on the Alaska Railroad.

Coming next year

Sunday September 15 - Dougie MacLean - Sydney Laurence Theatre - 7 pm

Thursday September 19 - Hot Club of Cowtown- Taproot - 7:30 pm

Saturday October 5 - Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks - Discovery Theatre
Sunday October 6 -Vagabond Blues ( tentative)

Saturday October 26 - Tim O’Brien - Wendy Williamson Auditorium

Saturday November 2 - Garland Jeffries- Taproot - 7:30 pm

Saturday December 7 ( Taproot 7 and 10 pm )
Sunday December 8 - Vagabond Blues -6pm - The Deadly Gentlemen - ( tenatiave)

Saturday May 10 - Ruthie Foster Trio - Discovery Theatre - 7:30 pm