NewsMay 13, 2019
This year's Shipyard festival lineup finalized
Shipyard Music and Culture Festival is returning to Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau on Sept. 27 and 28 with a roster of 11 nationally touring bands offering a mixture of energy and attitude. But the biggest thing about this year's festival is bands will be performing for two days, said Jeff Rawson, creative director for rustmedia, which is presenting the festival...
Shipyard Music and Culture Festival is returning to Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau on Sept. 27 and 28 with a roster of 11 nationally touring bands offering a mixture of energy and attitude.
But the biggest thing about this year's festival is bands will be performing for two days, said Jeff Rawson, creative director for rustmedia, which is presenting the festival.
"For the same price, you're getting more bands and more time to enjoy them," he said Friday.
A 32-foot stage will be positioned between the Common Pleas Courthouse and Ivers Square gazebo at 209 N. Lorimier St. -- facing the Southeast Missourian, a similar setup as last year.
The band lineup is set, but food and beverage vendors and sponsors for the festival have not been finalized, Rawson said.
According to Rawson, tickets will be the same price as they were for the first festival. Last year, general admission tickets were $30 and VIP tickets were $100.
More event information and tickets can be found at www.shipyardfest.com.
Shipyard Music and Culture Festival band lineup
Jukebox the Ghost
Co-headlining the festival is piano-rock/power-pop group Jukebox the Ghost featuring Ben Thornewill, piano/vocals; Tommy Siegel, guitar/bass/vocals; and Jesse Kristin, drums/vocals. Formed in 2006, Jukebox the Ghost offers "a giddy, vibrant collection of bombastic, colorful songs," according to their website.
The group has played more than 1,000 shows across the country and around the world. And, along with headlining numerous tours, they also have toured as openers for Ingrid Michaelson, Ben Folds, Guster, Motion City Soundtrack, A Great Big World and Jack's Mannequin, among others.
They've also been featured at festivals including Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Bonnaroo and Bottlerock, the band's website states.
Jukebox the Ghost also has performed on "The Late Show with David Letterman."
Colony House
Also co-headlining will be Nashville, Tennessee-based rock group Colony House.
Members include frontman Caleb Chapman; drummer Will Chapman; guitarist Scott Mills; and bassist Parke Cottrell.
According to the band's website, beneath the band's whirlwind of ecstatic guitar playing and intricate melodies is the band's real signature: emotion.
They write about being desperately lonely. They also write about being desperately joyful.
Brothers Caleb and Will Chapman come from a long line of musicians.
"If you're ever in Paducah, Kentucky, and you see 'Chapman Music' on the side of the road, that's my grandpa's music shop," Caleb said in a statement on the band's website.
Grandpa Chapman's son, Steven Curtis Chapman -- Caleb and Will Chapman's dad -- is also a musician. He grew up "playing southern gospel and bluegrass," in Kentucky, according to Caleb Chapman, before moving to Nashville and becoming a songwriter.
American Aquarium
Alternative country band American Aquarium is Shane Boeker on lead guitar, drummer Joey Bybee, bassist Ben Hussey, Adam Kurtz on pedal steel and electric guitar, and band frontman BJ Barham.
"At the end of the day, if you're not writing songs to affect other people's lives, you're in it for the wrong reasons," Barham said in a statement on the band's website. "Money may come and go. You may never get fame. But if you sit down and write songs to affect people, you can do it your whole life and be happy."
The New Respects
Pop, soul and rock 'n' roll quartet The New Respects comprises siblings Alexandria, Alexis and Darius Fitzgerald, and their cousin Jasmine Mullen, according to allmusic.com.
The children of a Nashville preacher, twins Alexandria (guitar) and Alexis (bass) and their brother Darius (drums) grew up on gospel music. Mullen (vocals) heard a wider range of influences in the house, with her parents being songwriters in the Christian music industry, according to the site.
Animal Years
According to the band's Facebook bio, "roots rock Americana" Animal Years holds dear to tunes from early Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket to Young The Giant and The Avett Brothers.
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Animal Years is driven by Mike McFadden, vocals/guitar; Anthony Spinnato, drums; and Anthony Saladino, bass.
The group's "boozy, raucous, high-energy live show provides the icing on the cake for this fast-rising quartet," the bio states.
Liz Cooper and the Stampede
"Dream-folk psychedelic rock" is how Liz Cooper and the Stampede's lead vocalist Liz Cooper describes the band on Facebook.
Other members of the trio are Grant Prettyman and Ryan Usher.
"I suppose the blending of my unique vocal texture with my no rules, what-the-hell-am-I-doing picking and playing style from acoustic to electric guitar is the dream folk," she said in the band's Facebook bio.
Cooper said, "All together, we like to sing sweet, sweet harms, we live to be wild, we love getting weird, and we always have fun. Pure bliss."
Blackfoot Gypsies
Nashville's Blackfoot Gypsies are a rock 'n' roll band, "straight up, no modifiers necessary," as described in the band's Facebook bio.
After four years, four releases and many miles under their belt as a two-piece guitar-and-drums powerhouse, Zack Murphy and Matthew Paige recently added Dylan Whitlow on bass and Ollie Dogg on harmonica, creating an "undeniably American sound," according to the bio.
The band describes witnessing their onstage presence as "watching someone cling to a firehose at full blast or dig their heels in atop a thrashing mechanical bull ... holding on for dear life, slowly guiding and reacting to forces at the brink of their control, somehow coming up aces in the end."
Blackfoot Gypsies have toured with Alabama Shakes, Trampled by Turtles, Futurebirds, The Ettes and The Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Walden
Four friends from Athens, Georgia -- Jamie de Lange, Andrew Mendel, Eric Hangartner and Richard Becker -- are "driven by passion and purpose" in pursuing alternative rock, according to the group's Facebook bio.
The band "seeks to evoke emotion and inspiration music and live performance."
Dawson Hollow
Indie/folk band from Missouri, Dawson Hollow is made up of Ben Link on banjo, electric guitar, vocals and rhythm; Aaron Link on guitar, drums and vocals; Rachel Link on keyboard, mandolin, cello and vocals; Kyle Link on fiddle, guitar and vocals; and John Link on bass and vocals.
According to the group's website, their music "encompasses the nostalgia of folk while channeling the urgent and intoxicating energy of indie-rock."
Tidal Volume
St. Louis-based, "pun rock" Tidal Volume "is a dumb band" founded in 2010, according to the group's Facebook page.
Members are Zach Sullentrup, Matt Sullentrup, Andrew Scherping and Will Minard.
"Zach writes the dumb songs then plays with them with Matt, Will, and Andrew, all of whom are dumb," the band's bio states.
Tidal Volume "continues to play shows and work on new music as if they have no clue how dumb they really are," according to the group's Facebook page.
Retro City
And last but not least, hailing from Cape Girardeau is Retro City. The band takes its inspiration from Colony House.
Members are Nathan Higgins on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Raleigh Davis on drums, Taylor Bridges on lead guitar and Tyler Myers on bass and keyboard.
Together, the members create a "bright, polished, energetic sound."
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