Melissa Etheridge | Charlie Winston | Kill It Kid | Hendrix Ackle

Zermatt Unplugged - 14 18 April 2015 - Zermatt:
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Marquee Stage:
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge is one of rock music’s great female icons.  Her critically-acclaimed eponymous debut album was certified double-platinum.  Etheridge’s popularity built around such memorable songs as “Bring Me Some Water,” “No Souvenirs” and “Ain't It Heavy” for which she won her first Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal. Etheridge hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, Yes I Am featuring the massive hits “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window,” a searing song of longing that brought her a second Grammy.  The six times platinum album spent more than two and a half years on the album chart.  Etheridge is also an Oscar winner for Best Original Song in 2007.  In 2011 Melissa made her Broadway debut as St. Jimmy in Green Day’s rock opera, American Idiot, where she replaced Billie Joe Armstrong for one week, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Her most recent album, This Is M.E. was released on September 30, 2014. 
www.melissaetheridge.com
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The Alex:
Charlie Winston
“I realised that in my music I’d always had this big personality… I saw a certain theatrical aspect there. With this record I challenged myself to strip that away. This is me as a producer and musician.”

Cornish-born, Suffolk-bred Charlie Winston started his solo writing path playing all over Europe on a shoestring: Germany, France, Italy, Spain - he was out performing anywhere that would take him, embodying the wandering troubadour style that would eventually bring him to international attention. His appearance: the waistcoat, the trilby, the tie all fitted his then-persona of a musician as much a showman as pure artist and the distinctive style would bring him early on to the attention of fashion icons Jean-Paul Gaultier, Trussadi and Jean-Paul Goude – the latter using him in one of his adverts for Galleries Lafayette, the biggest fashion mall in France.
www.charliewinston.com
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Venissage:
Kill It Kid
There's a long tradition of young British musicians falling in love with the American blues. It started in the sixties when the likes of The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Led Zeppelin became mesmerized by the sounds that emanated from the backwoods and bayous of the South.
 
Continuing in this unspoken ritual is vocalist and guitarist Chris Turpin, who fell under the spell of Robert Johnson and Blind Willie McTell. After reading Johnson's name in an early interview with The White Stripes, the budding guitarist took to Berwick St in London and combed record store bargain bins for the keys to unlock this legacy for himself.
www.killitkid.com
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Sunnegga:
Hendrix Ackle
Der Pianist Hendrix Ackle ist seit Jahren der heimliche Star der Band von Philipp Fankhauser. So zwischendurch, ganz selten und an ausgesuchten Orten, spielt der Badener mit seinem Piano-Quartett eigene Songperlen, die von Liebe, Einsamkeit und Trost erzählen. Gezimmert aus dem Schwemmgut und den Bruchstücken des Lebens, in der Hoffnung, dass am Ende der Reise alles wieder zusammenfindet, wie er sagt. Kurzum: Hendrix Ackle macht wunderbar instrumentierte, feinfühlig umgesetzte Popmusik mit der Haltung einer Jazzcombo. Und eben: «Hendrix Ackle ist ein phänomenaler Pianist.» (Neue Luzerner Zeitung)
www.hendrixackle.com
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