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Show Dierks Bentley ivtac Tickets to see country Dierks Bentley go on sale Friday for his April 26 performance at the E Center with guests Bucky Covington and Lee Brice. The Arizona native came onto the country music scene in 2003 when his single "What Was I Think in' " jumped to Billboard's No, 1 country single. Since then, Bentley has had nine other charted singles, five of which were charted at No. 1. To purchase tickets call (801) 9 or or visit www.smithstix.com. Prices range from $27.50 to $35. writer r Ramblin man Joshua James loves the vagabond life of a traveling musician Krystin Anderson DAILY 467-849- HERALD took him 2 1 years, but Joshua James eventually got serious about It the guitar. Now, four years later, people are getting serious about his music consuming, in gulps, the grounded, personal topics he freely serves in his Symphonic winds Mr The Salt Lake Symphonic Winds will perform Friday at Aka High School, featuring the energetic "Year of the Dragon" by Philip Sparke. The group, founded in 1992, also will be playing a piece by Percy Grainger, best known for his studies on the folk music of the British Isles. The concert will take place at the Alta High School auditorium, 11055 S. Hawk Highway (1000 East) in Sandy. The free performance will begin at 7 p.m. songs. Nebraska native James now lives in Provo, flourishing in the local music scene where he first started playing. Breaking from his local tradition of playe band, however, ing with a James will scale down his next performance at the Velour Live Music Gallery on Friday to four-piec- gytwoper- - "We had the idea of putting chairs in Velour so it feels more like a very intimate show," James said, "but because we're putting in chairs the capacity's going down to Ify)ugD A Lonely Evening with Joshua James I THE ii When: Friday, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Where: Velour g Weekly charts for the nation's recorded musk as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission. Live Music Gallery, 135 N. University Ave., Provo Hot 100 Tickets: $8 Info: almost half, www.joshuajames.tv so we decided to do two shows in one night instead of just having one." show is reminiscent of The scaled-bacJames's tour setup, which is solo. Touring has taken him from California to New York to Florida, and almost every state in between, and is for James an artistic experience in itself. "It's just a really neat thing to almost feel like you don't have a home and kind of be a vagabond, travel across the country," he said. "It's a really surreal and almost spiritual experience to see so much all these different places of the land it's just beautiful." and people Dylan Schorer is the second part to the upcoming duet show, playing steel pedal and lap guitars for what he calls a "tex-turambience" to James's music. "He's got this kind of quiet intensity where he has this whispery, breathy voice that can really suck you into the song," Schorer said about James. "He's and really an intense has a lot of dynamics iahis music. I really try to clue into that ...Kelp quiet moments 1. Usher Featuring Young Jeezy, Love In This Club 818-226- 2. Flo Rida Featuring 7.; singer-songwrit- Low 3. Chris Brown, With You ' 4. Rihanna, Don't Stop The Music k al CHARTS 5. Sara Bareilles, Love Song 6. Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown, No Air 7. Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic, Apologize 8. Alicia Keys, No One 9. Webbie, Independent Joshua James Joshua James will perform Friday night at the Velour Live Music Gallery in Provo. stay quiet and help the loud moments get more of the serious topics that people can even louder." grasp on to," James said. James derives his music from experiHe currently has three releases: two ences that have personal meaning to him, EPs and an LP, "The Sun is Always which, he said, is the reason people appre- Brighter," and a fourth is scheduled for ciate his music. release later this year. "I imagine that some of the things that The LP will be released to stores in I sing about, people can relate to, whether June, after which James and his band it's having a sibling going through drug will make a tour of the United abuse or ... even suicide States to promote it. just a little bit full-circ- Lil Phat & Lil' Boosie, 10. Snoop Dogg, Sensual Seduction Adult Contemporary 1. Sara Bareilles, Love Song 2. Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic Apologize 3. Finger Eleven, Paralyzer 4. Buckcherry, Sorry 5. Colbie Caillat, Bubbly |