Roots singer/songwriter Paul Thorn returns to F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Nov. 5
From a press release:
It was just announced that Southern rock/roots musician Paul Thorn will return to the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. as part of the Chandelier Concert Series.
Tickets, which are $20 in advance and $25 the day of the show, plus fees, go on sale this Friday, May 3 at 10 a.m. and will be available at the Sundance Vacations Box Office at the Kirby Center (71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre), online at kirbycenter.org, and by phone at 570-826-1100. A Kirby Member pre-sale begins Wednesday, May 1 at 10 a.m.
Paul Thorn has created an innovative and impressive career, pleasing crowds with his muscular brand of roots music – bluesy, rocking, and thoroughly Southern American, yet also speaking universal truths.
Among those who value originality, inspiration, eccentricity, and character – as well as talent that hovers somewhere on the outskirts of genius – the story of Paul Thorn is already familiar. Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi among the same spirits (and some of the actual people) who nurtured the young Elvis generations before, Paul Thorn has rambled down back roads and jumped out of airplanes; worked for years in a furniture factory; battled four-time world champion boxer Roberto Duran on national television; signed with and been dropped by a major label; performed on stages with Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Sting, and John Prine, among many others; and made some of the most emotionally restless yet fully accessible music of our time.
He’s also appeared on major television shows such as “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” been the subject of numerous National Public Radio (NPR) features, and charted multiple times on the Billboard Top 100 and Americana Radio Charts.
In 2018, Thorn released an album titled “Don’t Let the Devil Ride,” which he describes as “the culmination of my whole life in music, coming back to my roots.” It marks his first time recording gospel music – featuring guests such as the Blind Boys of Alabama, the McCrary Sisters, and Preservation Hall Horns – and his creation of a body of strikingly original songs that address the foibles of human relationships without necessarily favoring the sacred over the profane.
