New Thought Center of Hawai`i

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Weaving a Lei of Love
Bev Barnett & Greg Newlon
In Concert
Friday January 20, 2012
Potluck 6pm
Concert 7-9pm

Sunday Morning Musicians  January 15, 2012
9:45am
Jumping the lines between folk, rock, blues and singer-songwriter soulfulness, Bev Barnett & Greg Newlon create a place where you can relax in the comfort of the groove - and know you’re going to leave smiling and just a little more hopeful. The first thing you’ll notice is the blend of their harmonies, along with rhythmic guitar that drives a compelling tension and release. Greg’s guitar pushes - Bev’s voice pulls - together exploring life, love and the pursuit of something real. The connection they have with each other flows through the audience with each song and story, each poignant note and each moment of laughter.

Building on a background of performing jazz, classical and American contemporary music as a woodwind player, Bev Barnett has a gift for delivering the essence of a song. Her voice has been called angelic - but with the ability to ‘turn down the sheets.’ Sometimes you hear the honeyed tones of Mary Chapin Carpenter, and sometimes you hear hints of Sade.

Newlon has been called a 'deliberate' guitarist and a 'natural picker' who, with his casual yet emphatic style, brings you to an effortless place of comfort. His guitar and vocal arrangements are the result of a long and varied musical journey from his rock beginnings combined with a background in musical theatre and barbershop, to the country rock sound of Aspen in the late 1970s and more recently through blues, country and modern folk. All of these influences have shaped his unique style.

They have released three CDs to date. Their song “Lover’s Story” on their 2007 release “Any Doorway Will Do” was featured on KGO San Francisco’s “The Best Music You’ve Never Heard.” Their romantic duet “If I Can’t Sing With You This Christmas” as featured on NPR’s Open Mic and has appeared on two Christmas compilation CDs.
“Definitely talented. True American Americana… whatever that means.  Perhaps it’s their ability to make good music without being pigeonholed to a particular category.”
– Steve Richter, Music Director WJFF Jeffersonville New York

“Wow, that’s smooth!”
- Ronn Owens, KGO San Francisco

“Bev Barnett & Greg Newlon “take a sophisticated approach to their contemporary folk Americana.”
-Santa Cruz Sentinel

“Bev Barnett & Greg Newlon effortlessly channel the intimate, casual atmospheres of coy living rooms and warm hearths with their wholesome acoustic folk and earthy vocals. Simple themes of goodwill, everyday miracles, love and self-acceptance weave their way through the duo's 2007 disc Any Doorway Will Do.”
-Good Times, Santa Cruz

“Campbell residents Bev Barnett and Greg Newlon spin a winning quilt of folk, country and pop. Each has a strong lead voice. Harmonies are soft and sweet, in the Crosby, Stills and Nash vein.”
-Paul Freeman, Palo Alto Daily News