NEW YORK, July 24, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Front and Center, the critically acclaimed concert series that kicked off its ninth season this month, announced that Grammy Award-winning artist Gary Clark Jr., best known for his fusion of blues, rock and soul music with elements of hip hop, is featured in its next episode on public television (check local listings).
Gary Clark Jr. has been dubbed "The Chosen One" by critics for creating his personal trademark sound, which features distorted guitar and heavy use of improvisation, paired with a soulful voice. Filmed at the famous Village in Los Angeles, he performs material from his new album, This Land, including the album's title track and "Pearl Cadillac." The trailer for this episode can be viewed here.
A trio of exclusive performances from this episode of Front and Center will premiere today in advance of broadcast via social media channels of guitar industry giant, Gibson Brands (Twitter: @gibsonguitar / IG: @gibsonguitar / FB: https://www.facebook.com/Gibson/) for Low Down Rolling Stone, trendsetting men's fashion designer John Varvatos (John Varvatos Instagram: @johnvarvatos / Twitter: @johnvarvatos / FB: https://www.facebook.com/JohnVarvatos/) for Pearl Cadillac, and Academy Award nominee actor Don Cheadle (Twitter: @doncheadle / IG: @doncheadle) will launch This Land.
Commenting on the forthcoming broadcast, Clark commented, "It was cool taping Front and Center at The Village where I did some recording on This Land. I love that spot."
Season nine of Front and Center features an all new line-up of Grammy Award winners, industry legends, emerging artists, and chart toppers. The new episodes include intimate performances from Hozier, Carly Pearce, Brett Young, lovelytheband, Robby Krieger and Friends, Chris Janson, The Head and the Heart, and Santana IV.
Full episodes will be streaming online at: https://www.pbs.org/show/front-and-center/.
Front and Center is a production of Front and Center Entertainment, LLC in association with WLIW, LLC for WNET. The series is distributed by American Public Television.
Videos and more information about Front and Center are available at http://www.frontandcenter.com and http://www.youtube.com/frontandcentertv.
About Front and Center Entertainment
Front and Center Entertainment, LLC produces the popular music performance television series Front and Center as well as the groundbreaking talk show Speakeasy and the monthly series MTV Live: Setlist. Since 2012 Front and Center has presented an eclectic mix of Grammy, Country Music Association, American Music and Academy of Country Music Award winners, rock icons and multi-platinum sellers including Keith Urban, Steven Tyler, Cyndi Lauper, Counting Crows, Rob Thomas, and The Avett Brothers. Speakeasy, which began airing in January 2015, features an iconic talent chatting intimately with an interviewer of their choice. Included are conversations with Roger Waters and Bill Weir, David Crosby and Wynton Marsalis, Sting and Shaggy, Lenny Kravitz and Sean Lennon, and Robbie Robertson with Warren Zanes. MTV Live: Setlist spotlights rising artists spanning multiple genres including St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Dua Lipa, and Muna.
About WNET
WNET is America's flagship PBS station: parent company of New York's THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, the statewide public media network in New Jersey. Through its new ALL ARTS multi-platform initiative, its broadcast channels, three cable services (THIRTEEN PBSKids, Create and World) and online streaming sites, WNET brings quality arts, education and public affairs programming to more than five million viewers each month. WNET produces and presents a wide range of acclaimed PBS series, including Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, PBS NewsHour Weekend, and the nightly interview program Amanpour and Company. In addition, WNET produces numerous documentaries, children's programs, and local news and cultural offerings, as well as multi-platform initiatives addressing poverty and climate. Through THIRTEEN Passport and WLIW Passport, station members can stream new and archival THIRTEEN, WLIW and PBS programming anytime, anywhere.
About APT
American Public Television (APT) is the leading syndicator of high-quality, top-rated programming to the nation's public television stations. Founded in 1961, APT distributes 250 new program titles per year and one-fourth of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles in the U.S. APT's diverse catalog includes prominent documentaries, performance, news and current affairs programs, dramas, how-to programs, children's series and classic movies. America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country, AfroPoP, Rick Steves' Europe, Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television, Front and Center, Doc Martin, Nightly Business Report, Midsomer Murders, Lidia's Kitchen, Kevin Belton's New Orleans Kitchen, Simply Ming, The Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross, and P. Allen Smith's Garden Home are a sampling of APT's programs, considered some of the most popular on public television. APT also licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service and distributes Create®TV — featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming — and WORLD™, public television's premier news, science and documentary channel. To find out more about APT's programs and services, visit APTonline.org.
About Gary Clark Jr.
Within a short span of time, Clark has made an indelible mark for himself in the music world. Rarely has an artist alchemized the sounds of the great African-American music forms into one genre-defying statement of unique power, craft and social significance, as Clark has done on his third Warner Records album THIS LAND, which prompted President Barack Obama to call him "the future of music". Clark is a rare artist, a genre bender, who transcends sound, style, race, gender, and age; witnessed on the world stage from Bonnaroo, to Jay Z's Made In America, to Coachella, to the Roots Picnic, to Glastonbury, and many more. In addition, Clark has been tapped to collaborate with titans from all genres of music from Prince, Beyoncé, Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Ed Sheeran, Eric Clapton, Childish Gambino, Keith Urban and many others.
Company contact:
Don Maggi
Front and Center Entertainment
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Gary Clark Jr. contact:
Rick Gershon
Warner Records
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garyclarkjr.com
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@GaryClarkJr
http://www.youtube.com/user/garyclarkjr
SOURCE Front and Center
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