11th & Grant with Eric Funk
11th and Grant with Eric Funk is the premiere outlet for music performance in Montana, seeking out the state's most acclaimed, accomplished, and pioneering talent. The ten-time Emmy® winning performance series also devotes significant time to each artist's personal story, insights into their music and their approach to life, ultimately providing a deeper experience than a seat at a concert. Accomplished composer and musician Eric Funk serves as host and artistic director, hand selecting each performer from communities around the state to form a diverse series featuring genres from jazz to classical, country to zydeco, and rock to fusion.
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11th and Grant with Eric Funk is the premiere outlet for music performance in Montana, seeking out the state's most acclaimed, accomplished, and pioneering talent. The ten-time Emmy® winning performance series also devotes significant time to each artist's personal story, insights into their music and their approach to life, ultimately providing a deeper experience than a seat at a concert. Accomplished composer and musician Eric Funk serves as host and artistic director, hand selecting each performer from communities around the state to form a diverse series featuring genres from jazz to classical, country to zydeco, and rock to fusion.
Season 7 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2011 - 2012
Episode 1
Tra Le Gael
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
Old Country Celtic comes to 11th and Grant with the authenticity and passion that is central to the Irish tradition. Tra Le Gael is a four piece Celtic string, wind and vocal ensemble based in the Flathead Valley. They perform traditional ballads and soaring airs to driving, energetic reels and jigs.
Episode 2
The Dirty Shame
Thu, Jan 19, 2012
In the tradition of original outlaws like Willie Nelson and David Allan Coe, the music of The Dirty Shame is resistant to classification and genre. Often regarded as outlaw country, the Dirty Shame brings together influences from rock, country, blues, Honky-tonk and Irish roots. Their original music is full of emotional highs and lows drawn from their own life experiences.
Episode 3
Little Jane & The Pistol Whips
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Led by the powerful songwriting panache of Ashly Holland, Livingston band Little Jane and the Pistol Whips expertly braids the style of early country into their own unique blend of Montana Made Americana.
Episode 4
Alex Nauman Trio
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
At the crossroads of traditional jazz guitar, funk, and experimental music, a hard-driving Billings band comes to 11th and Grant. Alex Nauman, with the skills and jazz savvy of someone twice his age, is joined by Erik Olson on the Hammond C-3 organ and Brad Edwards on the drums.
Episode 5
The Songwriters
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
They write songs because they love to. They compose without a particular band in mind or even an intention that their song will find a performer. These three men create song after song and keep them to themselves...until now. Chris Cundy, Rick Winking and Gregory Lind share the secret world of their original creations with influences of folk, jazz and rock/hip hop.
Episode 6
Christmas Favorites
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
Host Eric Funk plays piano alongside Jack Taylor on the acoustic bass and Mike Gillan on the drums as the "house band. " Other performers returning are Jake and Jeni Fleming, Elizabeth Croy &Julie Gosswiller, Kelly Roberti, MJ Williams and Ann Tappan, Don Stone, Jeremy Morton, Kris Klone, Tim Drackert and Julia Yates and Ashly Holland.