Get ready for an electrifying evening of genre-defying music as Ana Popovic, Amythyst Kiah, and Vanessa Collier come together for a powerful celebration of Soul, Roots, and Fire, featuring full band sets from Ana Popovic and Vanessa Collier alongside an intimate solo performance from Amythyst Kiah, plus special collaborative moments that highlight the chemistry between three of today’s most compelling voices in contemporary roots music.  Popovic, whom Bruce Springsteen called “one helluva guitar player,” is internationally renowned for her fiery, genre-blending guitar work; Amythyst Kiah, a Grammy Award nominee, brings a deeply emotional and raw approach to Americana and folk with haunting vocals and incisive songwriting; and Vanessa Collier, a multi-instrumentalist and Blues Music Award winner, commands the stage with soulful vocals, powerful saxophone, and a modern take on blues traditions, making this a vibrant, unforgettable night you won’t want to miss.

“Ana Popovic melds rock, blues, and jazz for fiery power.” – No Depression

“Amythyst Kiah’s razor-sharp guitar picking alone guarantees her a place among masters, but it’s her deep-hued voice that can change on a dime from brushed steel to melted toffee that commands attention.” – The New York Times

“[Vanessa Collier is an] Up-and-Comer” – Rolling Stone

Pre-concert reception from 6:30-8 p.m. features live local music from Mic. Carr & Shades, curated bites from Ollie’s Trolley, slices from N.Y.P.D. Pizza, craft beer tastings from HighGrain Brewing Co., and grain-to-glass spirits from Northern Row Brewery & Distillery.

BIG THANKS to our Presenting Sponsor, Blue Snakes & Banjos, and Concert Sponsors, Bill & Kate Baumann, Carl & Margo Hall, and Steve & Mindy Rosen, for generously supporting this show.

Helado Negro is the project of Roberto Carlos Lange, a producer and singer-songwriter celebrated for crafting compassionate, atmospheric, and experimental pop music.  Across his work, Lange has built a reputation for weaving together deeply personal reflections with broader meditations on the world around him, often balancing themes of vulnerability, hope, and uncertainty with an ever-present sense of curiosity.  His new EP, The Last Sound On Earth (Big Dada, out November 7), reflects on despair, hope, and inspiration against the backdrop of a planet in crisis.  Initially inspired by the question, “What will the last sound I hear before I die be?”, Lange channels frenetic electronics, distortion, and echo into songs that capture feelings of dread, but also the possibility of renewal.  Lead single “More,” accompanied by a video from filmmaker Annapurna Kumar, explores the paradox of hyperconnection and loneliness, while other tracks confront power structures (“Sender Receiver”), protection and cynicism (“Protector”), and the balance between nothingness and possibility (“Zenith”).  Despite the heavy themes, movement and joy remain central to Lange’s practice.  Performing live, he transforms grief and tension into something freeing, asking, “How can I dance to this grief?”  The result is music that never shies away from complexity, but ultimately searches for release and connection.  As Lange frames it himself:  “What is the last sound on earth?  The last sound is love… that’s the sound I hope to hear.”  With The Last Sound On Earth, Helado Negro opens a new chapter, offering listeners music that resonates on both intimate and universal scales—a reminder that even in moments of uncertainty, there’s room for reflection, movement, and love.

Pre-concert reception from 6:30-8 p.m. features live local music, curated bites from Ollie’s Trolley, slices from N.Y.P.D. Pizza, craft beer tastings from HighGrain Brewing Co., and grain-to-glass spirits from Northern Row Brewery & Distillery.

LOS LOBOS AT 50

It’s a matter of time.  50 years, to be exact.  And in that time, Los Lobos have created an unprecedented body of work, a legacy of greatness.  The numbers are staggering:  100+ gigs a year for five decades running, crossing millions of miles to rock millions of fans.  And that’s just at the live shows.  In between, they’ve recorded 17 studio albums, 7 live LPs, 3 compilations, 2 EPs, 2 DVDs, and contributed 40+ guest appearances on their friends’ recordings—all garnering 4 Grammys, an Austin City Limits Hall of Fame induction, the ALMA Ritchie Valens Pioneer Award, National Endowment for the Arts and Hispanic Heritage Foundation Honors, Congressional recognitions, plus countless “Keys to the City” and “Los Lobos Day” celebrations.  And those are just a few of the highlights.  But beyond all the hoopla and applause (and the source of it all, really) is the tremendous heart.  Rather, hearts.  Cinco corazones.  Five blood brothers who have dedicated their off-stage time to helping others, working for peace and justice, penning some of the most literate and important music of their time, transforming the hard cries from the East L.A. barrio into songs of hope, tales of common folk finding ways to endure.  The young wolves were weaned on late-night radio’s soul, R&B, and doo-wop.  Were cured through the African-American currents of blues, jazz, and rock ‘n’ roll.  An amalgam.  As proud Chicanos, their songs have always glistened with the distillation from their Mexican and Latin American roots—nourished by Norteña and rancheras, buoyed by bolero and cumbias, soaring on the rhythms of son huasteco and son jarocho.  Los Lobos have helped spread the rich diversity of cultures across every continent, throughout the global community.  Kids in Antwerp now know about Aztlán.  Residents of Luxor and Ghana are crooning Lalo Guerrero.  People from Laos and Bulgaria are belting “La Bamba”—all thanks to The Wolves as cultural ambassadors.  Talk about a living legacy.  Talk about a productive half century.  And in the true rebel spirit, they did it all on their own terms, against formula.  For the ages.  To our delight.  Quite simply, they are one of the tightest, one of the best, one of the most prolific bands ever.  And, amazingly, with the original founding members as the pack the entire time.  Unprecedented.  As their liner notes put it, quite simply:  “Los Lobos still are David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Jr., Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, Steve Berlin.”

Another Longworth-Anderson Series evening of great music, food, and drink!  Complimentary pre-concert reception features live local music, light bites from Ollie’s Trolley and N.Y.P.D. Pizza, and craft beer tastings from HighGrain Brewing Co.

Over the last 25 years, Andrew McMahon has successfully experienced musical rebirth many times and consistently arrived on the other side stronger than ever.  A child prodigy who was born and raised on the East Coast before moving to Southern California as a teenager, McMahon began stunning classmates and teachers with his ability to connect through song at an early age.

By 1998, he co-founded the pop-punk outfit Something Corporate while in high school, serving as singer, pianist, and songwriter, and leading the band to major chart success in the early 2000s with Leaving Through the Window and North.  Soon after, McMahon resurfaced in 2005 with the deeply personal solo project Jack’s Mannequin, releasing three acclaimed studio albums, including the Gold-certified Everything in Transit and two subsequent Billboard Top 10 albums, The Glass Passenger and People and Things.

In 2014, McMahon released his debut album under his own name and new moniker, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, featuring the breakout Top 5 Alternative radio single “Cecilia and the Satellite.”  He followed with the hook-packed Wilderness albums like Zombies on Broadway, which featured another Top 5 single, “Fire Escape,” “Upside Down Flowers,” and “Tilt at the Wind No More.”

Across his three projects, McMahon has sold nearly 2.5 million albums, surpassed 1.3 billion streams, performed at major festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits, and toured alongside the likes of Weezer, Panic! at the Disco, Gavin DeGraw, Dashboard Confessional, and even his idol, Billy Joel.  McMahon has also received an Emmy nomination for his work on the NBC show Smash and launched his own curated cruise experience, Andrew McMahon’s Holiday From Real.  In July 2025, he brought all three of his acts together at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, making history with his sold-out Three Pianos show, where he became the first artist to perform as opening act, direct support, and headliner at the iconic venue all in one special, career-spanning night.

But behind this story of constant evolution lies a deeply personal journey.  McMahon’s path was shaped by his very public battle with leukemia at the age of 22.  Those challenges not only influenced his songwriting but inspired the founding of the Dear Jack Foundation in 2006, a nonprofit that supports adolescents and young adults facing cancer.  His survival and continued creativity are also chronicled in the documentary Dear Jack and his searingly honest 2021 memoir, Three Pianos, which blends personal storytelling with original music scored by McMahon himself.

Through it all, McMahon has found solace and hope in the things that matter most:  his family and the one instrument he’s always turned to, his piano.  He has built a career on resilience, reinvention, and the healing power of music, creating a body of work that continues to inspire others as much as it has sustained him.

$1 per ticket goes towards The Dear Jack Foundation, which provides impactful programming that directly benefits adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer in order to improve their quality of life and create positive health outcomes from treatment to survivorship for patients and their families. For more info, please visit https://www.dearjackfoundation.org/ 

Another Longworth-Anderson Series evening of great music, food, and drink!  Complimentary pre-concert reception features live local music, light bites from Ollie’s Trolley and N.Y.P.D. Pizza, and craft beer tastings from HighGrain Brewing Co.

Now in its 31st year, the unstoppable engine of joy that is Pink Martini continues to bring founder Thomas Lauderdale’s mission of multicultural connection and inclusion to concert stages on six continents.  Presenting a mélange of catchy old-fashioned pop, global color, foot-tapping big band sound, and Hollywood glamour, Oregon’s most famous “little orchestra” performs music intended to appeal to everyone, regardless of age or background.  Performing with a number of iconic voices including the band’s first lead singer China Forbes, the inimitable Storm Large, NPR’s dashing Ari Shapiro, the soulful Edna Vazquez, America’s Got Talent finalist Jimmie Herrod, fan favorite Timothy Nishimoto, and international singing sensation Meow Meow, Pink Martini has played on legendary concert stages around the world, including the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall in London, and Bercy Arena in Paris.  They’ve released over a dozen albums on their in-house label Heinz Records, including the newest EP, Bella ciao, featuring the anti-fascist title song sung by Storm Large.

“This is rich, hugely approachable music, utterly cosmopolitan yet utterly unpretentious.  And it seems to speak to just about everybody … from grade-schoolers to grandmothers to the young and hip and beautiful.” – The Washington Post

Another Longworth-Anderson Series evening of great music, food, and drink!  Complimentary pre-concert reception features live local music, light bites from Ollie’s Trolley and N.Y.P.D. Pizza, and craft beer tastings from HighGrain Brewing Co.