Acoustic roots singer-songwriter Joe Flood and Pennsylvania-based singer-songwriter Alex Radus share the bill at Best Video Film & Cultural Center Sat., April. 26. The show starts at 7 PM and the cover is $10.
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Flood has traveled a long musical road. He has played and written songs with the likes of Levon Helm of The Band, jam band faves Blues Traveler, Americana stalwarts the Bottle Rockets, had on stage and studio encounters with such giants of American music as Pinetop Perkins, Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, and John Sebastian and done stints as a sideman with The Band’s Rick Danko, Eric Andersen, Kelly Willis, Happy and Artie Traum, Mojo Nixon, Tom Russell, Sylvia Tyson, Greg Trooper...and the list goes on.
Alex Radus is hailed as a “versatile crooner” (UMC Nashville) and “master guitarist” (Courier News), but his songwriting takes center stage. Alex pairs whimsical and poignant storytelling with an eclectic mix of Americana, swing, blues, folk and more, leapfrogging genres and blurring the lines between them. John Gorka calls him a “remarkable artist…an excellent guitarist, songwriter and singer…worth going out of your way to hear."
During his early career, Alex was awarded a youth scholarship to the Augusta Heritage Center, where he was first exposed to and learned from some of the nation’s best finger-pickers, who helped influence his unique finger style and respect for traditional music. Most recently, he was selected as a 2024 Falcon Ridge Folk Fest Emerging Artist and voted a “Most Wanted” artist to return to the Main Stage in 2025. Alex’s original repertoire is so broad, he needs three bands to present it! Check out his other projects: Hot4Robot (alt rock / post-punk) and The Christmas Sweaters (irreverent and comical holiday music).