Making Laguna a Music Town
Beth's Tuesdays is a monthly singer-songwriter's showcase hosted by Beth Fitchet Wood...
Concerts are in person and held at the Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center - 235 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach on a Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door, + $1.50 credit card fees.
Beth's Tuesdays - January 7th, Artist to be Determined
Mark Trunbull
Grammy-nominated songwriter Mark Turnbull started his performing career at the age of 5 on the Jimmy Durante Show and hasn't looked back. His first album (1968) for Reprise Records "Portrait of the Young Artist" was a Billboard pick, and Turnbull was listed in F.M. & Fine Arts magazine (along with Randy Newman, Laura Nyro and Bob Dylan) as one of the finest songwriters of the era. His forays into the theater have produced original musicals (his "Tales of Fannie Keenan, Better Known as Dora Hand" represented the United States in the Olympic Theater Festival in the 1984 Olympics); a DramaLogue Award for musical direction (for the musical play "Quilters" which won the national AACT competition and went on to represent the U.S. in an international drama competition in Dundalk Ireland); his solo show Mark Turnbull and Friends—a One Man Show, produced in both Orange County and Los Angeles, was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as the work of "...a genuine artist ...with nearly two dozen songs, all of them worth hearing, many worth treasuring." The Times also named the show as "Best One Man Show for 1994." And, well, so much more...
Grace Freeman
Grace Freeman is a growing talent in the music industry. A piano-based singer-songwriter from San Clemente, California, she started writing at the age of ten and began performing her songs at local open mics at fourteen. Her first large scale performances were opening for The Magnetic Fields for their touring dates in 2012 at First Avenue and the Sheldon Theatre as "Gal Musette," with her duet partner Brent Samson. In recent years she has joined another band, The Moon Police, in which she collaborated with Sasha Evans on writing music. The Moon Police released their debut album "The Lost Go Sailing By" the summer of 2015. In the last two years, Grace has opened for several renowned artists such as Macy Gray, Suzanne Vega, and Donavon Frankenreiter. Recently, she produced her first solo album with Steve Wood, which was released March 2017 named "Shadow". Songwriting influences include Joni Mitchell, Regina Spektor, Coeur de Pirate, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Amy Winehouse, The Cure, Paul McCartney, and Cat Stevens.