Dave Eggar
Winter Jams is held in the ballroom at the Martha Washington Inn and Spa, Abingdon, Virginia, during January and February.
Currently scheduled to appear are the Jeff Little Trio with Daniel Davis, If Birds Could Fly with Adam Bolt, Noah Spencer with the Blue Ridge Girls and Dave Eggar with Teni Rane Butler. Concerts are at 6 p.m., and tickets are $30. The Martha Washington is also offering dining and lodging packages.
Jeff Little Trio concert is scheduled for Jan. 26. Little is an award-winning musician from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The piano does not play a prominent part in Appalachian or Americana music and is rarely the lead instrument. But Little is an exception – and a remarkable one. He has not only been recognized as a critically-acclaimed musician but also a true innovator in acoustic music.
Little stays busy traveling the country performing concerts with an energy and dedication to his music that is evident at every show. Performances include The Smithsonian Institution, The National Folk Festival, American Piano Masters, Merlefest and other festivals, performing arts centers and music venues throughout the U.S.
Little has been featured on National Public Radio and PBS many times and has taken his music around the world for the U.S. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs performing in Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Oman, Pakistan, France and Tanzania. In 2014, he was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame.
If Birds Could Fly takes to the stage Jan. 27. The band is for people who like real country music. They are not over-produced contemporary country musicians. They represent the kind of soul-driven authentic country music that drives a genre. The lead vocals, provided by Brittany Carter, are in a class of their own. This music presents a mixture of classic country sounds and top-of-the-class female lead vocals.
Noah Spencer performs Feb. 23. An up-and-coming young artist from a small town in Southwest Virginia, Spencer brings a genuine passion to the stage with a voice that’s both soft and smooth but also gritty and soulful. His shows cover a wide range of styles from country to rock, Americana, pop and gospel. He loves to entertain and is always ready to play. He has played several places over the last couple of years in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida.
Dave Eggar performs Feb. 24. A musical prodigy as a child, he began playing the cello and piano at age 3, performed on Broadway and with the Metropolitan Opera at age 7, and debuted at Carnegie Hall at age 15.
Eggar has performed worldwide as a solo cellist and pianist. A virtuoso of many styles, he has performed and recorded with various artists including Coldplay, Beyoncé, Bon Jovi, Evanescence, The Who, Pearl Jam, Tony Bennett, Josh Groban, Fall Out Boy, Kathleen Battle, Ray Lamontagne, Frank Ocean, Corinne Bailey Rae and many more.
His list of awards and accomplishments includes accolades from Time Magazine, ASCAP, The National Endowment for the Arts, Sony Records Elevated Standards Award in classical music, the Geraldine Dodge & Leonard Bernstein Foundations, and at 15 was the youngest winner in the history of the Artists International Competition.
His fourth solo release, “Kingston Morning,” created with collaborator Chuck Palmer, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2011 for best “Instrumental Arrangement.” His band, Deoro, is Eggar, Palmer and Tom Pirozzi.
