{"id":111958,"date":"2022-04-27T23:10:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T03:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111958"},"modified":"2022-04-27T23:10:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T03:10:49","slug":"musikfest-announcement-stephen-kellogg-to-open-for-counting-crows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111958","title":{"rendered":"MUSIKFEST ANNOUNCEMENT &#8211; STEPHEN KELLOGG TO OPEN FOR COUNTING CROWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>HE AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER WILL OPEN COUNTING CROW\u2019S MUSIKFEST HEADLINING SHOW ON MON., AUG. 8, 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephenkellogg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Stephen Kellogg<\/a>\u00a0will open for GRAMMY and Academy Award-nominated Counting Crows during flagship festival,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Musikfest<\/a>\u00a0on the Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza on\u00a0<strong>Mon., Aug. 8.\u00a0<\/strong>Tickets for this event are now on sale at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">musikfest.org<\/a>. For exclusive ticket access and advance purchase opportunities, become an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/support\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">ArtsQuest member<\/a>\u00a0or\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/member.artsquest.org\/artsquestcircle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Circle donor<\/a>\u202ftoday.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Kellogg first set foot on his musical career path in Northampton, Mass., as an intern at a local club in 1997. Founding his band, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, in 2003 he began recording and touring with the group over the course of nine years. After embarking as a solo artist Kellogg gaining critic\u2019s attention with the release of his 2016 album South, West, North, East. He created a 30-minute\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?reload=9&amp;v=6SFOP0Z-3_I&amp;feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">documentary<\/a>\u00a0on the making of the album to accompany its release. Kellogg\u2019s style spans several genres from alternative to pop to folk to country. His most recent album, Objects in the Mirror, features hits \u201cHigh Highs, Low Lows,\u201d \u201cLove Me as I Am\u201d and \u201cSong for Daughters.\u201d He released a book in July 2020, \u201cObjects in the Mirror: Thoughts on a Perfect Life from an Imperfect Person.\u201d \u00a0Kellogg has toured the country extensively over the course of 19 years and released 17 albums. He donates his time to several charitable undertakings including selling handwritten lyrics to raise money for St. Jude\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital. \u200bThis year\u2019s 11-day festival takes place Aug. 5 \u2013 14, 2022 with the lineup including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/11913\/counting-crows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Counting Crows<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/11989\/ziggy-marley--a-live-tribute-to-his-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Ziggy Marley \u2013 A Live Tribute to His Father<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/9722\/willie-nelson--family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Willie Nelson &amp; Family<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/11661\/alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">ALABAMA<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/event\/9762\/poison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Poison<\/a>. Additional details will be shared throughout the year. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/\">musikfest.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKelley Andrade, ArtsQuest<br \/>\nPublic Relations Coordinator<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HE AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER WILL OPEN COUNTING CROW\u2019S MUSIKFEST HEADLINING SHOW ON MON., AUG. 8, 2022 Stephen Kellogg\u00a0will open for GRAMMY and Academy Award-nominated Counting Crows during flagship festival,\u00a0Musikfest\u00a0on the Wind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111958\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MUSIKFEST ANNOUNCEMENT &#8211; STEPHEN KELLOGG TO OPEN FOR COUNTING CROWS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5717,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Stephen-Kellogg-.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}