Friday, April 20
8:30 PM / 8:00 doors
$10 @ the door / 21+ with ID
Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Heartland Rock, Pop

JOEL HENDERSON proudly presents a full band CD release show with pecial guest openers Alanna Fugate and Heidi Gluck. Locked Doors and Pretty Fences dropped on March 10 and is currently doing well in the EuroAmericana Chart, and it’s not hard to see why. Melding country influences with some high-grade pop treatments has worked well for Joel Henderson’s brand of thoughtful introspection.

Having moved around a lot in his childhood, Henderson is now based in Louisville, KY – a place in the centre of America where he feels he has learned to find his own centre. These songs deal in various ways with the business of coming to terms with adult life – trying to make relationships work and working out how to cope with the "the barriers along the path to maturity. Sometimes the obstacles are obvious, sometimes they’re not. If we’re really honest with ourselves, they’re usually self-created out of fear or complacency.” Recorded at White Arc Studios in Bloomington, IN, Locked Doors & Pretty Fences captures shades of heartland heroes like John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, and James McMurtry, yet these tunes are also right at home on a playlist of contemporaries like Ron Sexsmith, Amos Lee, and Ryan Adams. Henderson’s journey - longer and more challenging than expected - has paid off with a gorgeously melodic and thoughtful endeavor leading toward the prolific, successful music career he always intended.