SSCC South Campus to host performance by Steve Free
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Award-winning songwriter Steve Free of Scioto County will perform folk music from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Learning Resources Center (LRC) at Southern State Community College’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, Fincastle. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
“Steve is a fan favorite and an industry-recognized musician,” said Mary Ayres,
South LRC manager. “He will entertain, amuse and delight you!”
According to his web site, Free has won many awards for his music, including eight American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awards for songwriting, the 1996 Academy of Independent Recording Artists award for singer/songwriter of the year, a 1998 ASCAP award for performances on National Public Radio, the 1999 and 2000 Airplay International Lifetime Achievement Awards, the 2008 Governor’s Award for the Arts as Ohio’s No. 1 Artist, and he also received a 2004 nomination for the Americana Music Awards. His album “Timeline” was named one of the top new traditional albums of 2000 by Country Bunker Radio.
With three albums to his name – “No Regrets,” “Rivers, Rails and Tales” and “Timeline” – Free is credited with 14 charted songs, including three No. 1 hits. He is an Ohio artist on tour with the Ohio Arts Council and serves on the Ohio Appalachian Rural Action Advisory Board. He also was featured in AFM’s International Musician magazine.
For more information about Free’s upcoming Nov. 4 performance at Southern State’s Fincastle site, please contact Ayres at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 3681, or mayres@sscc.edu.