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Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton With The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra at Kimmel Cultural Campus

Courtesy of Nathan Godshall | Posted on August 2, 2019

Where

Kimmel Cultural Campus
300 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
Map
215-893-1999

Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton With The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra at Kimmel Cultural Campus

When

Fri, November 1, 2019
8:00 pm

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Lisa Fischer and her band are joined on stage by The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra for a fully orchestrated performance. Featured in the Oscar-winning documentary film 20 Feet from Stardom, Fischer stepped into the spotlight after a successful career as a back-up singer for the likes of the Rolling Stones and Sting. This special evening brings together Fischer and her band, Grand Baton, with musicians from the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra to perform powerful renditions of your favorite songs from Luther Vandross, Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones, and Sting.

Lisa Fischer and her band Grand Baton first set out on tour in 2014. Their music is an organic gumbo of progressive rock, psychedelic soul, and African, Middle Eastern, Caribbean rhythms and classical influences. In performance, they re-invent songs by Led Zeppelin, Amy Grant, Little Willie John, and The Rolling Stones as well as Lisa’s originals. After decades bringing raw soul to the stage for The Rolling Stones, Sting, Tina Turner and Nine Inch Nails, Lisa is emerging as the most inventive and heartfelt interpreter of classic rock songs working today....

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