Line-up

Headliner
Jon McLaughlin Last time in Clinton: 1 year ago

Venue

Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (The Kate)

300 Main St, 06475, Old Saybrook, CT, US

tickets.katharinehepburntheater.org

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Additional details

Tour name: Home for the Holidays

Doors open: 19:00

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Jon McLaughlin biography

Jon McLaughlin is a pop rock singer-songwriter from Anderson, Indiana. His is best known for his single “Beating My Heart” which made it to number 18 in the US Adult Contemporary Chart.

Jon McLaughlin released his first 8 song EP entitled “Song I Wrote and Later Recorded” which made it to the top of the chart on AwareStore.com, and followed the release with a national tour. Around this time, he crossed paths with fellow singer songwriters, Matt Wertz and Dave Barnes. In 2006, McLaughlin, landed a record deal with the prestigious Island Records and before releasing his debut album, toured again around the U.S whilst making appearances at festivals such as Lollapalooza and toured with Kelly Clarkson, Sister Hazel, Paolo Nutini and Marc Broussard.

He managed to have his songs featured on NBC comedy, Scrubs, with his song “Human”. The song also featured in “The Walk-In”, and episode of Ghost Whisperer. His single “Beautiful Disaster” featured in the TV series A Little Thing Called Life. It sold upwards of 420,000 digital copies. He released his debut album “Indiana”, named after his home state on, May 1st 2007. It peaked at number 81 on the Billboard 200 and number 5 on the Christian Charts. McLaughlin has also featured on three Hollywood-released films, one being Bridge to Terabithia with his song “Another Layer”, “Beautiful Disaster” made it to the soundtrack of the 2007 film Georgia Rule. He even made an on screen appearance with a performance of “so Close” which was written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz in the Disney film Enchanted. McLaughlin performed the song at the 80th Academy Awards.

McLaughlin released “Beating My Heart” which was released on July 22nd 2008, followed by the released of the album “OK Now” which made it to number 49 on the Billboard 200.

Live reviews

Jon McLaughlin is someone I could listen to forever. He's a virtuoso pianist, akin to Billy Joel or Elton John but without the history. He's newer on the scene, came out in 2007.

His music is mostly just piano and vocal, with thoughtful lyrics and pensive melodies. He truly knows his instruments of voice and piano and uses them to manipulate his listeners' emotions with ease. I love listening to his albums anytime, and I really haven't run into a bad track or one worth skipping. His tunes have a tendency to put me in a better mood than before I started listening to them.

He played at Joe's Pub a couple of years ago in New York, and I happened to be able to attend. It was so worth the long lines and big crowd to squish into the intimate venue and hear him play. He had the audience in the palm of his hand the whole time. Before songs he would stop and tell an anecdote about where the song came from or some other thought related to the music. Joe's Pub was small and crowded with fans, but I couldn't see having it any other way. He mastered the audience.

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