SN8| Ep391 - Greg + Zara Knight | Founders of Farm Jam | 2021

Jazz vocal prodigy and chart topping vocalist, Anaïs Reno is back! No stranger to the stage, Anaïs has been performing since age 8. After winning the 2016 Forte International Competition’s Platinum Award at Carnegie Hall, Anaïs won Second Place at Michael Feinstein’s Great American Song Book Academy competition in Carmel, Indiana in the summer of 2018, and First Place at the Mabel Mercer Foundation competition, in New York, in March of 2019. This year, Anaïs released her debut album - - -“Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno sings Ellington & Strayhorn accompanied by the Emmet Cohen Trio” which received critical praise across the world, and since appearing on the show last, Anaïs’ album peaked at the #6 position on the Jazz Charts!Anais makes her debut at The Cutting Room (44 E. 32nd Street between Park and Madison Aves.) with the Pete Malinverni Trio on Tuesday, August 10th at 7pm. The Cutting Room is a great sounding room where established players spontaneously show up and play and up and comers get heard by the right people. Visually it's art meets music. Lady Gaga started out here and Joan Rivers performed her regularly.AN EVENING WITH ANAÏS RENO AND THE PETE MALINVERNI TRIOTHE CUTTING ROOMTUESDAY, AUGUST 107:00 P.M. Tickets for “An Evening with Anaïs Reno” are $20-$25 and are available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-anais-renoNext up, she is playing the inaugural Jazz on the Narrows Festival in Maryland on August 14. Produced by Muddy Water’s daughter, Mercy. (The festival runs from August 13-15). And lastly, another festival in New York, in White Plains (Westchester), “JazzFest White Plains.”Anaïs performs on September 10. The festival runs from September 9-12 Stay with us all the way - - -we’re playing Lush Life in it’s entirety at the end of our showFind Anaïs on web at: www.anaïsreno.comAnd on Facebook and Instagram: @anaisrenojazzToday we are speaking with the founders and farm owners of the Pacific Northwest’s premier independent music festival, Greg & Zara Knight - Together this energetic couple combine their love of their farm and music, spotlighting indie and original music in a major way!Many years ago, Greg Knight and his third generation farming family shared a dream: To use their farm and the land it sat on to hold a world-class music festival, with an emphasis based around their strong community values, a love for the land and the agriculture, and for the people who loved the music as much as they did.A LITERAL field of dreams!Once they decided to create the music festival, their was no turning back - - - And to pull it off, they quickly brought on a team of professionals and volunteers to bring the vision to life.An important element in the Knight’s vision of their music festival was that everyone involved embrace a team approach to volunteerism, creativity, innovation, and promoting a FREE spirit of marching to your own drum.  The goal was to invite music fans to the farm who wanted to engage with their favorite entertainers that make the music they love and the local farmers who grow the food that they eat.And Farm Jam was born!What sprung from that foundation is the Pacific Northwest’s premier independent music festival that spotlights indie and original music in a major way.  FarmJam® connects music lovers with bands, farmers, ranchers, and the local community.Greg & Zara Knight Present The 2021 FarmJam™ Music & Camping FestivalReal Farm - Real People - Real MusicDon't miss out!Get your festival and camping passes before they're gone!September 3 - September [email protected] Oakshott RoadColville, WA 99114FarmJam partners with the non profit Gr8ter Veterans Spokane to help Veterans in Eastern Washington. Follow them on Facebook to get veterans promo codes for discounted FarmJam tickets!https://m.facebook.com/GreaterVeterans/