Grammy award winning, New Orleans R&B singer, Aaron Neville will open the 2013-14 season of Lehigh University’s
Aaron Neville
Zoellner ARts Center Sept.14 including songs from his new cd, “My True Story”.
Featured highlights will include a performance from Matthew Morrison, a Broadway star best known for his star turn on the Fox TV show “Glee”; jazz singer Denise Donatelli, an Allentown native with two Grammy nominations, Tony and Emmy-winning actor John Lithgow in a one-man story show; “The Addams Family,“ a touring production of the hit Broadway play and Grammy-winning jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis with quartet.
The 17th season, which will feature a mix of music of various genres — dance, theater, circus arts and more.
Having spanned a five decade music career with hits across multiple generes of music, legendary Aaron Neville has released “My True Story”, an album inspired by doo-wop. “My True Story,” features 12 songs, which are all doo-wop covers handpicked by Neville.from “Under the Boardwalk” by the Drifters to “Ting a Ling” by the Clovers. Neville explains his older brother Art introduced him to doo-wop and the fond childhood memories of doo-wop. “My True Story” is set to be released on January 22.
