SPECIAL EVENT!! Gwen Matthews and Ray Covington

Ringing In The New Year with a Night of Inspiring and Soulful Music!

The Unique, Beautiful Vocal Stylings of Gwen Matthews is excited to share the stage with the amazingly smooth vocals of “The Crooner” himself, Mr. Ray Covington. Together they plan to fill the night up with some of their favorites, starting the New Year off with excitement, joy and love while sizzling their way into the New Year! Come out and take a fun, lovely musical ride with Gwen and Ray.

GWEN MATTHEWS – From Stevie Wonder, Kenny Rogers, members of Earth Wind and Fire and numerous others, Gwen has recorded with the best. She has performed at the famed “Montreal Jazz Festival” in Canada and the “Fleur de France Festival” in Paris, and, was featured in festivals and concerts throughout Europe with The Denis Colin Trio. She also toured Russia with “Women Who Cook” and traveled internationally with the Rupert’s Orchestra. Gwen is a two time Minnesota Music Hall of Fame award winner. One honored here as the first black female to be inducted as a solo artist and the other was for her work with the famed Minnesota’s Rock Band CROW! You’ve heard her voice on many national jingles from Whirlpool, Target, Dairy Queen, General Mills and others. Gwen sings a broad spectrum of genres and loves each one which makes her a highly sought after vocalist!

RAY COVINGTON – Ray Covington, known as “The Crooner”, is a singer, songwriter and entertainer, BASED IN THE BEAUTIFUL “twin cities” of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.