BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – Justin Levinson is an award-winning, multitalented singer, songwriter, and musician with a penchant for lyrical whimsy, earworm melodies, British Invasion-loving songwriting, and erudite power pop. His catalog of songs covers territory from power pop, to country, to “feel-good heartbreak,” earning steady praise from audiences and critics.
His ode to small-town life, “City with Two Streetlights,” on his debut record, “1175 Boylston,” spent eight weeks on the Top-25 CMJ charts. He’s won the Billboard Song Contest and the International Acoustic Music Awards Best New Male Artist, as well as a nomination for Sirius Songwriter Discovery of the Year.
Influenced by the greats of the ‘60s, Levinson draws elements from his favorite artists of that era: the Beatles, the Zombies, and the Beach Boys. He’s drawn comparisons to Ben Folds. He’ll be bringing fellow musician Josh Glass with him; a formidable duo.
Marty Royle is perhaps best known as the lead singer of the popular, longtime Washington, D.C., indie-rock stalwarts Washington Social Club, which made fun, witty power pop for more than two decades. MTV ran a feature on them back when MTV was a music channel, and Royle once somehow made Robert Smith, of the Cure laugh. This will be a solo performance.
Levinson and Royle split the bill in a 3 p.m. matinee on Aug. 30. Tickets are available in advance at www.stage33live.com, or at the door as available. Advance tickets guarantee entry. Only 40 tickets will be sold. Advance ticket sales automatically close at midnight the day before the show, or when the tickets are gone. All ticket proceeds go to the performers.