The ACMA and the Calusa Nature Center are thrilled to welcome Dan Navarro and Kevin John Allen to the Music Under the Stars series.
Dan is an ACMA favorite at our All Faiths Venue and we are excited to share his talents at our series in collaboration with one of our partner non-profits.
Doors open at 6:30, Show at 7:00 PM
Tickets will be available at calusanature.org
ACMA/Nature Center members $18/general public $20.
Here’s a bit about Dan Navarro!
Dan Navarro’s long and eclectic resume includes “songwriter,” “recording artist,
” “singer”, “voice
actor”, “road warrior” and “media advocate” in its range of credits.
His acoustic duo, Lowen & Navarro, released twelve albums, enjoyed widespread Triple A radio
airplay and performed 1500 gigs before Eric Lowen’s retirement in 2008 and passing from ALS in
2012. Dan set out solo in 2007, and maintains a busy touring and recording schedule. He released a
solo album, “Shed My Skin” in 2019 to glowing reviews, and is recording its follow-up now.
He has just released a new duo album with James Lee Stanley,
“All Wood and Led” re-imagining
Led Zeppelin songs in organic “Laurel Canyon” settings. It’s the fourth in James Lee’s series of duo
albums with various partners (John Batdorf, Cliff Eberhardt), previously interpreting the songs of
The Rolling Stones and The Doors. “All Wood and Led” shipped in July, 2021.
Dan responded to Covid lockdown by live streaming over 250 2-hour-plus performances in 13
months, under the banner “Songs From the CoronaZone”
, on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch. He
returned to the road in late April 2021 on his “NomadDan” Tour, in an 18-foot camper van,
covering 66 days, 41 performances and 13,500 miles before breaking to record his next album. The
“NomadDan” tour resumes in mid August and will roll the remainder of 2021.
As a songwriter, Dan wrote or co-wrote songs for Pat Benatar (the Grammy nominated “We
Belong”), The Bangles, Japanese girl group Wink (the #1 hit “One Night in Heaven”), Dutch
superstar Marco Borsato (the Top Ten “Je Hoeft Niet Naar Huis Vannacht”), Dave Edmunds,
The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, and Austin outlaw country legend Rusty Weir.
His songs have appeared in the films Deadpool 2, Pitch Perfect 2 and Talladega Nights, TV series
This Is Us, American Idol, The Voice, American Dad and The Office and national commercials for
Sheraton, Chase Bank and the United Way.
As a singer and/or voice actor, he’s sung in the Academy Award winning films Coco and Happy
Feet, the newly-released Dora and the City of Lost Gold, The Lorax, Ice Age 2, The Simpsons,
Prison Break and American Dad; voiced characters in Pirates of the Caribbean 5, The Book Of
Life, The Playmobil Movie and We Bare Bears; sung on albums by Luis Miguel, Andrea Bocelli
and Neil Young; voiced video games Red Dead Redemption II, Fallout 4 and Uncharted 4, and
performed vocals and voice-overs in literally hundreds of commercials for Toyota, Coca-Cola,
McDonald’s, Honda, Subaru, All-Nippon Airways and many more.
In his “spare” time, Dan serves on the Board of SAG-AFTRA, the actor-performer-broadcaster’s
union, as the National Recording Artist/Singer Vice President, on the Unclaimed Royalties
committee of the Mechanical Licensing Collective, and is a past president of Folk Alliance
International. He’s been a vocal activist in Washington DC for intellectual property rights for over
20 years, testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee and the Copyright Royalty Board.
He’s the proud father of a 25-year old filmmaker son, thinks art is love, sleep is for babies and is a
known abuser of acoustic guitars.
ACMA member musician Kevin John Allen opens the show.
A well-traveled songwriter writing in the veins of Americana and country music. With over 40 years of writing, playing, and traveling around the world, Kevin touches hearts with songs about all our heartfelt, intimate topics—a carny ride through life. His music makes you laugh, love, think, and dance.
Winner of Best Country Artist at the Jersey Acoustic Music Awards (2012).
Kevin’s discography includes four releases: Dark Songs Written on Black Guitars, Life's Lonely Rodeo, The Long Road of Life, and Colours. A new fifth release, Stories I Left Behind Me, is coming in 2025.
This will be Kevin’s first time on our stage, can’t wait to hear his songs!
www.kevinjohnallen.com
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