Marshall Crenshaw September 25, 2009

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
9501 Skokie Blvd
Skokie, Illinois 60077

Fifties-style rock 'n' roll performer Marshall Crenshaw has played to sold out houses for years. During the '80s, critics everywhere hailed him as the new-wave Buddy Holly restoring rock to its earlier virtues of melody, economy and optimism.

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Marshall Crenshaw opens Centre East’s 2009-2010 season with the exclusive Chicago area engagement in support of Crenshaw’s acclaimed new album (his first in six years), “Jaggedland.” (Crenshaw is in Minneapolis on Sept. 22, Milwaukee on Sept. 23, then at the North Shore Center on Sept 25 before his Sept. 26 gig in Valpo, IN.)

Crenshaw says the term “Jaggedland” best describes the current state of his brain and consciousness. Its 12 songs are musical observations about the human experience, mortality, the state of the world and of course, love as viewed through the inimitable Crenshaw perspective. "This album took a lot of wear and tear on my emotions,” says Crenshaw, “but in the end I think it's one of my best ever...”