Celebrating the iconic albums that launched the careers of the major singer/songwriters of our age, “Cover Stories” is a brilliant new series of concerts celebrating the albums that launched the careers of the major singer/songwriters from the late 50’s to the present.Some concerts feature complete renditions of an artist’s breakthrough album; others take the form of an overview of his/her body of work. But each presentation captures the spirit of the original recordings while re-imagining the songs for new voices.

The songs in Country Roads: The Music of John Denver and Dan Fogelberg have a special association with Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. In very different ways, these two troubadours epitomized the singer/songwriter movement of the 70’s that grew out of the folk scene of the previous decades. Denver’s songs are often celebrations of the natural beauty of the Rockies; Fogelberg’s more often tell complex stories of personal relationships. But the sound common to both, based on acoustic guitar and featuring a soaring tenor voice, is the sound of an era that re-discovered the romance of natural America.

Produced by Ligeti Artists and theshowstore.com, the Cover Stories Concert Series is the brainchild of Peter Ligeti, in collaboration with music director, featured artist, and two-time Tony nominated actor Bob Stillman. Each concert program’s new vocal and band arrangements are rendered flawlessly by a repertory company of first rate New York and Nashville musicians. User-friendly media players exclusively from the showstore.com offer premium promotional support for each program in the series and adapt to an array of digital settings.

In 2009, the Cover Stories Concert Series, premiered before select PAC and orchestral audiences including The Kravis Center in Florida, and The Buffalo Philharmonic. Since then, touring activity of the Cover Stories series has reached other prominent orchestras, PACs, festivals, universities, and other concert venues throughout North America.

Additional full concerts within the series include Sweet Baby James: The Music of James Taylor, and Blue: The Music of Joni Mitchell.