July 19 & 20

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Becoming a musician had no real beginning for Ted Lennon, in the sense that music has always surrounded him. His dad, Tom, played rhythm guitar in the 1960s band The Other Half, which opened for Van Morrison and Them, The Yardbirds, and The Doors. An Ojai native, Lennon is a musical associate of such artist as Jack Johnson and Brett Dennen. He recently released Orange Will Follow, working alongside engineer/producer Jeff Peters (The Beach Boys, Goldspot). Lennon’s single, “Helio” was released through iTunes featuring special guest Adam Topol, drummer/percussionist (Jack Johnson, Culver City Dub Collective).

Lennon’s voice comes through soft like water and saturates the listener with soulfulness and depth. What distinguishes Lennon isn’t the flashiness of modern-day pop (although songs like “Face Up” will call even the harshest pop-skeptic to the dance floor), and it isn’t a lyrical cynicism that commiserates with these difficult times. Lennon’s music wells up from some ancient source, an ever-flowing spring that makes us feel on some cellular level that we are known and we are loved.