BELLOWS FALLS — After appearing as an opening act in August, multi-instrumentalist Owen Nied returns as the main event to the Stage 33 Live listening room, 33 Bridge St., on Jan. 5.
Nied's original music spans edgy pop, jazz, blues, rock and hip hop, and his influences include artists as diverse as Wes Montgomery, Les Paul, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jack White, Jeff Beck, Brian Wilson, B.B. King, Dick Dale, Tony Bennett, Dave Brubeck, Chet Atkins, and Ella Fitzgerald, according to a news release.
In addition to playing solo, Nied fronts the guitar- and horn-driven indie trio The Onlys, plays lead guitar in the jazz-grass band Cats in the Limelight, and is half of the UK-based indie-jazz duo Spooky Tricycle.
Performing since he was 9, Nied was awarded featured slots at the Ukulele Festival of Great Britain in 2011 and 2012, and has since toured the U.S., England, France, and the Netherlands. Now 21, he is in his senior year at Hampshire College in Massachusetts studying music and film.
The concert starts at 7 p.m., with a suggested $5 donation at the door. The performance will be recorded and filmed. To learn more, visit stage33live.com.