Duke Performances announces 2013-14 season, Nick Sanborn, Bombadil, Joe Henry, Chick Corea & more

It's that time of year again where local performing arts groups start announcing their plans for the next year. Duke Performances has offered one of the best programs around for quite a while now and this season's lineup includes some ambitious new programs as well as a quite a few familiar faces.

Highlights of the 2013-14 season include gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama, country singer-songwriter Guy Clark and Mandolin Orange, Nick Sandborn's Lend Me Your Voice, Love's Infrastructure featuring music by Bombadil and puppetry by Torry Bend, jazz star Pat Metheny and his Unity Group, Joe Henry and Over the Rhine and jazz great Chick Corea.

Duke Performances announces big shows for 2010-11 season

The first round of performers for Duke Performances 2010-11 season have just been announced and there are some great shows, a few of which we've already mentioned here. If you want to see the schedule without the exposition, you can jump to the bottom.

Things kick off with the big Megafaun, three-night "Sounds of the South" shows we spilled the beans on a few weeks ago. They will be joined by Richmond, VA-based big band Fight the Big Bull as well as special guests Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Sharon Von Etten for what promises to be three amazing nights of music. Those shows are on September 17, 18 and 19.