Danny Uzilevsky and Essence Goldman to perform tribute show for MVFF

Danny Uzilevsky and Essence Goldman were on stage at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley recently shooting a promotional video for a Johnny Cash-June Carter tribute show they’re developing called “Johnny & June Forever: The Greatest Love Story Ever Sung.”

Coincidentally, Madison Flach, Sweetwater’s general manager and special events coordinator, had been searching for a live music act that she could pair with the Mill Valley Film Festival screening of the new documentary “The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash.”

When she overheard these two local musicians twining voices on “Ring of Fire,” “I Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues” and other classic Johnny Cash songs, she knew she’d found what she was looking for right in her own backyard.

“I thought it was kind of serendipitous,” she says. “We looked at some national acts for the show, but we thought it was awesome that these two are local. They’re super charismatic with each other on stage. And they sounded great. We loved them, so we asked if they were available.” …

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