James McBride to Chat James Brown Book 'KILL 'EM AND LEAVE' at The Music Hall

James McBride, National Book Award-winning author of the bestseller The Good Lord Bird, comes to Portsmouth with his first nonfiction work since his celebrated memoir The Color of Water.

McBride's new book KILL 'EM AND LEAVE: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul is the result of his search for the "real" James Brown after receiving a tip that promises to uncover the man behind the myth. His surprising journey illuminates not only our understanding of this immensely troubled, misunderstood, and complicated soul music genius but the ways in which our cultural heritage has been shaped by Brown's legacy. It is an unsettling metaphor for American life: the tension between North and South, black and white, rich and poor.

McBride will appear on Monday, April 18, 2015 - 7:00pm at The Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801. The ticket package for Writers in the Loft: James McBride on Monday, April 18, at 7pm is $42. In addition to a reserved seat, the package includes a copy of KILL 'EM AND LEAVE: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul (hardcover, $28), a bar beverage, and book signing meet-and-greet. Packages can be purchased through The Music Hall Box Office, located at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, over the phone at 603.436.2400, or online at www.themusichall.org.

Akin to The Music Hall's anchor literary series, Writers on a New England Stage, Writers in the Loft features bestselling authors in a smaller, more intimate space. The series brings audiences today's top authors, the best of fiction and nonfiction, and award-winners across categories. The evening package includes a reserved seat and bar beverage, author presentation and Q+A, a copy of the book, and a meet-and-greet book signing with the featured writer.

The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures Program, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named "best performing arts venue" by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence. For more, go to www.TheMusicHall.org.

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