Thursday August 8 * 7pm * $10-15 * TICKETS

Magic Tuber Stringband, from North Carolina, are Courtney Werner, Evan Morgan, and Mike DeVito. The duo are at the forefront of artists inhabiting the rich, living musical traditions of the Appalachian region, not as preservationists, but as fluent speakers shaping the forms with their inventive new ideas. The music, contemporary in nature, shares a through line with its history in both technique and in inspiration. Needlefall, their first on Chicago experimental label Thrill Jockey, answers the question, “What does a modern string band sound like?” with powerful new arrangements of traditional songs and transcendent originals. The album is teeming with life, translating abundant ecosystems into arcing melodies and shimmering, mystic drones. Needlefall exemplifies the diversity of contemporary folk movements, placing Magic Tuber Stringband’s work in the tradition of modern innovators like Moondog, Harry Partch, Pauline Oliveros, and labelmate Sally Anne Morgan. The vast forests and mountains that inspire the duo act as a metaphor for living music traditions – ever-changing and yet still standing, shaped over time by human hands while equally shaping the human experience.

JMB Motherfuckers and Co are a brand new trio comprised of Brian Weitz (Geologist), Jim Thomson, and Marc Minsker playing "Krautrock-inspired hurdy gurdy shit."

Pony Payroll Bones is a queer non-binary expatriated Appalachian visionary painter poet and musician residing in Baltimore, Maryland.  I am the liminal of the liminal.  I am the ghost that haunts the ghosts.  

** Poster credit: Evan Morgan **