Yep Roc 25
With Caitlin Cary, The Old Ceremony, Chris Stamey Group, Mayflies USA, Jennyanykind, Dawn Landes, & more for Cat’s Cradle’s main room and The Ruen Brothers and Jobi Riccio & more tba for the Back Room!Links: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify | YouTube
DB Edmunds Album Release Show
A founding member of late 90s guitar pop cult favorites, Gladhands, and lead singer/songwriter/guitarist for Chapel Hill- based The Stars Explode (2007-2017), DB Edmunds begins a new chapter in his musical journey, this time as a solo artist. Life’s Wild Ride, his debut EP, drops on 9/9/22!Links: Bandcamp | Facebook
Dar Williams Songwriting Workshop
Dar is celebrating the release of “How to Write a Song that Matters” with afternoon songwriting workshops! There will be breakdowns of her songs, song critiques (as many as time allows), and a discussion of ways to keep inspiring ourselves, our peers, and our communities, musical and otherwise.This does not include a ticket for the show, but it includes a copy of her new book – “How to Write a Song that Matters.”This event is from 1:00pm – 4:00pm.Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify
Jump, Little Children
Jump, Little Children celebrates 30 years of music on their “Farewell Tour” by coming to town one last time. The grassroots phenomenon will perform crowd favorites from their entire catalog including songs like “Cathedrals”, “Mexico”, and “Hand On My Heartache” as well as songs off of their final album “Foundering” which will be released in September of this year. The original lineup has changed with Matt and Evan Bivins bowing out for this last run, so the band will be joined by some very special guests to fill in on drums, vocals, and other instrumentation.Website | Facebook | Twitter
Frankie and the Witch Fingers
Over the course of five years and five LP’s, L.A. veterans, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, have been mutating and perfecting their high-powered rock n’ roll sound. After savagely touring the USA and Europe, this four-headed beast has shown no signs of relenting—appearing like summoned daemons and dosing crowds with cerebral party fuel.The main attraction of Frankie and the Witch Fingers is their explosive performance. With their rowdy and visceral approach to live shows, each member brings their own devilry to induce an experience of bacchanal proportions.Using absurd lyrical imagery—soaked in hallucination, paranoia, and lust—the band’s M.O. strikes into dark yet playful territory. This sense of radical duality is astir at every turn, in every time signature change. Airy vocal harmonies over heavily-serrated riffs. Low-key shamanic roots under vivid high-strangeness. Rambling stretches and punctuated licks. Cutting heads and kissing lips. All this revealing a stereophonic schizophrenia that has flowed throughout their body of work: an ebb & flow of flowery-poppy horror.The band’s latest incarnation is primed to break new sonic ground, edging into the funky and preternatural. Just when you think the trip couldn’t get any weirder, Frankie and the Witch Fingers cranks up the dial, shatters the mundane, and summons new visions. Links: Website | Instagram | FacebookKairos Creature Club is a collection of songwriters and collaborators brought together by Lena Simon (La Luz) and Glenn Michael Van Dyke (Boytoy). Their debut EP Join the Club, out now on Greenway Records, is an array of seven songs recorded during the pandemic at Simon and Van Dyke’s home studio in Jacksonville, Florida. While not wholly a concept album, their debut project’s tongue-in-cheek branding as an exclusive organization that requires membership, is a nod to a few of the record’s binding thematic threads – the confluence of religion, multi-level marketing and multi-level-marketing as a feature of late-stage capitalism. But the irony of music as a commodity is not lost on the group. Their self-aware approach to self promotion amidst a beautiful and tragic world is still unfolding, as is their identity. Join the Club features songs and parts by Lucas Harwood (King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard), Sarah Palin (Kush K), James Rubia (Animal Clinic), and Matthew Shaw (The Mother Gooses).Links: Website
Psychic Hotline Block Party
PSYCHIC HOTLINE BLOCK PARTYat Cat’s Cradle, Cat’s Cradle Back Room, and The ArtsCenter.featuringThe A’sArooj AftabBartees StrangeGRRL x Made of OakHand HabitsIndigo De Souza (DJ Set)Joe RaineyJoe WesterlundLambchop (duo) – Kurt Wagner & Andrew Broder with special guestLoamlandsMaiani / Sanborn / WesterlundQueticoTruth ClubWell$plus Psychic Hotline Pop-Up Shop & Record Fair
Tenille Townes
Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Tenille Townes released her new project Masquerades April 22 via Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville in partnership with RCA Records. A meditation on duality, self-reflection, and embracing flaws, Masqueradesfollows her acclaimed debut album The Lemonade Stand, which was named Country Album of the Year at the 50th JUNO Awards and Album of the Year at the 2021 Canadian CMA Awards, where Townes also earned her third consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year trophy. The two-time ACM Award-winner is also the first female artist in Mediabase Canada history to achieve two No. 1 singles (Music Canada Gold-certified “Jersey On The Wall (I’m Just Asking),” Music Canada Platinum-certified and RIAA Gold-certified “Somebody’s Daughter”). Following standout support runs with Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Brothers Osborne, George Strait and Reba, Townes recently wrapped her first headlining U.S. trek, the VILLAIN IN ME TOUR, and will head out this summer opening for the likes of Jake Owen and Brad Paisley, before heading traveling to Europe, Australia and Canada this fall. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Townes has been featured by NPR, Variety, Refinery29, Billboard, Rolling Stone, NBC’s “TODAY,” BBC and more. Additionally, she has raised over $2.5 million for Big Hearts For Big Kids, a non-profit she started when she was 12 years old to benefit a youth shelter in her hometown, which has grown to support organizations such as Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, S.A.F.E. Animal Haven, and the Manan House.Links: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok
Shoaldiggers
The Shoaldiggers’ eight pieces produce a one of a kind sound that is completely unique, yet familiar enough to embrace. From rolling seascapes to the hollers of the smokey mountains, Shoaldiggers shows are a swamp grass blast!Links: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Spotify
Matthew Shipp, Ivo Perelman, Jeff Cosgrove Trio
The collective ensemble of Jeff Cosgrove/drums, Ivo Perelman/saxophone, and Matthew Shipp/piano showcase improvisation and spontaneous composition of the highest magnitude. These musicians delight in exploring the unknown and pushing the boundaries to where their music can extend. The group’s collective thought, Live In Baltimore (Leo Records), captures their spirit for creating a complete story from their unique, conversational, and personal perspective.Links: Jeff Cosgrove Website | Ivo Perelman Website | YouTube | SpotifyTragic Assembly is a North Carolina free jazz trio consisting of veteran players Crowmeat Bob (reeds), Charles Chace (drums), and Phil Venable (upright bass). Initially meeting in Charles’ group The Paul Swest, the three musicians convened in January 2022 to record their first release, Instability. Their follow up, Blood Drains And Memories was released on August 5, 2022.
The Stews
Blending genres such as hard rock, alternative, indie and more- The Stews are a rock band that isn’t confined to just one sound. Spawned out of impromptu basement jam sessions in the fall on 2020, the band started as a group of friends who also happened to be musicians. This chemistry is what fuels their electric (often sweaty) live shows and allows them to write the music that they love to play. The Stews consist of Preston Hall, Blake Dobbs, Bennett Baugus, and Wyatt Griffith. In March of 2021, The band chose 5 songs of the works compiled over the past year of playing and traveled to Muscle Shoals, AL to record their debut EP at Fame Studios. The Stews EP was released on April 15th, 2021.Links: Website | InstagramNote: Early Bird tickets are now Sold Out
