Blue Ranger, Raybody, and Jackie West come together at Mount Ida Preservation Hall for an evening of adventurous songwriting, folk, indie rock, and experimental sound.**BLUE RANGER**
Troy’s Blue Ranger has spent years developing a sound rooted in folk rock but increasingly willing to wander beyond its boundaries. The quartet of brothers Josh and Evan Marré, Matt Griffin, and Connor Armbruster moves between yearning slide guitar, fiddle, steady bass and percussion, synthesizers, and expansive improvisation. Their recent live work stretches familiar folk textures into post-rock, free jazz, and expressionist sonic landscapes—music that can feel intimate one moment and enormous the next.
**RAYBODY**
Raybody writes classic singer-songwriter shit that gets weird. Her endlessly dynamic voice can be feral and tough, tender and nurturing. Backed by Andrew Forman (Daryl Johns, Nick Hakim) and Ethan Kogan (Pinc Louds), Raybody moves between cinematic extremes. Drawing on jazz, experimental music, and indie rock, the trio can be crushing, soaring, maniacal, and warm—sometimes all at once.
**JACKIE WEST**
NYC/Hudson Valley-based Jackie West creates intimate, richly detailed songs exploring femininity, fluidity, violence, forgiveness, and our capacity to heal. Her sophomore record, *Silent Century*, unfolds like a conversation with herself, finding power in both quiet observations and moments of confrontation. West’s songwriting turns small details into something expansive, pairing emotional complexity with an understated, deeply personal sound.
Three artists with roots in songwriting, each pulling the form somewhere different.
**Blue Ranger + Raybody + Jackie West**
Friday, October 9
Mount Ida Preservation Hall
548 Congress Street, Troy, NY
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548 Congress St, Troy, NY, United States, New York 12180
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