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JASON EADY + Sophie Gault at The Monarch?!! We're excited for this one. Tickets on sale Friday 11/15. Doors 7pm // 8pm Music
Ticketed + BYOB + ❤️
With a decades-long commitment to his craft as a songwriter, Jason Eady has built his career on bringing his unique perspective to a variety of genres, from the “groove centered” blues of his native Mississippi to the classic sound of Texas, the place he calls home. Known by critics and fans alike for his thoughtful, soulful writing and multi-genre mastery, Eady’s acumen as an artist is rooted in his ability to balance musical exploration with tradition – the result is an artist who delivers authentic songs that detail slices of Eady’s life that resonate with audiences, whether he’s accompanied by bluegrass pickers or pedal steel. At the heart of Eady’s music is the song and his ability – proven by time and his extensive accolades – to remain loyal and authentic to himself while pushing his storytelling beyond the conventions of genre and form.
Sophie Gault makes alt-country music with the uncanny ability to toggle between the sweet and the gritty. But whichever direction she chooses, the result is always gripping, unapologetic, and deeply personal. She has had to conquer inner foes facing the debilitating mystery of bipolar disorder but has emerged on
the other side empowered and with the songs to show for it, each delivered with her lilting yet attitude heavy voice. The storytelling is honest and vivid, and her guitar playing evokes the blues stylings of Bonnie Raitt and Mississippi John Hurt.
Sophie is, as they say, the total package. After moving to Nashville from Maryland in 2014, with a guitar case full of the same dreams that lead so many to Music City, she was derailed by mental health struggles and spent three separate occasions in institutions. The music industry is daunting enough, especially for women, but the addition of doctors, medication cocktails, and the embarrassment caused by manic episodes that her peers never understood make
Sophie’s success so far all the more inspiring. But first, she ran and hid, to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to be exact, afraid of being the butt of conversations in a sometimes gossipy music community. Eventually, she took control of her headspace and summoned the courage to return to Nashville, going on to sign a record deal and secure management with the rising Torrez Music Group. Now she has a pair of masterful albums to her credit that showcase her hauntingly beautiful voice and expressive lyrics, including 2024’s superb Baltic Street Hotel.
The album, featuring the ferocious leadoff track “Kick the Devil Away,” was born after getting the opportunity to sing on her hero Lucinda Williams’ album Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart alongside Margo Price and Buddy Miller. Nashville/Americana legend Ray Kennedy, who is famously picky about which artists he
chooses to produce, recognized Sophie’s talent and signed on to oversee Baltic Street Hotel. It's an album that deals head on with the complicated, vulnerable, and often misunderstood issue of mental illness. Sophie sings bluntly about her actual experience in the driving earworm rocker “Christmas in the Psych Ward”: “I’m gonna go write down some songs & then take ‘em to Nashville / ‘That’s funny, honey, just swallow a few of these pills.’” In “Fixin’ Things,” she admits to being a “hot mess,” and sneers that she’s “sick of saying sorry.” It’s brash, it’s bold, it’s badass
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1318 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40204
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