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John CraigieDoors: 7:00 PM
Show: 8:00 PM
VENUE PRESALE: $27.00
ARTIST PRESALE: $27.00
ADVANCED: $27.00
DAY OF: $30.00
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JOHN CRAIGIE
Much like community, music nourishes us mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It also invites us to come together under the same roof and in a shared moment. In similar fashion, John Craigie rallies a closeness around music anchored by his expressive and stirring songcraft, emotionally charged vocals, lively soundscapes, and uncontainable spirit. The Portland, OR-based singer, songwriter, and producer invites everyone into this space on his 2024 full-length album, Pagan Church. Following tens of millions of streams, sold out shows everywhere, and praise from Rolling Stone and more, he continues to captivate.Â
�The music is always evolving and devolving with each new record,� he observes. �With my last album Mermaid Salt, I really wanted to explore the sound of isolation and solitude as everyone was heading inside. With this record, I wanted to record the sound of everyone coming back out.�
In order to capture that, he didnâ��t go about it aloneâ�¦Â
Instead, he joined forces with some local friends. At the time, TK The Holy Know-Nothings booked a slew of outdoor gigs in Portland and they invited Craigie to sit in for a handful of shows. The musicians instinctively identified an unspoken, yet seamless chemistry with each other. Joined by three of the five members, Craigie cut �Laurie Rolled Me a J� and kickstarted the process. With the full band in tow, they hunkered down in an old schoolhouse TK The Holy Know-Nothings had converted into a de facto headquarters and studio, and recorded the eleven tracks on Pagan Church.
TAYLOR KINGMAN
In a time drenched in escapism, where an unceasing barrage of synthetic shine promises comfort and relief from facing the complexity of our natures, Taylor Kingman's new album Hollow Sound is an antithetical long night in a solitary cave, with nothing but a small fire and a hard look inward to keep you company.
Between his work fronting TK The Holy Know-Nothings and his 2017 solo debut Wannabe, Kingman is no stranger to the darkness. But here he transcends the desolate rock bottom, as Hollow Sound whispers, then howls us into that place beyond brokenness where breathing begins again. To listen deeply to these songs is to lay down naked on the wet, unforgiving earth, pushing the ground through your fingers; it is to be soothed by the wholeness of who we are, filth and all. Kingman pulls no punches with his writing, and requires us to listen with the same honesty.
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The Grey Eagle, Grey Eagle, 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC 28801, United States,Asheville, North Carolina
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