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—andmoreagain presents—John R Miller
w/ Lou Hazel
doors 7pm // show 8pm
$20 adv // $22 day of show
Tickets available Thursday, August 20th: https://found.ee/andJohnRMiller
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JOHN R MILLER
Born in the Washington, DC area and raised in West Virginia, John R. Miller has built a reputation as a thoughtful, restless voice in Americana and alt-country, drawing as much from punk and unconventional rock as he does from traditional roots music. His fourth album, The Great Unknowing, finds him stepping outside his comfort zone, traveling to Tulsa to record at Leon Russell’s legendary Church Studio with a new cast of players, including Grammy-nominated keyboardist John Fullbright. Produced with longtime collaborator Adam Meisterhans, the album expands Miller’s sound through live-band energy, fuzzy psychedelia, and a deep sense of place.
Across songs shaped by travel, memory, friendship, and a changing American landscape, The Great Unknowing balances Miller’s knack for vivid storytelling with a willingness to take creative risks. His West Virginia roots remain present alongside the influence of Tulsa’s musical legacy, resulting in a record that embraces the groove without becoming a tribute to any one sound. Following 2021’s Depreciated and 2023’s Heat Comes Down, The Great Unknowing marks another step forward for a songwriter Tyler Childers once called “a well-traveled wordsmith.”
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LOU HAZEL
Lou Hazel grew up along the Allegheny River, where New York meets Pennsylvania and Northern Appalachia slips into quiet obscurity. In a landscape of cold towns, blue-collar fatigue, and early brushes with hardship, music wasn’t inherited. It was uncovered. There were no venues, no mentors, no real sense of a scene... just whatever you could scrape together with curiosity and a cassette deck.
That absence of direction, guidance, and art shaped Lou’s songs as much as any influence. His music echoes the loneliness of those forgotten towns and the strange resilience it takes to create something where nothing was planted. Blending folk, indie, and an eye for the overlooked, Lou writes like someone who’s learned to pay attention. His songs are spare, vivid, and weathered with warmth.
After years of solo touring and home recording, Lou found grounding in Durham, North Carolina, where a vibrant music scene and chosen community have helped shape his recent work. His latest record, Riot of the Red, captures the urge to get away from it all—the noise, the headlines, the weight of a world gone sideways—and find stillness in the simplest things: a long drive, a bare sky, a familiar chord. Lou Hazel makes music for those who had to teach themselves how to listen.
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Kings, 14 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601-1320, United States
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