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Thursday, August 29th Madison Cunningham - 12 PM
Kate Pillsbury - 11:30 AM
Liberty Plaza - 310 S Division St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
https://www.madisoncunningham.com
https://www.facebook.com/katepillsburymusic/
Bank of Ann Arbor’s Sonic Lunch is a free summer outdoor concert series happening at the corner of Liberty and Division in downtown Ann Arbor Thursdays from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Each week, lunch will be available on-site for purchase from a local vendor. Sonic Lunch is a collaborative effort spearheaded by Bank of Ann Arbor, ann arbor’s 107one.
https://www.soniclunch.com
Madison Cunningham
Madison Cunningham is a 26-year-old Grammy Award-winning artist and songwriter known for her “wonderfully tangled imagery and cutting self-awareness” (NPR). As a guitarist, Cunningham has pushed the boundaries of a conventional singer-songwriter as her “guitar work is both classic and wildly emotive, and her soaring vocals are pristine and inspired” (Consequence). Cunningham first picked up a guitar at age seven, and by age 12 she was singing and performing alongside her five siblings in church. In her teenage years, she met Tyler Chester who would later go on to be a close collaborator and producer of several of Cunninham’s projects including Who Are You Now (2019), which Atwood Magazine described as “a guitar-driven record, full of twisting, meticulously arranged parts and interlocking melodies. It’s almost labyrinthine; you could get lost in her swirling words.”
Cunningham’s latest effort, Revealer, won the Grammy for Best Folk Album. Revealer finds her working once again with producer Tyler Chester along with Mike Elizondo and Tucker Martine. Written and recorded over all states of the pandemic, Madison says, “To me, Revealer is the binding theme of the album. The hand that slowly chips away at the mirror in which you see yourself and the world and replaces it with the reflection that is most true.” The album is “full of intricate musicianship, alongside forthright observations” (All Music), intimations and hard truths — a self-portrait of a young artist who is full of doubt and uncertainty yet bursting with exciting ideas about music and life.
Kate Pillsbury
Kate Pillsbury began writing songs after inheriting a guitar from her dad as a teenager. In the years since, she has faithfully answered the calls of her muse, primarily focusing on her role as singer and guitarist for the band The Crane Wives. Her songs fall into the cracks between roots and pop, with potently autobiographical lyrics that can soothe or sting. She lives for howling into a microphone and becoming more feral with time.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sonic Lunch, 310 S Division St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2204, United States,Ann Arbor, Michigan
