Somewhat Unplugged with the Westerlund/Hagen Duo & Michael Rossetto

This concert series was created for folks who enjoy chill music in a chill atmosphere (but mainly cause we're scared of annoying the neighbors).

Doors and bar open at 6pm, show at 7.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

A musical project born from a long-running friendship, beginning during their Midwestern childhood, and followed by intermittent distance across regions, countries and cultures, Joe Westerlund and Trever Hagen are metamorphosing from their individual solo practices into a comprovisational duo. The sound world these two inhabit pays respect to the lineage of trumpet/drum combinations found in the jazz and ambient idioms, while reaching back to the pairing’s advent in ancient battle cries. On Tuesday night, they will perform two sets of elegant ambient improvisation on melodic themes, fragments and noise.

Joe Westerlund has emerged as an intuitive improviser and composer during the last decade, scoring deep meditative practice over the course of three full-length solo records. Westerlund—a longtime student of Milford Graves—has now spent more than a quarter-century gleaning lessons from folk musicians and avant-garde icons, from close friends and challenging strangers alike. He served as the dynamic backbone of Megafaun, the North Carolina trio of sophisticated songwriting and winning charisma that he cofounded. As a session drummer, he has worked as the pulse beneath the plaintive Americana of Watchhouse, Daughter of Swords, and Jake Xerxes Fussell and been a textural anchor for the folk abstraction of Califone and Bon Iver. Currently, he tours and records primarily in an improvisational trio, Setting (with Jaime Fennelly and Nathan Bowles), and as a solo artist on Psychic Hotline.

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Trever Hagen is an trumpet player and producer who has collaborated with a range of musicians and ensembles (Bon Iver, Mouse on Mars, Marijuana Deathsquads, CARM, Aero Flynn) and is one-third of the electronica pop trio, Heavy MakeUp, along with Edie Brickell and CJ Camerieri. Hagen's solo trumpet electronica albums have been released by the labels 37d03d, Audiotong, Music of New Reference and No Icon.

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Michael Rossetto. As the son of Italian immigrants living in the midwest, it is surprising that a banjo found its way into the hands of Michael Rossetto. As a self taught banjoist and guitarist, Rossetto moved from Wisconsin to the Twin Cities in ‘97 and began writing and recording instrumental music with his quartet, Spaghetti Western String Co. After four records, two MN Music Awards (2005, 2006) and a handful of silent film score performances, the group disbanded in 2010. Their music can be heard in the documentary .

He spent the last several years working as a sideman for The Pines, David Huckfelt, Pieta Brown, Erik Koskinen and Buffalo Gospel.

In 2015 he began recording what would become Intermodal Blues, a collection of instrumental music that is a homage to the global music well that Rossetto draws inspiration from. Intermodal Blues was produced by Twin Cities drummer/percussionist, JT Bates along with Chris Bates (bass) and Jim Anton (doshpuluur). The collection of songs are heavily influenced by Rossetto’s travels to his parents’ villages in Italy, the deserts of north western India and the winter back roads in the midwest.

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Somewhat Unplugged is an 21+ show. BYOB is not permitted.

ABOUT THE VENUE

Stuff for sale. Space for rent.

Dandy is a dream that came true for its owners, Ryan and Jess (Day + Anderson = Dandy). Since October of 2017, the couple has preserved and transformed this old Milwaukee space into a jack-of-all-trades hot spot. Vintage for sale in the front, event/production/performance space in the back. Getting married? Have an event? Want to collaborate? Get in touch: 414-982-5020 | [email protected] | Instagram | Store

Event Venue

Dandy, 5020 West Vliet Street, Milwaukee, United States