poster: Josh Levi

Saturday, May 24 * doors open: 6:30, music: 7:00 * $15 * TICKETS

Alexander is a solo moniker of New Haven, CT native David Shapiro (Headroom, Kath Bloom, Center). He has shared bills with Mdou Moctar, Loren Connors, Susan Alcorn, Kate Village, and many more. He has released an LP, a split 7" with Rob Noyes, and a handful of cassettes on C/Site Recordings. He has also self-released an LP and many cassettes that range from guitar soli to improvised electric guitar noise. Most recently he released a 7" of banjo and mandolin tunes on Carbon Records, as well as a self-released CD of hymns arranged for electric guitar.

Liz Meredith is a violist, improviser and composer from Baltimore, MD whose work explores intersections between acoustic chamber music, instrumental improvisation, electro-acoustic composition, and ambient music. David Sexton is a Baltimore-based violinist interested in American minimalism and microtonal music whose collaborations include work with Lower Dens, Eli Winter, and the filmmaker Erik Sutch. Drawing on their individual practices, Liz and David will present an improvised set for violin and viola that foregrounds space and timbral listening.

Jon Camp is a fingerstyle guitarist and composer based out of the DC region. Jon blends twang, drone, and melody into a cohesive whole that is exploratory without forsaking the hook. Of Jon’s self-titled release on Centripetal Force, Andy French of Raven Sings the Blues said, "From fingerpicked folk to broken dawn blues, glycerine Loren Connors contemplation, bluegrass breezes and non-trad tributaries, the album doesn’t settle. With so many muses, Jon keeps things from swerving between impulses, finding a common beam between the hues in his wheel of colors." Jon will perform a set for solo electric guitar.