Poster: Josh Levi

Thursday March 27 * 6:30 (doors) 7pm (music) * $15 * TICKETS

Verdin Brothers is a collaborative project between multi-instrumentalists Peter (St. John’s, NL), Andrew and Mark Verdin (Minneapolis, MN). Building from a foundation of steel-string guitar and upright bass, they play deranged instrumental folk music that blends elements of American Primitive guitar, traditional string band, and more.  In pursuit of the celestial monochord, they track the crooked byroads of folk and linger in its dark pockets and eerie configurations. Their last two studio endeavors, Field Guide to the Seven Spheres and Arcana, have received critical praise from outlets such as The Guardian and Minnesota Public Radio for their ethereal compositions and psychedelic soundscapes.

Liam Grant is a New England guitarist with a punk ethos, cut from the American Primitive cloth. The restless guitar explorations, modal epics, and driving uptempo rags recall the likes of Grant's pedagogue; Takoma Records, and the path that was paved by his forebears John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Peter Walker, Max Ochs, and later, Glenn Jones, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Jack Rose, and others. Prodigal Son, his VHF debut and second widely-available LP, is a portrait of an artist on the road, changing fast, recording things as they spring from the fountain. The sound here is raw—grass and dirt instead of prefab; homemade/handmade instead of high-tech, etc. There’s a visceral quality and immediacy of culture that’s being lost every day in modern life—Prodigal Son is a chance to grab some of it back.

Dann Pell is a singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist from Chester County, PA who makes meditative folk music celebrating unity of spirit. The traditional and Sacred through a lens of deep listening.