Poster: Elliot Hansen

Wednesday May 28 * doors: 6:30, music: 7:00 * $15 * TICKETS

Friends of the Road is an experimental string band from Seattle, Washington exploring longform acoustic drones rooted in a melting pot of influences from American primitivism, Dhrupad, and free improvisation which coalesce into original arrangements of traditional folk tunes.

Kaho Matsui is a singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and improviser based in Philadelphia, PA. Her recorded work is a diaristic archive of field recordings, malfunctioning electronics, and improvisations of modular synth and extended guitar techniques chiseled into rock, pop, ambient, noise, and folk music, which has culminated into a discography of over 30 albums starting in 2020, including collaborations with i.v, snairhead, and more eaze.

Rowland Taylor is a guitarist from Cleveland, Ohio, currently living in Richmond, VA. He performs original compositions on six string, twelve string, and lap slide acoustic guitars.

Raven Bauer Durham and James Wolf first played music together in 2017 in the improvised noise ensemble Phoenix Auto Group. James contributed violin to Raven's first solo album, Conversations (2018). And in 2019, they released a duo album, The River and the Rain In It. They also frequently perform solo or in collaboration with other local musicians.