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April 2018

03 April

Henry Jamison – Rough Trade (Brooklyn, NY)


After supporting Big Thief in 2017, the "visionary" (Ladygunn) Vermont folk singer links up with Caroline Rose. Jamison plays tracks from debut album The Wilds (Akira Records) that juxtapose his intimate Nick Drake-by-way-of-James Blake sound with narrative, metaphor-driven lyrics "written like the Great American novel" (Billboard).

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04 April

Laila Biali – Rockwood Stage 1 (NYC)


One of Canada's foremost pianists and vocalists performs music from a self-titled, self-produced LP (Kobalt) that "masterfully mixes jazz and pop" (AP) and features her oft-requested fan-favorite cover of Coldplay's "Yellow." Biali has toured with Sting, Chris Botti, Suzanne Vega and more, and, for this show, she'll be backed by local jazz musicians.

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04 April

04 April

The Shacks – Baby’s All Right (Brooklyn, NY)


NPR Slingshot band performs just days after the release of their debut album, Haze (3/30 via Big Crown Records). Steeped in the techniques of timeless R&B records and analog recordings, this band’s live show fuse ‘60s girl groups, ‘70s funk and breezy, kaleidoscopic rock into an unconventionally modern sound that has received praise from Pitchfork, The FADER, NPR Music and Gorilla vs. Bear.

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05 April

07 April

12 April

Dead Horses – Rockwood Stage 2 (NYC)


The Wisconsin folk four-piece performs music from new album My Mother The Moon, out 4/6. Produced by Ken Coomer (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo), the new album expands on the group’s folk sound with a raw, revelatory weight and gospel-like hymns.

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20 April

21 April

Maggie Rose – Opry City Stage (NYC)


One of CMT + Pandora’s 2018 Artists to Watch performs a sampling of new songs, including current single “Pull You Through.” Rose’s most recent songs have earned acclaim from Rolling Stone Country (“Dusty Springfield-worthy vocals”), American Songwriter (“a quiet force in the country world”), Wide Open Country (10 of the Best Unsigned Artists in Country Music) and more.

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21 April

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Dom Flemons – The Sheen Center – Loreto Theatre (NYC)


The multi-instrumentalist, historian and co-founder of the GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops brings his new album, Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings), to life on stage. Flemons takes the listener on an illuminating journey through the Old West via re-worked string-blues music, old-time square-dance music and cowboy poetry, along with original music written specifically for the album, all exploring and celebrating the history of Africa-American cowboy songs.

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21 April

21 April

The Shacks – Rough Trade (Brooklyn, NY)


Rough Trade named the indie psychedelic quartet’s debut album Haze (Big Crown Records) its Album of the Month for April – now they headline a free Record Store Day bill at the record store’s Brooklyn home. Fans of Haze also include Pitchfork, NPR Music, The FADER, Billboard and i-D, which dubbed the group’s sound to “simultaneously recalls Sesame Street and David Lynch.”

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23 April

23 April

The Shacks – Esme (Brooklyn, NY)


The Wild Honey Pie presents “A Dinner Party with The Shacks,” a sold-out celebration of spring with a dinner concert featuring a three-course meal, unlimited beer and the “sun-drenched & intoxicating” (Pitchfork) sounds of the indie psychedelic quartet praised by The FADER, NPR, Billboard and more.

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26 April

Lindi Ortega – Mercury Lounge (NYC)


Known as “country’s crystalline-voiced goth-rock version of Dolly Parton” (MAGNET), the Calgary-based artist performs songs from her forthcoming LP, a Latin-influenced concept record out this spring. In 2017, the two-time CCMA Roots Artist of the Year opened for Chris Stapleton and Dwight Yokam.

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26 April

Ariana and the Rose — House of Yes (Brooklyn, NY)


Having sold out its debut last November, Ariana and the Rose brings “light + space” back to the celebrated Bushwick-based creative space for a three-event residency. Self-described as “Studio 54 in outer space,” the immersive music experience spotlighted by New York Magazine, HuffPost, and Time Out NY consists of interactive theater, a DJ set and a live performance by Ariana.

 

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27 April

Okkervil River – Rough Trade (Brooklyn, NY)


Will Sheff and co. play a special album release show on the release day of new album, In The Rainbow Rain (ATO). The new record is an electric and colorful declaration of hope, featuring big blooms of synths and guitars, a chorus of backing vocals and a spirituality and gratitude akin to a modern secular gospel record.

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