Monday, September 23 // Door at 7 PM // Show at 7:30 PM // $10 // $15-$20 Artist Supporter
Janny Richter plays a hellfire-red guitar from the cradle of a blister beech rocking chair, demanding his place in heaven with greasy, unrepentant Delta-style blues. A gristle-coated gospel terraforms the stage into wind swept buttes and haunted plains. His lyrics are swollen and sizzled. His eyes gone black. Drink deep as the sun burns out. You don’t mind. Starlight falls hot on a hungry soul.
Roy’s Orb is a budding alt-country project of Ryan Carr (formerly of Cairns) who has spent the past four years quietly writing and building up a library of songs. Currently based out of New Orleans, these songs are inspired by different corners of America, especially western Montana. Stories about nature, long highways, and life’s changes over slippery banjo melodies come out of a desire for honesty in music and capturing snapshots in a changing world. Influences range from Townes Van Zandt and Johnny Cash to Bill Callahan and Angel Olsen. This Roy’s Orb 8-show tour across the Midwest is meant to help kickstart a debut album featuring professional musicians and unconventional arrangements.
A third-generation Montanan who had the good luck or bad timing to be born in Texas, Wailing Aaron Jennings is a singer and songwriter living in Missoula. Inspired by a book of songs and poetry written by his great-grandfather, a singing cowboy in the 1920’s, and the words “Yodel Here”, this young punk unplugged his guitar and started hooting and hollering in the mountains, valleys, and tunnels. Jennings’s songs champion the traditions of Honky Tonk and Western Swing while giving a knowing wink and a nod to the modern world. Every song is a story whether it’s a rambling waltzing exposition, a dance tune punctuated with acrobatic yodels, or a rockin’ boogie woogie – the ghosts of the past are jumping, shouting and dancing right along with Wailing Aaron Jennings (and YOU!).
All tickets are general admission. Artist Supporter Tickets are a way for patrons to provide more financial support to performers.
