House and Land and Mike & Cara Gangloff + Matt Peyton in Concert
Venue: Rising Silo Farm Brewery, Blacksburg
Organizations: House and Land, Mike & Cara Gangloff
Date: Friday, July 28, 2017
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free
Description:
Rising Silo Farm Brewery presents House and Land and Mike & Cara Gangloff with Matt Peyton in concert on Friday, July 28, 2017.

House and Land is a collaboration of Sarah Louise (VDSQ, Scissor Tail Editions) and Sally Anne Morgan of the Black Twig Pickers (Thrill Jockey).

Sally and Sarah started playing together after Sarah opened for The Black Twig Pickers for whom Sally plays the fiddle. The duo quickly discovered that they were both interested in the same very specific forms of traditional music. They both viewed it through the lens of their shared love of modern, experimental and minimal music.

House and Land’s music is less adorned and certainly less processed than much popular music today. The hand-hewn quality transports the listener to another time the way a Shirley and Dolly Collins recording can. The themes are universal and the songs intergenerational. “Home Over Yonder,” for example, came from the singing of Frankie Duff of Lexington, Kentucky, who passed away in January 2017 at the age of 102.

While there is a temptation to view this music nostalgically, this would be a mistake. This living music is constantly being rearranged. The obscure songs on this album, like many well-known traditional songs, are in a state of nearly constant evolution, a testament to their continued significance. Naturalistic and entirely modern, the music of House and Land continues this tradition with its own contemporary and beautiful interpretations.

Links:

• https://thrilljockey.com/artists/house-and-land
• https://www.facebook.com/houseandlandmusic

Mike and Cara Gangloff are Appalachian indie folkers with an international taste in their instrumentation (hardanger fiddle, hurdy gurdy, more) and a unified musical theory that connects the dots from free jazz and improv music to the Gershwins and regional old-time tunes.

Mike Gangloff is also a member of the old-time stringband Black Twig Pickers and the acoustic band Pelt among others.

Links:

• https://mikecaragangloff.bandcamp.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/MikeCaraGangloff

Admission is free and all ages are welcome. Tips are encouraged for the musicians.

Farm-to-table foods will be offered by Tabula Rasa on Glade by donation.

This is a family and pet friendly event.

For more information, visit: http://www.risingsilobrewery.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/risingsilobrewery or call 410-596-1200.