Amber Darland w/ Jes Raymond
When: -
- Events begin promptly at the posted time - doors open half an hour beforehand, so come early to have your choice of seats.
6300 Phinney Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
Tickets: $10 advance, $12 at the door
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Amber Darland is one of the most exciting up-and-coming singer songwriters of the Pacific Northwest. Audiences from festivals to coffee shops to concert halls are falling in love with her songs, voice and performance style. Her voice has been described as “powerful” and “rich” with the ability to turn heads on a busy Saturday at the Bellingham Farmer’s Market or to hush a boisterous crowd at the local bar. Darland’s intensely personal music has the passion reminiscent of Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams and Shawn Colvin and the soulfulness of k.d. lang, the Carpenters and Dar Williams. She is a master at making the simple, evocative.
“Each song has heartfelt lyrics and when Amber sings, emotion pours out. The stories in the songs speak to all of us and her performance is so inclusive that the audience can’t help but feel important.” Her music is compelling because it’s both political and deeply personal – and by design, purposeful. In her performances, the listener becomes an integral part of the moment. Darland’s delivery of powerful, honest poetry with pure vocals, strong melodies, infectious rhythms and personal stories keep the audience engaged and experiencing a wave of emotions.
There are things you should know about Jes Raymond. Her favorite word is wonder. She loves and laughs. She
takes it too far, and she is not sorry.
Her songs have climbed mountains. They meditate on gravity, color and flight. They have gotten their hands as dirty as they get. They are a radio, forgotten in a treetop. They eat their bran cereal (they are good little songs). They are the small stories of our moments that become our days, that become our lives. And they are presented as they are lived, from a whisper to a wail.
Jes is a beguiling performer, combining her voice, poetry, and all the rhythm and sound one can juice from a guitar and feet. She notes her influences as country, old-time, swing jazz, rock and roll, bluegrass and folk. She is backed by Her Famous Band, headed up by Famous Jake(Jakob Breitbach) on fiddle and the Professor, (Morgan Thompson) on acoustic bass.
She has performed solo, with Her Famous Band, and as a member of several ensembles including The Blackberry Bushes, and The New Prohibition Band. She performs in acoustic houses, house concerts, galleries, pubs, cafes, street corners and festival stages. Wherever she is playing, there is a celebration, and an audience who hears a path from tradition to modern illuminations.
