Join us this upcoming Monday, back at 5008 Longstreet, for an evening to remember. Cause A Scene is proud to be hosting Austin’s The Trishas, a four-piece unit comprised of Jamie Wilson, Liz Foster, Kelley MickWee and Savannah Welch. Each of the four lend a vocal singularity that melt together to form twisting harmonies, giving nods to blues, folk and bluegrass, creating a sound and musical identity that has become a must know throughout Texas, and for beyond.
Starting out the evening on a high note, we will be privilege of hearing from fellow Nashvillian, Neal Carpenter. With a pair of such talent, Monday evening will surely be a lineup not to be missed. Tickets can be purchase here in advance for $10. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door.
This Thursday night, Cause A Scene is privileged to team up with Studio Forty-one Fifteen in East Nashville (4115 Gallatin Ave) to bring you one of Austin, Texas’s most exciting young duos, Penny and Sparrow. The band is comprised of friends Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke and have been compared to the likes of Bon Iver, Mumford and Sons, and The Swell Season. One way or another, they have a transcendent, timeless quality to their music, with a pastoral, folksy vibe and lyrics with real depth throughout. We have been working to bring this band to Nashville for quite some time, and we couldn’t be anymore thrilled about Thursday night’s show.
To make the night even more exciting, we have our good friends from Afterlife Parade (check out their Kickstarter) and Jackson, MS-based Oh, Jeremiah opening the show with plenty of surprises up their sleeves. Please join us for this intimate house show in East Nashville. Capacity is capped at 60 people, and we fully anticipate a sellout. Tickets for Thursday night’s show can be purchased here for $5 in advance and $8 on the day of the show.
One of the supreme joys of leading the Cause A Scene family is watching artists that I get the chance to work with gain a bigger and bigger audience as people slowly but surely catch on to the secret we’ve known all along. There is something uniquely special about the process of discovering an artist for the first time as any music lover can attest. It’s an even more surreal feeling to see that artist’s career blossom and take on a fuller form, and for the world to recognize the beauty of that person or band’s artwork. This is especially true of next Tuesday’s house show performer, Liz Longley. Since last summer we have been emailing back and forth trying to find a time that made sense for both parties to host Liz for a Cause A Scene house show, with the eagerness to have her play a show increasing more and more with each accolade that comes her way.
This past week, Liz was featured on Billboard, where she played a couple new songs off her forthcoming self-titled album and discussed her benefit show for the families effected by the Boston Marathon bombings. We’ve mentioned Liz many times in the past in conversations about her being “one to watch”, and it appears that some of the biggest artists in the genre agree, with John Mayer calling Liz’s music “Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous” and Amos Lee, Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin having Liz join them on tour.
A week from tonight, April 30, we welcome Liz back to her adoptive home of Nashville for a show that is sure to excite fans, both new and old, and will be looked back on years from now as one of those “remember when…” moments in time as we reflect on Liz’s rapidly rising star. As if seeing Liz play in a house show setting wasn’t enough, we also have the showstopping, soulful Jeffrey James performing and Seattle’s Carson Henley making his first ever Nashville appearance. You don’t want to miss this one!
Tickets can be purchased in advance here, which we recommend doing as we anticipate a sellout. See you next Tuesday!
File the Birmingham-based band, War Jacket, under the heading “Bands We Haven’t Hosted Yet But Can’t Wait To Host”. We’ve known Caleb Chancey, the leader of this orchestral-folk act for several years, and it’s been inspiring to say the least to watch as his band has grown over that time to keep up with his own artistic ambition. With a voice that calls to mind greats like Damien Jurado, Sam Beam of Iron & Wine and even at times the otherworldly Anthony Hegarty of Anthony & The Johnson’s.
It’s still hard to pin down War Jacket’s sound, as there are elements of classical, folk, baroque pop and post-rock seamlessly intertwined. No more apparent is this than on their song “Water Wings”, which the band released a video for via NoiseTrade today. It’s a beautifully shot video that encapsulates the order and chaos present in the song. Just wait until the strings come in around 2:00 and the full band rises to the occasion about 3:15 into the song. It’s chilling. It’s moving. It’s exactly what you would expect from one of Birmingham’s finest up-and-coming bands.
BONUS: If you head over to NoiseTrade, you can also download their brand new album, “Spring Hollow Sessions” for FREE. Happy listening!
Show of hands: Who is ready for this long winter to be over and spring and all its glory to officially be upon us? Raise them high. Oh wow, that seems to be an overwhelming majority. Well, we’re all in luck, because not only does there seem to be just a touch more warmth in the air this week, but San Francisco’s Carousel brings us their synth-laden, long-day-at-the-beach-without-a-care-in-the-world inspired single “Another Day” to us today, just in time to soundtrack these longer, sunnier days ahead of us. For fans of the chiller side of Phoenix, Passion Pit, and Wild Cub, this band is a must-listen. Sit back, relax, and let the breeziness of the track wash over you and take away any memory of the past few chilly months keeping you confined to the indoors, and enjoy the sunshine.
We’re also really pleased to be playing host to the band for their first Nashville stop on Monday, April 15. We’ve been wanting to have an upbeat electronic/pop/dance house show for ages now, and in only a short couple weeks, that dream will become a reality with Carousel, Young Islands, and Pocono bringing Music City all the fun we can handle for one night of music. Check out “Another Day” here, then be sure to purchase your tickets for their show here.
