Fri 11/15 • 10:00pm
A teenager’s summer job is as American as apple pie or baseball. For
Jackson, MS native Owen Beverly, this meant playing blues guitar with
guys thirty years his senior as opposed to mowing lawns or washing
dishes. His formative years were spent in the sweaty juke joints of
Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Florida panhandle playing for
discerning crowds both large and small. A disciple of the Delta blues
tradition and steeped in the musings of Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, and
great songwriters like Townes Van Zandt, Beverly came away with a
near-religious focus on song and craft.
Owen Beverly is INDIANOLA, the culmination of this rare upbringing and
a career of performing and writing music all over the world in a
variety of endeavors. With a multi-year stopover in Charleston, South
Carolina behind him, Beverly moved to New York City and spent years as
a touring member of Danish indie-pop act, Oh Land. After six years
living in Brooklyn, Owen found himself called back to the South and
his roots. The love of the land, the old stories of love and
heartbreak, the fierce tenacity of life in the midst of hardship,
sorrow, and joy break out in INDIANOLA’S music. The debut INDIANOLA
RECORD, produced by Michael Trent (Shovels & Rope) and recorded within
the swampy confines of Johns Island, SC is an aggressive stomp through
the southern gothic: part old-school rock n’ roll, part
singer-songwriter. Not unlike the Mississippi delta itself, known for
its mythic crossroads, INDIANOLA FINDS ITSELF AT THE INTERSECTION OF
HERITAGE AND INNOVATION, with a firm and enduring grasp on the
traditions from which it was born.BAND WEBSITE
[https://www.indianolamusic.com/]
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