Acme Records presents Universal Light w/ Wooden Wand

Name: Acme Records presents Universal Light w/ Wooden Wand
Start: 2024-10-10T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 2341 S Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53207

Schedule

Thu Oct 10 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2341 S Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53207 | Milwaukee, WI

Acme Records is SUPER stoked to present an incredible evening of music featuring Universal Light along with Wooden Wand (first solo set in over 7 years!), a rare opportunity if there ever was one!

Universal Light
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Universal Light are Jesse Sheppard (Elkhorn) on 12 string guitar, Mike Gangloff (Pelt, Black Twig Pickers) on fiddle & Kaily Schenker (Solar Hex) on cello.
Mike is a founder of the long-running improv drone unit Pelt and of quarter-century-and-counting old-time rowdies Black Twig Pickers. His fiddling with those bands and others, as well as recent solo recordings and tours in the USA and overseas, blends improvisation, original melodic composition, and a deep grounding in traditional Appalachian music. His most recent releases are the solo "Evening Measures" album (on which Kaily contributed cello to several songs) and the collaboration with Philadelphia-NYC guitar duo Elkhorn, "Shackamaxon Concert." A collaboration with UK guitarist C Joynes is to be released later this year, as is a new solo album (though again featuring Kaily on cello), "April is Passing."

Jesse is half of the band Elkhorn, an improvisational guitar duo with Drew Gardner, that has been playing since 2013. Over a slew of albums and tours, Elkhorn has ventured into countless psychedelic spaces, anchored by the churn of Jesse's acoustic 12-string guitar. Jesse's non-Elkhorn musical output includes a folk duo with his daughter, Eva, and playing electric bass in various rock combos. Besides "Shackamaxon Concert," Elkhorn recently released the albums "On the Whole Universe in All Directions," "Other Worlds" and "The Red Valley." He is also a filmmaker (www.youtube.com/@orthophonix) and was one of the organizers of the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose American Primitive guitar festival in Takoma Park, MD in 2018.

Kaily grew up playing classical cello but also nurtured heartfelt appreciation for the music of Nikki Sudden, Rowland S. Howard, Blixa Bargeld, and (the other side of a not-too-shiny coin) certain traditional singers and folk forms linked to her native Southwest Virginia. As Solar Hex, Kaily mixes solo cello improvisation with keening vocal laments accompanied by harmonium. She and Mike perform frequently as a duo and in larger ensembles around their homes in Virginia, as well as sometimes taking the music farther afield. Kaily's recent releases include the all-cello, all-instrumental "Tired Eyes" on the Torn Light label and the self-released "The Squirrel is a Pretty Thing."
Links:
https://vhfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shackamaxon-concert
https://vhfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/evening-measures
https://arkeen.bandcamp.com/album/solar-hex-tired-eyes

Wooden Wand
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Wooden Wand has had countless incarnations over it's many years of existence, but for this appearance it will be a rare solo appearance by its stalwart James Jackson Toth (a solo show 7+ years in the making!). A rare appearance for sure & we're SO lucky to have James perform here at the shop....you don't want to miss this one!

https://woodenwand.bandcamp.com

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It's been a minute since we've hosted a show here at the shop...please join us for this night of beautiful music with Universal Light & Wooden Wand!!!