Jeremy Facknitz @ Studio 901 House Concerts
Schedule
Thu May 16 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
Studio 901 House Concert Series | Lawrence, KS
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Join Jeremy Facknitz as he returns to Studio 901 House Concerts in Lawrence, KS on Thursday, May 16th 2024. 7pm, $20 suggested donation."This is all far above the ordinary. The 6-member band are the chefs in a musical kitchen – each recipe conjured tastefully... A good time is guaranteed for all." - John Apice, Americana Highways
"Jeremy Facknitz is, indeed, a major talent. Packed with tunes that manage to sound both familiar and refreshingly new, Smilin’ at the Future is an excellent album – and, I can guarantee, like nothing you’ll have ever heard before." - John Barliss, At The Barrier
“…soulfully-hued, and wholly heartfelt, organic…” - Exclusive Magazine
"The record is something of a commentary on modern life, including our political dystopia, our successes and failures, and the age of doubt in which we live. We proceed clinging to our hopes and dreams for the future but with major doubts about whether they will actually be realized. It’s a message that will no doubt connect with listeners holding many of the same fears and reservations." - V13 Magazine
Jeremy Facknitz’s new album is titled Smilin’ At The Future, a caption from his high school graduation photo in the hometown newspaper. If the songs smile at the future, it’s not idealism but a need to transcend the struggle of the present and the wounds of the past. This is the sixth record by the two-time Kerrville Grassy Hill New Folk Songwriting Competition finalist, and it’s his strongest songwriting and most imaginative music yet. Facknitz describes his music as “indie rock with a made-for-the-theatre twist. I’m a singer-songwriter, but I’m not 3 chords and the truth - I’m 8 to 15 chords and poetic cynicism. Less like John Prine and Townes Van Zandt - more like Elvis Costello and Lin Manuel Miranda.”
Surprisingly, these lively descriptors make sense. Like Costello and Miranda, Facknitz is a gifted storyteller open to finding new forms and new sounds. Writing about his album From These Sweet Ashes, Collin Estes writes that Facknitz’s “emphasis on song-craft is immediately apparent, and the album an artistic triumph.” Loring Wirbel writes “The next instantiation of Nick Lowe and other power-pop barons already exists, and From Those Sweet Ashes is his defining work to date.” Wirbel goes on to compare Facknitz’s music to Andrew Bird and John Darnielle.
For more info: Call+1 785-979-1748 or email Byron at [email protected].
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Where is it happening?
Studio 901 House Concert Series, 901 Pennsylvania Street,Lawrence,KS,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
