Johanna Warren + Ava Brennan + Magnetize

Come celebrate Easter evening with three magical musical acts, and a mini medicine market featuring local herbalists and regenerative farmers ⋆˙⟡
Johanna Warren is a psych folk singer/songwriter based in rural Wales. Known for her cathartic live performances, inventive guitar work and confessional lyrics that plumb the depths of the human experience, she has released seven solo albums and toured extensively. Also an avid herbalist, Johanna spends much of her free time foraging for wild plants and making medicine for her friends. On her release tour for her new album "Frog in the Belly of a Snake," she is collaborating with local regenerative farmers and herbalists in every city she visits to shine a light on their work and raise awareness about sustainable food systems, holistic healing and ancestral wisdom.
"Unusually explosive… the type of clarity that emerges only after a lifetime of rehearsal." - Pitchfork
“Warren has been making music for over a decade now — her songs have become more mangled and knotted in that time, and she’s found new ways to channel her celestial intensity into something that sounds more like a black hole.” - Stereogum
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Ava Brennan is an experimental folk artist born and raised in Chicago. Inspired by fingerstyle players like John Fahey and Nick Drake, as well as avante-garde artists like Laurie Anderson and Esperanza Spaulding, her unique songwriting dwells somewhere in the whimsical realm of prog-folk.
For this performance, Ava will be joined by Ultra Violet Archer.

"You're not a true Chicago local music lover until you've heard the magnetic tunes of AvaBrennan... Community-driven, their art and activism are intimately tied together." - Off the Record Press

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Magnetize is a folk-pop duo from the minds of Adeline Gouda and Sophia Pelosi, founded on an omen. After writing in her journal for months about a future songwriting partner, Sophia met Adeline on the day they both moved to Santa Barbara in 2021. Their destiny was cemented after the realization that Sophia’s guitar had Adeline’s name written all over it (literally). Their debut album Omens is founded in their experiences with destiny and manifestation, and shares its story through intricate vocal and guitar performance. Magnetize brings a fresh take to the world of folk-pop with their use of harmonization and dissonance, drawing listeners in through their presence and raw emotion.