Martin Budde Trio//Alex Ashley Band at The Royal Room

Name: Martin Budde Trio//Alex Ashley Band at The Royal Room
Start: 2024-09-30T19:30:00-07:00
Location: 5000 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98118

Schedule

Mon Sep 30 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

5000 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98118 | Seattle, WA

Martin Budde is a guitarist and composer based in Seattle, WA. Growing up playing with family from a young age, he is partially self-taught and owes much of his musical development to his family, friends, and mentors such as bassists Chuck Deardorf and Marshall Hawkins. Martin has established himself over time as a reputable guitarist and composer in the Seattle area and on the West Coast where he performs regularly freelances. He co-founded the Seattle/New York-based contemporary jazz group Meridian Odyssey whose first release, Second Wave, was voted as one of the top 15 Seattle records of 2020 by The Seattle Times, and whose second full length album, Earthshine, was awarded the 2022 Golden Ear Award for NW Recording of the Year by Earshot Jazz. Martin's music is energetic, dynamic, and grounded, with a strong melodic voice that speaks to undercurrents of American music as a whole, and at the same time seeks to dive into unknowns.
Budde isn't chasing trends or recreating bygone eras...he's standing on the shoulders of giants, but his gaze is firmly fixed on finding his own way.- ANDREW LUTHRINGER
"Alex Ashley's songwriting takes you inside yourself and then out, impressing the beauty and danger of the complex world we live in..." —NPR
Alex Ashley may hail from a small harbor town in the Pacific Northwest, but the sounds of Laurel Canyon, the Deep South, and the American Heartland collectively rush from him like a torrent.
Compared to Jackson Browne and "a young Vince Gill," Ashley takes us on a sonic journey from the church house to the juke joint; an electrifying amalgam of poignant storytelling, incendiary guitar playing, and honeyed vocals with a hint of smoke.
The singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist has been invited to share the stage with legendary artists such as 23-time Grammy Award winner Vince Gill, Jethro Tull's Martin Barre, Joe Pug, Tyler Hilton, Nashville icons The Time Jumpers, jazz crooner Nicolas King, JD Simo, and others.

Doors at 6:30, music starts at 7:30pm. Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door.