May Erlewine | August 8th | w/ Kate Peterson | Free 11:30 AM

Name: May Erlewine | August 8th | w/ Kate Peterson | Free 11:30 AM
Start: 2024-08-08T11:30:00-04:00
Location: Sonic Lunch

Schedule

Thu Aug 08 2024 at 11:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Sonic Lunch | Ann Arbor, MI

Thursday, August 8th
May Erlewine - 12 PM
Kate Peterson - 11:30 AM
Liberty Plaza - 310 S Division St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
https://www.mayerlewine.com
https://www.katepeterson.com
Bank of Ann Arbor’s Sonic Lunch is a free summer outdoor concert series happening at the corner of Liberty and Division in downtown Ann Arbor Thursdays from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Each week, lunch will be available on-site for purchase from a local vendor. Sonic Lunch is a collaborative effort spearheaded by Bank of Ann Arbor, ann arbor’s 107one.
https://www.soniclunch.com
May Erlewine
One of the Midwest’s most prolific and passionate songwriters, May continues to share her gift for writing songs of substance that feel both new and soulfully familiar. Her lyrics offer a window into her heartbreak, her empowerment, and her emboldened spirit.
May considers her career in the music industry as a service-oriented one and uses her platform for positive change. She stresses the importance of environmental advocacy, social justice, creative empowerment, and community building as necessary work in our world. May's body of work has become an anthem and an example of why we need to listen to women, empower women, and why we need to hear their stories.
With a long list of full-length albums and numerous collaborations, May Erlewine’s catalog is proof of her creative power. Her work has been spotlighted by Rolling Stone and NBC’s “The Voice” and covered by countless artists. Erlewine’s 2020 release, “Anyway,” a collaboration with Woody Goss (vulfpeck), showcases her diversity as a singer featuring the newly acclaimed song, “Days Go By.” Her 2017 album. Mother Lion, produced by Tyler Duncan (vulfpeck) and backed by Joe Dart, Theo Katzman, Woody Goss and Joshua Pinkham (Jeremy Kittel), has become an Indie favorite most notably for the empowering single “Never One Thing.” Her newest album, The Real Thing produced by Theo Katzman, highlights her songwriting recorded live at his studio in the Northern Woods of Michigan.
Among her successes, perhaps her biggest accomplishment is that her music has touched
Kate Peterson
Beginning in 2005, Michigan-based singer songmaker and multi-instrumentalist Kate Peterson has traveled the US and Europe winning the hearts of vulnerability lovers everywhere. For 10 years, she spilled her heart onto hundreds of stages, opened for her heroes and sparked thousands of laughs (and almost as many tears) with her folk duo, Nervous but Excited. These days, Kate is a home-makin’ hobbyist who swaps her wood-working tools for a microphone for only the most special of occasions, sometimes joined by her wife, Leah Peterson, on harmonies.
The roots of her music are still planted firmly in the Pleasantly Aggressive Folk sound that long time fans will find familiar, but they will quickly notice a depth in her sound that only time and patience can cultivate. The cool rasp of Kate's voice will fill up the room and tug on your heart simultaneously. Of her vocals, The Northern Express says “…you could almost swear you hear the same grainy whispers as Ray LaMontagne.” She approaches her sound with sailing melodies, a dash of percussion and a passion so genuine that it wore through the wood of her guitar. New listeners to her performance should expect songs and stories of travels and trials that connect us all. The raw nature of her writing can leave you feeling a little exposed, but given her genuine yet dry wit, you will surely be tempered by a laugh or two.