Michael Nau w/ Magic Tuber String Band at The Iron Horse

Name: Michael Nau w/ Magic Tuber String Band at The Iron Horse
Start: 2026-01-30T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 18 Center St., Northampton, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01060

Schedule

Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

18 Center St., Northampton, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01060 | Northampton, MA

Michael Nau w/ Magic Tuber String Band
at The Iron Horse
Friday, January 30th
Pre-Show Bar/Event Queue: 5:00pm [Click for more information about our Lounge]
Event Doors: 6:00pm
Show: 7:00pm
Tickets Starting At: $24
includes all fees
This show is primarily Standing, with a limited amount of seats available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Accessible seating is available; please contact us at 413-200-0425 or [email protected] for more information.
Michael Nau is a Singer/songwriter hailing from Cumberland, MD who has blended country, folk, psych, and vintage influences in the bands Page France and Cotton Jones as well as solo
Magic Tuber Stringband, from North Carolina, are Courtney Werner, Evan Morgan, and Mike DeVito. The duo are at the forefront of artists inhabiting the rich, living musical traditions of the Appalachian region, not as preservationists, but as fluent speakers shaping the forms with their inventive new ideas. The music, contemporary in nature, shares a through line with its history in both technique and in inspiration. Needlefall, their first on Chicago experimental label Thrill Jockey, answers the question “what does a modern string band sound like?” with powerful new arrangements of traditional songs and transcendent originals. The album is teeming with life, translating abundant ecosystems into arcing melodies and shimmering, mystic drones. Needlefall exemplifies the diversity of contemporary folk movements, placing Magic Tuber Stringband’s work in the tradition of modern innovators like Moondog, Harry Partch, Pauline Oliveros, and labelmate Sally Anne Morgan. The vast forests and mountains that inspire the duo act as a metaphor for living music traditions – ever-changing and yet still standing, shaped over time by human hands while equally shaping the human experience.