The Burying Ground & Viper Central LIVE at the WISE

Join us at the Wise Hall for a double bill show featuring The Burying Ground & Viper Central

LIVE and in person!

June 12th 2022

7pm Doors / 8pm Music

$18 in advance $25 at the Door

~ The Burying Ground ~

"There cannot be too many acts around whose principal influences and musical heroes emanate mainly from the first half of the 20th Century, but The Burying Ground is emphatically one of them. Yet they do not merely ape the source material that inspires them: Forster and Laye are devotees that study and absorb it deeply, filtering such as prewar blues, early jazz and American rural folk music traditions into their own lovely material. Punk rockers at heart and previously in actuality, they acutely recognize and hold dear the ‘original punks’ – the Lead Bellys and the Woody Guthries of this world – and reverently project the same spirit of fierce independence..." - David Morrison, Folk Radio UK.

Line up for this show: Wynston Minckler (upright bass), Josh Doherty (harmonica/harmonies), Clara Rose (fiddle/harmonies), Devora Laye (washboard/saw/vocals), Woody Forster (guitar/vocals)

www.theburyingground.com

*cover photo by Mary Matheson Photography

~ Viper Central ~

Viper Central can rip it up bluegrass style with sweet n' crunchy harmonies and tight melodic breaks that'll make your heart soar, your feet shuffle and your blood curdle!

Canadian roots and the traditions of American Bluegrass, Métis, Country, Rockabilly and Old-time have influenced their ever evolving style. The songs reflect Canadian landscape and experiences and the result is entirely natural, effortless and delightfully original. VIPER CENTRAL is an acoustic string-band that takes that "high lonesome sound" to new places. All band members contribute original songs, but won't hesitate to deliver up their take on an ages-old mournful waltz or bring the house down with a barn-burning bluegrass standard.

Line up: Kathleen Nisbet (vocals, fiddle), Steve Charles (vocals, guitar), Joseph Lubinsky-Mast (vocals, upright bass), Mark Vaughan (mandolin)

www.vipercentral.ca

*cover photo by Katie Loughrin

Host or Publisher The WISE Social and Community Arts Club