Kevin Beals' Bones and Stones Let it Rain Album Release Show
$25 General Admission
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show from 8:15-10:30pm with one intermission
Singer songwriter Kevin Beals is a deeply curious and creative human who has spent his life delightedly immersed in nature, and in meaningful and playful interaction with humanity. Kevin cut his music performance teeth leading campfires for years as a raft guide and outdoor science school instructor. He led the band Bungee Jumpin’ Cows for many years, creating, recording, and performing such perennial campfire hits as Banana Slug Song and Gusano. During the depths of the pandemic, Kevin decided to focus on writing quieter “folk rock” songs, working with his buddy singer songwriter Jenner Fox as his songwriting coach. Bones and Stones is the result. The songs were recorded live, for feel and groove, with excellent musicians, background vocalists, and engineers, mostly at Hyde Street Studio in San Francisco. These magnificent humans have been invaluable collaborators in crafting the recordings, and their enjoyment of working and playing with each other on the songs can be felt through the music. Other performers in this show include Tony Glaser, Shawn Barry, Steve Pierce, Liam Craddock, Amy MacClain, Joshua “Bobcat” Stacy, Jason Reeder + special guests. Bones & Stones songs are lyrically rich, brimming with sumptuous imagery and perspectives. Vulnerable and empathetic. Poignant, with touches of whimsy. Windows into souls with fresh and catchy musicality. Let it Rain is the first of 4 Bones and Stones albums mostly recorded and in the pipeline from our minds, instruments, and voices to the ears of anyone who chooses to listen.
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Emilie Lygren is a poet and educator whose work is grounded in curiosity and reverence. She’s taught writing in a variety of contexts: classrooms, field stations, graduate seminars, parks, libraries, and beyond. Emilie calls on her years of experience as an outdoor educator helping students connect with themselves, one another, and the places they find themselves in.
A semifinalist for the 2024 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize, Emilie has published poems in dozens of literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. Her first book of poetry, What We Were Born For, won the Blue Light Book award and was chosen by the Young People’s Poet Laureate as a monthly book pick from the Poetry Foundation. Her second book of poems, Once I was a stone, is forthcoming from Wayfarer Books. Emilie is currently a professor of creative writing, a poet in the schools, and at work on an anthology of poems on mental health for teens and youth. Find more of her work and words at emilielygren.com.
Recommended If You Like: Damien Rice, James Taylor, Bob Dylan
Vaccines, boosters, and masks are strongly encouraged, but are not required as per local Public Health Policy.
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