SOU’WESTER EVENTS!

Catherine Feeny grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of a tight-knit family for whom music was a uniting force. Absorbing Springsteen through her older brother, Simon and Garfunkel through her parents and The Smiths through her elder sister, she early on developed a keen ear for songwriting, such as her song, “Carrier Pigeon.” “Chris and I played it together during pre-production for the album, and he started brushing on the snare in this distinctly wing-like fashion — he is not a lyrics guy, and he did not know I was singing about a bird,” Feeny says. “That is what it’s like playing with him — magic and intuition in a sweet, humble package.”

All are invited to the Sou’wester on July 3rd to decorate bicycles for the July 4th fun! Bring your own bike or decorate one of ours. Join in on the bike parade around Seaview and through the Sou’wester on July 4th or create your own parade around town! We will have lots of goodies to create with but please bring your own too if you’d like!

Darren Hanlon returns to the Sou’wester with a special treat in tow, guest singers and songwriters on tour from Australia. Set the holiday ablaze with this show on fire with talent at the Sou’wester!

The Micro Blues Tour swings through the Sou’wester bringing artist Will Morgan. Will hails from Seattle where he recorded his debut EP “Built Some” in 2013. Lately he has been playing his guitar and singing, inspired by the Mississippi Hill Country Blues style. Country blues classics and originals.

Lisa Wells is a poet and essayist from Portland, Oregon. She’s the author of Yeah. No. Totally., a book of essays, and a chapbook, BEAST. With Bobby Abrahamson she made The West Behind Us, photos and essays on struggling small towns in the west. She holds an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is about to move to Singapore where she’ll teach poetry at Yale-NUS.

Joshua Marie Wilkinson is the author of Swamp Isthmus, The Courier’s Archive & Hymnal, and Meadow Slasher, among others. With Solan Jensen he made a tour documentary about Califone called Made a Machine by Describing the Landscape. He grew up in Seattle and now lives in Tucson, where he teaches at the University of Arizona and runs a poetry journal called The Volta and a small press called Letter Machine Editions.

Please join us in welcoming Crop Circle featuring the talent of band members Tim Root and Christopher Grant playing original acoustic blues/folk numbers.

We welcome artists Sara Lund and Thollem as they roll through the Sou’wester on tour as the band Conformity Contortion where convention submission distorts compliance.

Sara Lund has been providing beats and exploring rhythm since age 11. She is best known for her work as the drummer for Unwound (1992-2002). Thollem is known internationally as a wildly diverse keyboardist and has been on tour perpetually for years, releasing more than 40 albums of his own and in collaboration with others on 19 different vanguard labels.

Ray Prestegard loves playing music, singing and entertaining. He has all his life, from Texas through the Northwest. Playing original songs and concentrating on the classics, he plays music Americana. Bringing to the stage vintage amps and instruments made in the 30’s & 40’s through the 70’s in the USA, Ray plays blues, rock, folk and country with original tones from the time. Banjos, dobros, guitars, ukelleles, harmonicas and more.

Zeb Dewar is a Folk/Rock/Americana band based in Portland, Oregon and has released 6 records over the last 10 years, most recently a Greatest Hits compilation now out on Curly Cassettes! Zeb has toured the USA, played the Nelsonville Music Festival, opened for Samantha Crain, and shared bills with Michael Hurley, Run On Sentence, Clarke & The Himselfs.

Come celebrate the heat of summer at the Sou’wester with this hot music event: Au Dunes and Michael Hurley!