Hazel Krumm performs at Martyrs' Saturday May 31st, 2025. 7:30PM. $15. 21+. Steve Dawson and The Lucid Dreams along with Brian Krumm and His Barfly Friends and Modern Day Saints open the night up.
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Hazel Krumm is a Chicago singer-songwriter who has just released her debut EP, Backroads. Produced by Christian Moder, the EP is highly recommended for fans of Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo, and Billie Eilish. Go to hazelkrumm.com for more info.
Steve Dawson was born in San Diego, raised in Idaho, and currently lives in Chicago. His songs show evidence of all 3 places - California folk-rock (The Byrds, Neil Young, Elliott Smith), the country music he heard growing up in Idaho, and Chicago’s R&B, soul and jazz. Dawson first picked up guitar at age 12 and began writing songs almost immediately. His first professional gig was playing honky tonk guitar with Cadillac Carl and the Road Rangers at the Silver Dollar Saloon in Bellevue, Idaho at age 16. After high school, Dawson attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, studying jazz composition and songwriting, while also performing in the local folk music scene. In the early 90’s Dawson moved to Chicago. Upon his arrival he met Diane Christiansen and they formed the band Stump the Host, which became a training ground and a showcase for Dawson’s eclectic writing. In 1995 Stump The Host changed personal and evolved into a new band, Dolly Varden, releasing the first of five albums that would reflect the growing craft and depth of his songs. Critics from Rolling Stone, Uncut, and the Village Voice, among many others, have praised Dawson's gift for melody and lyrics. Dolly Varden has toured all across the US and Europe over the last 14 years. In 2006 Undertow records released Dawson's first solo album, Sweet Is The Anchor, a collection of quiet, layered songs recorded in Steve's home studio. Critics noted Dawson's heightened strength as both a songwriter and singer, combining elements of country and soul. I will miss the trumpets and the drums was recorded over the last 2 years in Dawson’s home studio. In addition to performing and recording Dawson teaches songwriting at the world famous Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.
Brian Krumm and His Barfly FriendsThis is a gorgeous record, where the songs that hit hardest, that insinuate themselves as open questions, change by the day, but each one seems to send down deeper roots, and come up with more history—personal, social, mythical—every time you play it.—Greil Marcus (Rolling Stone, Creem, Village Voice)Brian Krumm and His Barfly Friends is the first solo project from Brian Krumm, front man for Chicago’s Americana-noir group The Great Crusades. His debut album, Just Fade Away was recorded with members of his regular band as well as a who’s who of Chicago music scene notables with Crusader Christian Moder and Brian producing. Just Fade Away was released by Pravda Records as a digital download, 12” vinyl LP, CD and via streaming platforms June. 2. The band completed a sold-out tour of Germany in June 2023, with shows in the United States scheduled for the rest of the year.
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