Kennebec / Slow Meadow at Lyric Hall

Kennebec / Slow Meadow at Lyric Hall

Kennebec – in support of their new LP The Water Wheel – and Slow Meadow are heading up the East Coast. Both instrumental acts blur genre in favor of something more personal and elemental. Expect weightless ambient textures, earthbound grooves, warm improvisations, and an immersive, soothing, transportive sonic experience.

Kennebec blends jazz, ambient/electronic, folk, and hip-hop. The current quartet – led by composer/guitarist Eric Phillips – features violinist Daisy Castro, woodwindist John Savage, and Peter Manheim on drums. Kennebec has shared the stage with artists like Kevin Morby & Arooj Aftab, collaborated with heavyweights including Samuel T Herring, Sudan Archives, Alfa Mist and Miguel Atwood Ferguson and contributed to the soundtracks of countless films including the Obama's Emmy-Winning Netflix Series Working and Alexandre Payne's Oscar-winning film The Holdovers.

The Water Wheel is a globally inspired work, with inspiration drawing from Yazz Ahmed’s Bahraini roots, Brazilian jazz guitar legends Luiz Bonfa, Toquinho and Arthur Verocai, and Japanese heroes Ryuichi Sakamoto and Toru Takemitsu. A distinctly American sound of cinematic chamber folk and gospel, the record is both a cathartic celebration of life and a soothing balm for turbulent times, showcasing Phillips’ gift for weaving personal storytelling with novel genre-defying musical tapestries. With The Water Wheel, Phillips offers his most accomplished and heartfelt work yet -- a record that embraces change, celebrates connection, and finds peace in the constant ebb and flow of life.

Slow Meadow is Houston multi-instrumentalist Matt Kidd. Kidd's releases as Slow Meadow have been celebrated by the New York Observer, NPR's Stephen Thompson, Echoes' John Diliberto, and who sampled Lachrymosia for the platinum-selling song on his debut album, FREE 6LACK. In 2022, Kidd provided the original soundtrack to the film, "My Mind & Me".

With a foundation of piano, string orchestration, and an ever-evolving electronic palette, Slow Meadow has traversed the borders of neoclassical and minimalist electronics with Upstream Dream, delivering a deeply personal and transportive experience that speaks directly to the ebbs and flows and mundanity and marvels of life. With sublime patience, understated elegance, and surreal atmosphere, Slow Meadow savors the present, remembers the past, and imagines what could be

MUSIC STARTS AT 8PM

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