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The Ragbirds
The Ragbirds
with The Valley Opera
$8 Adv | $10 Day of
Doors: 7pm
Show: 8pm
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For years, "home" was a place The Ragbirds rarely visited. The band's music a genre-bending hybrid of indie-pop melodies, global rhythms and songwriting styles influenced from all over the world was as broad as their audience, which stretched from the group's hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, to the shores of Osaka, Japan (where they scored a Number One pop hot with the song "Book of Matches"). Show by show, in venues ranging from rock clubs and performing arts centers to festivals encompassing everything from bluegrass to electronica, The Ragbirds developed a well-deserved reputation as one of the most dynamic, high-spirited live bands in roots music. This band has shared the stage such acts as The Accidentals, Laith Al-Saadi, Greensky Bluegrass, 311, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, The Verve Pipe, Blues Traveler, Jeff Daniels, Railroad Earth, Rusted Root, The Avett Brothers, The John Butler Trio, Cornmeal, and many others.
Written and recorded in the wake of the birth of co-founders Erin Zindle and Randall Moores first child, The Threshold & The Hearth the band's fifth studio album, released March 25 on Rock Ridge Music - adds another dimension to the band's catalog. Debuting on Billboards New Artist Chart at #29 and Billboards Folk Chart at #20, it's an album that explores the ways in which love and family relationships can weather the storms of life, year after year. An album that asks questions. An album that offers an answer, too: hope.
Released three years after 2013's We Belong to the Love, a live album that shone a light on the band's punchy, positive-minded stage show, The Threshold & The Hearth is louder and livelier than anything they've done before. The guitar solos, played by Erins brother T.J. Zindle, point to a longtime appreciation for rock and roll. The deep-seated grooves, performed by the three-piece rhythm section of drummer Jon Brown, percussionist Moore and bassist Dan Jones, mix punch with precision. Zindle's conceptual storyline for the album a make-believe tale of two lovers who meet, fall in love and spend the next 20 years dealing with the joys and struggles that come with any long-term relationship turn The Threshold & The Hearth into a universal album that appeals to anyone looking to forge a home out of the chaos of everyday life.
With influences ranging from Paul Simon to Peter Gabriel, the band turned to Grammy-nominated producer Jamie Candiloro for his help on the album. Candiloro's influences were similarly wide-ranging, with a resume that included credits on albums by R.E.M., Willie Nelson, the Eagles, and Ryan Adams. Together, the group captured the spunk and spirit of a Ragbirds show, with Zindle's new daughter serving as an inspiration.
"I've been traveling with bands since I was a teenager," says Zindle, a multi-instrumentalist who doubles as the band's chief songwriter and frontwoman. "I've written a lot of songs about my experiences on the road. For a while, The Ragbirds played a lot of different styles of world music: Celtic, tango, African numbers, gypsy-sounding pieces You could pinpoint those songs to a specific region, so the music itself felt like a tour around the world. But we're coming home with this album. There's still a worldly feel, but there's also the sense that The Threshold & The Hearth is the sound we've been searching for. I feel like we're the alchemist who traveled so far, only to discover that what he was seeking was always at home."
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LocationThe Open Chord (View)
8502 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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