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Event
Howard Ivans w/ Sean Thomas Gerard at Bourgie Nights 11/18/17
Doors 8:30pm. Show 9:30pm. $8 ADV $10 DOS.
Howard Ivans
Www.howardivans.com
Sean Thomas Gerard
http://seanthomasgerard.bandcamp.com
http://onwardsoldiers.bandcamp.com/
"A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself.
Federico Fellini
Who is Howard Ivans? I dont know, but hes the one singing the songs.
Ivan Howard
Who is Howard Ivans? A stylized frequency? A flutter of heartbeats? An outline of emotion? Another gambler waiting for that strike of lightning playing the zero-sum game of love? Or is he the blurry figure at the edge of frame? Someone that likes being in the dark room and dark stages, where the sound is brighter than the face. A man away from himself. Keep breaking it down boy. On a path to obsession, his head full of fury and dreams, Howard Ivans is high-stepping through the rolling sea of time.
Ivan Howard has encountered this character before. Surely he was an uncredited guest when the Rosebuds recorded a song-by-song cover of Sades Love Deluxe. And when Prince showed up at a Gayngs show and ripped a solo offstage on his unplugged purple Strat, Ivan Howard and Howard Ivans watched him in disbelief, flickering back and forth in that sublime, surreal moment. But the first proper appearance was on a 45 for Spacebomb Records, Red Face Boy b/w Pillows; then the man could really breathe, stretch out and hear his own voice, see his hands in the light. There is a strange duality between the unassuming country boy who grew up barefoot on a tobacco farm in North Carolina and the neo-soul entertainer crooning over staccato Billie Jean guitar lines, but its not a reflection, more a yin and yang situation, interlocking bodies of shadow, imagination, and abstracted history. The tension is fascinating. No past or future, only a presence.
Beautiful Tired Bodies is Howard Ivans opus is it the magnum or a sweet 750 ml? Only time will tell. Either way, its pure magic, a soft funk tone poem to lost identity, the grip of love, and trying to live in the present as time rushes under the bridge. Feelings at the edge of feeling, a sound that Ivan Howard dreams about. What a sound to dream about, lush, muscular, brooding, rising and falling with the lungs of live musicians, crystalline guitars, enchanting string arrangementsa real show. Alongside the team of Spacebomb co-producers Cameron Ralston and Trey Pollard, and a first call cast of Richmond, Virginias finest musicians, Howard Ivans has signed his name to a smooth statement of purpose. And whoever he is, hes playing an idiosyncratic R&B game with passionate skill.
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LocationBourgie Nights (View)
127 Princess St.
Wilmington, NC 28401
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Contact
Attendees
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Atlanta, GA United States
Nov 18, 2017 12:16 PM |
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Atlanta, GA United States
Nov 18, 2017 12:16 PM |
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Atlanta, GA United States
Nov 18, 2017 12:16 PM |
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Atlanta, GA United States
Nov 18, 2017 12:16 PM |
Name Withheld
Atlanta, GA United States
Nov 18, 2017 12:16 PM |
Name Withheld
Wilmington , NC United States
Nov 18, 2017 7:05 AM |
Name Withheld
Wilmington , NC United States
Nov 18, 2017 7:05 AM |
Name Withheld
Wilmington , NC United States
Nov 18, 2017 7:05 AM |
Name Withheld
Wilmington , NC United States
Nov 18, 2017 7:05 AM |
Name Withheld
Ralwofh, NC United States
Nov 17, 2017 8:18 PM |
Name Withheld
Ralwofh, NC United States
Nov 17, 2017 8:18 PM |
German M.
Raleigh, NC United States
Nov 17, 2017 1:47 PM |
Jason T.
Raleigh, NC United States
Nov 17, 2017 1:47 PM |
Pennie C.
Wilmington, NC United States
Nov 17, 2017 10:27 AM |
Olivier C.
Wilmington, NC United States
Nov 17, 2017 10:27 AM |
Fred C.
Rocky Point, NC United States
Nov 16, 2017 5:59 AM |
Meg S.
wilmington, NC United States
Nov 15, 2017 4:45 PM |
Robbie M.
Wilmington, NC United States
Nov 15, 2017 2:39 PM |
Kellie W.
Wilmington, NC United States
Nov 15, 2017 2:39 PM |
Cindy P.
wilmington, NC United States
Nov 12, 2017 8:14 PM |
Teresa T.
wilmington, NC United States
Nov 12, 2017 8:14 PM |
Name Withheld
Wilmington, NC United States
Oct 05, 2017 7:24 AM |
Name Withheld
Wilmington, NC United States
Oct 05, 2017 7:24 AM |
Courtney B.
Wilmington, NC United States
Oct 04, 2017 1:46 PM |
Mike B.
Wilmington, NC United States
Oct 04, 2017 1:46 PM |
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