Event

The Wiyos w/ Mike & Ruthy

Next Stage partner Twilight Music presents vaudevillian ragtime-jugband-blues-hillbilly-swing trio The Wiyos, plus the indie roots music husband/wife team of Mike Merenda and Ruth Ungar at Next Stage on Friday, February 15 at 7:30 pm. The internationally acclaimed Wiyos feature Michael Farkas, Teddy Weber and Sauerkraut Seth Travins on vocals, washboard, harmonica, kazoo, steel and acoustic guitars, banjo, ukulele and upright bass.

Drawing from a vast spectrum of traditional American rural and urban roots music, The Wiyos transport listeners back to the days when acoustic, handmade music could be heard on live radio and at community dances, juke joints and house parties. Their song repertoire combines original compositions with covers from tin-pan alley to western swing, and features rustic sounds of the 1920's and 30's as well as electric post-modern sound-scapes with smart lyrics. Seamlessly fusing vintage with contemporary sounds, The Wiyos have emerged as a hallmark band in the resurgence of traditional American music over the past decade.