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Appleton Beer Factory Presents: Wild Adriatic w/ Jamie Kent
Sundays are for having fun, not for dreading the week ahead. Embrace your weekend freedom and join us at Appleton Beer Factory for a rocking afternoon with two Mile of Music favorites, Wild Adriatic and Jamie Kent!
Wild Adriatic: Rooted in the rowdy spirit of rock & roll, Wild Adriatic has built an internationalaudience on a combination of groove, grit, and guitar-heavy swagger.With the power trio's newest album, Feel, bandmates Travis Gray, RichDerbyshire, and Mateo Vosganian update the sound of their influences -- fromSeventies rock to Motown to soul -- for a contemporary audience, takinginfluence from the past but never losing sight of the present. They aren'trevivalists; they're modern men, carrying the torch of melodic, riff-ready,high-energy rock into new territory.Whittled into sharp shape by a touring schedule that's kept them busy forroughly 175 days a year including two European tours, countless statesideruns, and appearances at festivals like Bonnaroo Wild Adriatic's threemembers recorded Feel in Austin, teaming up with Grammy-nominatedproducer Frenchie Smith in the process. The goal was to shine a light on theband's strength as a live act, avoiding click tracks, digital instruments,sampled sounds, and other tricks of the recording studio. Instead, WildAdriatic focused on the same core ingredients Gray's guitar playing andsoulful sweep of a voice; Vosganian's percussive stomp; Derbyshire'sin-the-pocket bass that helped kickstart the band in 2011, back when WildAdriatic formed in Upstate New York.
From the psychedelic "Chasing a Ghost" to the mellow, horn-filled "ComeBaby Baby" the latter song featuring blasts of brass from the West EndHorns Feel offers up 11 new songs of modern, analog, groove-heavy rock,with Wild Adriatic taking inspiration from breakups, friendships, newrelationships, tour stops, and even politics. "Appleton" finds the guys payingtribute to the Wisconsin town that's hosted some of their most mostmemorable shows, while songs like "Some Nerve" and "Hurricane Woman"channel the influence of guitar greats like Stevie Ray Vaughan and JoeWalsh. Much of the album came together during five separate writing retreats,including treks to Virginia, Texas and Wisconsin. Throughout it all, the songswere written collaboratively, molded by a band of longtime friends who, morethan a half-decade into their career, are still turning over new leaves."This feels like our first record all over again," says Vosganian, a childhoodfriend of Gray since his elementary-school days. "We're a rock and roll bandat heart, but we have heavy ties to soul and blues music, too, and as the bandmatures, those roots come out. This is a great way to reintroduce ourselves."Gray agrees, saying that the real-life inspiration behind most of the album apainful breakup helped Wild Adriatic create a record that ultimatelycelebrates the electricity and elation of playing in a traveling band.
"These songs align with everything we've gone through in the last year," he adds. "They highlight hard times, but also underlying hope and optimism.We're people. We're supported by fans who buy tickets and come out toshows, and we like to hang out with them. We aren't trying to take ourselvestoo seriously. We're trying to connect. We're trying to feel."
Jamie Kent: Named by RollingStone.com as an "Artist You Need To Know", and dubbed a "Must Watch Artist" by The Huffington Post, one might say the future of Jamie Kent looks quite promising. Drawing on influences from modern country rock artists like Jason Isbell and Will Hoge, as well as paying tribute to classic greats like Bob Dylan and Tom Petty, Kents perfectly mellifluous tunes are roll-the-windows-down, soak-up-some-sun kind of good. Kent has no fear of hard work, playing over 150+ shows a year including tours with Huey Lewis & The News, The Doobie Bros, America, Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark, and Marc Broussard. Kent is supported by The Collective, an amazing grassroots group of fans who help advise and fund his career in exchange for access to exclusive music, merchandise, and vote in the major decisions he makes. He's officially endorsed by Durango Boots, BOSE and Telefunken Microphones, and his latest album "All American Mutt", debuted at #16 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart. Kent was the only independent artist to break into the Top 20.
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LocationAppleton Beer Factory (View)
603 W College Ave
Appleton, WI 54914
United States
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