Just a reminder!!
Sunday, April 10 at 7PM
Glenn Jones / Jordan Perry
6950 Maple St NW, Washington, DC 20012, USA
$15 - $20
Sunday April 10 * 7pm * MASKS, VAX REQUIRED
Glenn Jones is a master of American Primitive Guitar, a style invented
in the late 1950s by John Fahey, whose traditional fingerpicking
techniques and wide-ranging influences were used to create modern
original compositions. Jones, who led the post-rock ensemble Cul de Sac,
brings his own made-up tunings, the use of custom-crafted partial capos,
and a highly skilled picking style on both banjo and guitar, to create
personal compositions that are lyrical, emotive and elegant.
Jones has written extensively about the leading lights of the American
Primitive guitar style, namely John Fahey (with whom he was friends for
nearly 25 years), and Robbie Basho (Jones was friends with the guitarist
until Basho's untimely death in 1986, and hosted the guitarist /
singer's final tour of the East Coast).
Jones has performed with Jack Rose, Peter Lang, Steffen Basho-Junghans,
Cian Nugent, James Blackshaw, Paul Metzger, Peter Walker, Meg and Laura
Baird, Harris Newman, Sean Smith, MV + EE, Dredd Foole, Sharron Kruaus,
Susan Alcorn Tom Carter, Yo La Tengo, Thurston Moore, Chris Corsano, and
many, many others. And his work has been highlighted by NPR, Pitchfork,
Boston Globe, and more.
What sets him apart from the myriad guitarists playing today is his
ability to tell stories with the guitar and banjo, and to convey a range
of emotions. This process starts with the compositions themselves and
carries through to his selection of recording environment and engineer.
Jones turned away from standard tuning years ago, inventing tunings as a
way of escaping the known. The pieces he writes in these tunings are his
way of navigating new and unfamiliar landscapes.
Jordan Perry is a guitarist and educator currently living in
Charlottesville, Virginia. Perry’s guitar work straddles a space between
classical guitar composition and free improvisation and reflects a
wavering sense of departure and return. His most recent albums Beautiful
Swimmers (20/20 Records and Tapes, 2021), Curtains (20/20 Records and
Tapes, 2022), and Changing Always Who Is Waving To Us (Feeding Tube
Records, 2020), explore Perry’s improvisational language born out of his
earlier albums of classical guitar composition, Witness Tree (Feeding
Tube Records, 2019) and S/t (Feeding Tube Records / Good Cry Records, 2018).
