His lovely new track, “Steampowered Blues” - from his upcoming LP People Are My Drug (June 1) - doesn’t reinvent the wheel within the hallowed train-song canon, but… yeah, so? There’s no tricks or gimmicks here - a little vibrato guitar, a swinging rhythm section, a few raindrops of piano and a lively double-time chant to wrap it up. Now that trains mostly inspire disgruntled tweets, have we finally wrung their poetry dry?Įnter Phil Cook, a singer and songwriter who’s clocked in with Megafaun, Hiss Golden Messenger, DeYarmond Edison and more.
Since the first full-scale railway steam locomotive was debuted in 1804, train songs popped up immediately and never stopped trains as metaphors, trains as getaways, trains as good-time, chooglin’ rhythms. While the transit system in New York remains a mercurial beast, let’s just take a moment to appreciate how reliable trains have been in the past century of songwriting. The box office is open Monday-Friday, 12-5 p.m. Advance reservations are recommended and can be made through the DCA box office, located at 3926 Highway 42 in Fish Creek. Ryan Gustafson, Charlie Parr and Phil Cook Friday nights show at the Haw River Ballroom featured an intriguing lineup and venue where three dynamic songwriters in the round made the most of an. Tickets for the individual events range from $22 to $48 per performance. AllMusic calls Thorn’s music “gutbucket blues, old-time rock and roll, a sharp pop sense, and a gift for good old storytelling thrown in.”īlues & Roots Fest is made possible with support from major sponsor Wisconsin Public Radio.Īll shows will take place at 7 p.m. Hailed as the “Mark Twain of Americana,” Paul Thorn brings his gritty, gospel-infused Southern rock straight from his hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi, where he grew up as the son of a Pentecostal preacher. NPR calls Music Makers Review “totally rockin’…just amazing.įriday, November 2 will see the return of Paul Thorn, who played to an enthusiastic crowd at last year’s Blues and Roots Fest.
Fast-paced and rollicking, the Revue at DCA will feature The Branchettes, Charles “Delta Blues Hog” Hayes, Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen, and Harvey Dalton Arnold. Featuring dozens of different artists over the years, the Revue has busked on sidewalks, received standing ovations at Carnegie Hall, and played all over the world. Pitchfork says Cook “lights up tradition with rare and overt joy and palpable gratitude.”Ĭook will share his evening at DCA with The Music Maker Blues Revue, an all-star band and a thriving musical institution. His soulful, jubilant roots rock enchants audiences no matter what band he’s playing with. A sweet and affable presence whose musical dexterity elevates every project he touches, Cooks musical output and. Currently based in the rich musical community of Durham, NC, Cook-a songwriter, interpreter, and multi-instrumentalist-has played worldwide with his bands Megafaun and The Shouting Matches. For Phil Cook, it all started with piano. Phil Cook (Thursday, November 1) is a Wisconsin native, but he’s spent more than a decade making the South his own. on November 1 and 2, featuring Phil Cook, Music Maker Blues Revue, and Paul Thorn. Door Community Auditorium (DCA) is pleased to present its third-annual Blues & Roots Fest at 7 p.m.
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