Acoustic independence

Saturday I went to Pressed for some instrumental action, courtesy of Death Metal Witch and Raphael Weinroth-Browne. There wasn't an empty seat in the house (in fact, several people were sat on the floor in fron of the stage as well) for both excellent sets. Death Metal Witch is the solo project of musician Austin Evans (you can check out the latest witchy action on Bandcamp). Here's Austin starting things off!



Guitar action!



Chatting with the audience action!



Crowded action!



Slightly better-lit action!



Raphael was going to perform as part of Kamancello, his duo with Shahriyar Jamshidi, but that turned out to not be possible, so he turned in a top-notch solo set instead. Here's Raphael!



And so on!



Bowing action!



Crowded action!



Plucking action!



Adjusting action!



A great night.

Just the voice

I had quite a few options last Friday, but I decided to head over to Bar Robo for something a bit different from my usual guitar-rock, a show without any guitars, or any musical instrument beyond the human voice. Heather Sita Black was headlining, with local throat-singing duo Silla in support. Here's Charlotte and Cynthia starting things off.



And so on! Their collaboration with Rise Ashen has been nominated for a JUno.



They included a competition song, and there was quite a bit of giggling.



Heather Sita Black did a fantastic job singing with The Visit at their Pressed show about a year ago. Her solo improv vocal work was also quite impressive.



Gesticulating action!



And so on!



She does know how to work a stage.



She brought Silla back on for a couple of shorter works.



A lovely evening of music.