Folklore presents…
ALEX DUPREE is a published poet and songwriter living in Austin, TX. In the mid 00s, he founded the Trapdoor Band, an improvisatory folk group and vehicle for his lyric-driven songwriting. He released three albums under that name before switching to the Idyl moniker in 2009. During this time, he also played guitar in Zookeeper, the new folk-rock project of Austin emo pioneer Chris Simpson (Mineral, The Gloria Record, Mountain Time).
After two more albums as Idyl, Dupree moved to California to focus on poetry, studying and teaching at UC Irvine, with songwriting never far from his mind. He continued to hone his craft writing country songs for the LA band Mister Paradise and a duet project with Whitney Mower (They/Live) called Dawn & Dupree. Despite a deep love for country music, Dupree’s songs never quite settle in that category though, absorbing additional influences from the likes of Laurie Anderson, Arthur Russell, Bjork, and John Cale.
2017’sYou Winsome, You Lonesome was the first album Alex Dupree released under his own name. His new project—out July 15, 2022—is Thieves, which was produced by Michael Krassner (Califone, Simon Joyner, Boxhead Ensemble) and features a cast of LA musicians such as Max Knouse and Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits, Mavis Staples) alongside Trapdoor Band regulars like Aisha Burns and Matt Matherne.
Thieves finds Dupree returning to the root of his fascination with folk ballads to deliver songs of timeless storytelling. Think Bill Callahan meets Willie Nelson. Or Harry Smith meets Barry Hannah. The songs present a motley cast of characters who, in Dupree’s voice, combine to tell the story of a single self. Taken together, the wide-ranging stories of Thieves feel deeply confessional, an idiosyncratic folklore of identity and rebirth.
EAMON FOGARTY is a composer, songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and audio archivist who was born in the state of New Hampshire. His songs, crooned in an anachronistically rich voice reminiscent of the mid-century transatlantic folk revival, place humor and dread, profundity and absurdity, on the same plane, in the same breath. He is constantly seeking out the good joke embedded in the bad news, and vice versa.
Aquarium Drunkard described his 2019 record Blue Values as “a remarkable piece of art-pop, exhibiting the low slung ease of Tim Buckley’s jazz-rock, the shambolic grace of Beck, the progressive grandeur of Scott Walker, and the mystic yearning of Talk Talk.” He has written for, recorded, and performed in a broad range of capacities and contexts, including numerous folk and rock bands, (Alex Dupree, Psychic Temple, Matt Kivel) choral groups, free improvisatory ensembles, puppet theater productions, and even a surf video or two. He currently lives in Austin TX, where he plays various instruments in several bands.
Doors open 7.30pm. Music starts 8pm. The venue is mixed seated and standing. Tables are limited and available on a first come first served basis so, if you’d like a seat, we recommend arriving early!
