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SUMMARY:Driftwood w/ Jon Nolan & Good Co. at The Press Room
DESCRIPTION:Driftwood brings high-voltage folk rock & heart-on-sleeve storytelling to the stage—catch them w/ Press Room faves Jon Nolan & Good Co.! \nDriftwood w/ Jon Nolan & Good Co.\nSat 11/22\n6pm doors/7pm show\nAll Ages | $17 adv./$20 day of \nMusic has guided Driftwood to hallowed ground many times since its founding members\, Joe Kollar and Dan Forsyth\, started making music as high schoolers in Joe’s parents’ basement. Whether the Upstate New York folk rock group—which today also includes violinist Claire Byrne\, bassist Joey Arcuri\, and drummer Sam Fishman—are converting new fans on a hardscrabble tour across the country or playing to a devoted crowd at hero Levon Helm’s Woodstock barn\, the band’s shapeshifting approach to folk music continues to break new ground. And yet in many ways Driftwood’s latest work\, the transformative December Last Call\, finds the group coming home. \nRecorded in that very same basement where the Driftwood dream began\, December Last Call lyrically reflects on the recent past\, musing on the ways the group grew up\, together and apart\, through curveballs like new parenthood or pandemic shutdowns. But sonically\, the band’s sixth album looks confidently to the future\, experimenting with new sounds while staying true to the bluegrass roots that built them. Across the album’s nine tracks\, the band often leans into hard-rocking electric guitars and driving percussion: On “Every Which Way But Loose\,” we get a foot-tapping beat and a sweeping chorus\, and on “Up All Night Blues\,” the band shines with an ambling\, sing-along-able reflection on the challenges of new motherhood. But other tracks\, like standout closer “Stardust\,” take a simpler route\, allowing bare-bones vocals and acoustic instrumentals to underpin a deeper emotional message. \nOne of Driftwood’s biggest differentiators—and perhaps its biggest strength—is the sheer breadth of talent in its lineup\, with Claire\, Joe\, and Dan all contributing as songwriters and vocalists. This creative push-pull\, where each selects songs to share with the group and record together\, bakes vulnerability and collaborative spirit into every recording. “It’s at the heart of what we do\,” says Dan. “Everybody has a strong love for songs\, for songwriting\, and we each appreciate everybody else and the way that they contribute to that.” \nWhile 2019’s acclaimed Tree of Shade tapped Simon Felice as producer\, the band opted to self-produce this latest effort\, leaning into their creative impulses and striving to capture their distinctive live energy. Figuring out how to channel that on-stage intensity into a recording has actually\, in many ways\, been a lesson in restraint. “When I look back at the things we were writing and playing\, oh\, I don’t know\, 10\, 12 years ago\, they were really arranged: a lot of you do this here\, we’re going to do this there\, we’re going to break down\, we’re going to do a big build\,” Claire explains. “These days\, it’s more like\, ‘Let’s play the song and just see what happens.’” \nThis approach makes all the more sense when you consider Driftwood’s live shows\, which operate not only as effervescent\, twang-studded musical parties\, but also as reunions for their throng of devoted listeners—folks who have started to feel less like fans and more like something bigger. “They’re supporters. They’re friends\,” explains Joe. “It’s crazy how much love we’ve got and how many wild situations on the road we’ve gotten out of because of those people.” Many of them are quite literally invested in the band’s future: December Last Call was a crowd-funded effort\, and it wasn’t the band’s first. It’s as if every listener\, ticketbuyer\, album backer\, and general band evangelist is in on Driftwood’s biggest secret: this whole band thing has endured for nearly two decades because it offers a kind of community you can’t get just anywhere. \n“Driftwood is basically a beautiful friendship that happens to play music together\,” says Joe. “I know it’s rare. I know I’m lucky to know these people and lean on them and go through these massive life changes together.” For Driftwood\, each song is like a journal entry: cathartic to create\, yes\, but capable of unlocking new lessons—and when shared—forging new bonds. “We’re communal\, right? Humans need to be connected\,” Joe says. “And we get to have this special thing.” \nJon Nolan is an internationally touring musician and record producer who lives in the historic milltown of Newmarket\, NH. Still a frontman of New England alt-country champs Say ZuZu (Strolling Bones/New West)\, Nolan explores the dreamier\, pop-infused parts of his Americana sensibility in his “solo” material with his band Good Company. Friends Geoff Taylor and Rick Habib formed Good Co. behind a new batch of Nolan songs in a hot barn in the summer of 2022. Roland Nicol (pedal steel) joined the following year and indie folk upstart Patrick Fitzgibbons (Sneaky Miles) can be seen slinging a guitar and adding high harmonies. The new Jon Nolan & Good Co. album entitled “Slow Cooker” (Nolan’s third) is due in July 2025 on Strolling Bones Records out of Athens.\, GA. Say ZuZu’s newest release ”No Time to Lose ” and the recently reissued “Every Mile” are out now on the Strolling Bones imprint as well.
URL:https://www.portsmouthnh.com/event/driftwood-w-jon-nolan-good-co-at-the-press-room/
LOCATION:The Press Room\, 77 Daniel St.\, Portsmouth\, NH\, 03801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Club Listings,Music
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