Join us for an evening of Americana singer songwriters with Nick Gamer & Sequioa
Donation - $10 (cash / venmo at doors)
RSVP Online - Cash or venmo tickets collected at doors
Doors @ 7 pm
Music at 7:30 pm
715 SE Grand
Oregon’s Nick Gamer writes dark, cinematic Americana songs that sound equally at home in the western cosmos of Lucinda Williams and The Byrd’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo. A former guitarist for Japanese Breakfast and frontman of Le Rev, Gamer has traded indie pop hooks for the high lonesome wail of the pedal steel.
Sequioa
Sequoia spent his early life in transience and instability, relocating several times before landing in rural Vermont. Growing up in a family full of wanderlust, adulthood maintained the same momentum, moving consistently, seeking belonging. Havingrecently returned to his adopted hometown of Portland, Oregon, he spends months on the road, touring nationally as a solo artist. Offering these stark, vulnerable, performances has afforded closeness in several musical communities. To have these relationships, built through songwriting, is a cherished experience. To him, there is a no greater feeling of place. Seeing and living in so many parts of the country has offered a diverse perspective on what it means to be American, and his writing embraces this with often floral descriptions of environment that mirror emotional experiences. Travis picking and timeless lyricism anchor these songs in the folk tradition, while melodic chord progressions and unpredictable song structure challenge the genre with sincerity. The recordings, first and foremost, serve the songs, but often take risks with orchestration to shape a sound entirely of its own. Listening is a sojourn of painted moments that brood hopefulness, pain, and the haunting melancholy of life.