Wed April 12, 2023
An Evening with the Sons of Town Hall at the Berkeley City Club Ballroom
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April 12, 7p
The Berkeley City Club proudly presents a concert by the transatlantic theatrical-folk duo Sons of Town Hall. Join us for an unforgettable evening of beautiful harmony, intricate guitar work, hilarious storytelling, and daring dance moves. Dressed in threadbare Victorian costumes, the duo takes audiences on a journey through time and space, weaving tales of ocean voyages and frontier wanderings into their mesmerizing songs. Their songs are masterful in their own right, poetic turns of phrases sung with voices so perfectly matched it is impossible to tell them apart, harmonies so sublime they will seem the work of witchcraft, and finger-picked guitar parts worthy of Apollo himself. But it is Sons of Town Hall's presentation that sets them apart from every other guitar-slinging songwriting team out there. The show is three-parts concert, one-part theater and unlike anything most have ever experienced. George and Josiah's between-song repartee is unique and absolutely hilarious, and the affection they feel for each other is contagious. Audiences leave in love with both of them, with each other, and with life in general. You will laugh. You will cry. You will be transfixed and transformed, drunk on adventure and the tragic beauty of the human condition.
As Folk Radio UK describes it, a Sons of Town Hall show is "amazing...Equal parts care and craftsmanship, joy and sorrow, it is a splendour to behold....They simply exist on a different plane than everyone else, as does their album" Or listen to RNR Magazine, who writes that their performance is "a study in beautiful storytelling through song." Philadelphia Inquirer writes, "it's part balladry, part performance art, and totally cool ...Think Simon & Garfunkel lost at sea, and you get a sense of the mythic world at play here."
$15 for members, $25 for non-members.
Presented by The Berkeley City Club.
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The Berkeley City Club proudly presents a concert by the transatlantic theatrical-folk duo Sons of Town Hall. Join us for an unforgettable evening of beautiful harmony, intricate guitar work, hilarious storytelling, and daring dance moves. Dressed in threadbare Victorian costumes, the duo takes audiences on a journey through time and space, weaving tales of ocean voyages and frontier wanderings into their mesmerizing songs. Their songs are masterful in their own right, poetic turns of phrases sung with voices so perfectly matched it is impossible to tell them apart, harmonies so sublime they will seem the work of witchcraft, and finger-picked guitar parts worthy of Apollo himself. But it is Sons of Town Hall's presentation that sets them apart from every other guitar-slinging songwriting team out there. The show is three-parts concert, one-part theater and unlike anything most have ever experienced. George and Josiah's between-song repartee is unique and absolutely hilarious, and the affection they feel for each other is contagious. Audiences leave in love with both of them, with each other, and with life in general. You will laugh. You will cry. You will be transfixed and transformed, drunk on adventure and the tragic beauty of the human condition.
As Folk Radio UK describes it, a Sons of Town Hall show is "amazing...Equal parts care and craftsmanship, joy and sorrow, it is a splendour to behold....They simply exist on a different plane than everyone else, as does their album" Or listen to RNR Magazine, who writes that their performance is "a study in beautiful storytelling through song." Philadelphia Inquirer writes, "it's part balladry, part performance art, and totally cool ...Think Simon & Garfunkel lost at sea, and you get a sense of the mythic world at play here."
$15 for members, $25 for non-members.
Presented by The Berkeley City Club.
April 12, 7p
The Berkeley City Club proudly presents a concert by the transatlantic theatrical-folk duo Sons of Town Hall. Join us for an unforgettable evening of beautiful harmony, intricate guitar work, hilarious storytelling, and daring dance moves. Dressed in threadbare Victorian costumes, the duo takes audiences on a journey through time and space, weaving tales of ocean voyages and frontier wanderings into their mesmerizing songs. Their songs are masterful in their own right, poetic turns of phrases sung with voices so perfectly matched it is impossible to tell them apart, harmonies so sublime they will seem the work of witchcraft, and finger-picked guitar parts worthy of Apollo himself. But it is Sons of Town Hall's presentation that sets them apart from every other guitar-slinging songwriting team out there. The show is three-parts concert, one-part theater and unlike anything most have ever experienced. George and Josiah's between-song repartee is unique and absolutely hilarious, and the affection they feel for each other is contagious. Audiences leave in love with both of them, with each other, and with life in general. You will laugh. You will cry. You will be transfixed and transformed, drunk on adventure and the tragic beauty of the human condition.
As Folk Radio UK describes it, a Sons of Town Hall show is "amazing...Equal parts care and craftsmanship, joy and sorrow, it is a splendour to behold....They simply exist on a different plane than everyone else, as does their album" Or listen to RNR Magazine, who writes that their performance is "a study in beautiful storytelling through song." Philadelphia Inquirer writes, "it's part balladry, part performance art, and totally cool ...Think Simon & Garfunkel lost at sea, and you get a sense of the mythic world at play here."
$15 for members, $25 for non-members.
Presented by The Berkeley City Club.
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The Berkeley City Club proudly presents a concert by the transatlantic theatrical-folk duo Sons of Town Hall. Join us for an unforgettable evening of beautiful harmony, intricate guitar work, hilarious storytelling, and daring dance moves. Dressed in threadbare Victorian costumes, the duo takes audiences on a journey through time and space, weaving tales of ocean voyages and frontier wanderings into their mesmerizing songs. Their songs are masterful in their own right, poetic turns of phrases sung with voices so perfectly matched it is impossible to tell them apart, harmonies so sublime they will seem the work of witchcraft, and finger-picked guitar parts worthy of Apollo himself. But it is Sons of Town Hall's presentation that sets them apart from every other guitar-slinging songwriting team out there. The show is three-parts concert, one-part theater and unlike anything most have ever experienced. George and Josiah's between-song repartee is unique and absolutely hilarious, and the affection they feel for each other is contagious. Audiences leave in love with both of them, with each other, and with life in general. You will laugh. You will cry. You will be transfixed and transformed, drunk on adventure and the tragic beauty of the human condition.
As Folk Radio UK describes it, a Sons of Town Hall show is "amazing...Equal parts care and craftsmanship, joy and sorrow, it is a splendour to behold....They simply exist on a different plane than everyone else, as does their album" Or listen to RNR Magazine, who writes that their performance is "a study in beautiful storytelling through song." Philadelphia Inquirer writes, "it's part balladry, part performance art, and totally cool ...Think Simon & Garfunkel lost at sea, and you get a sense of the mythic world at play here."
$15 for members, $25 for non-members.
Presented by The Berkeley City Club.
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