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When:
Sat, August 22 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
2020-08-22T20:00:00-07:00
2020-08-22T21:30:00-07:00
Cost:
Free
Nick Delffs plus Phone Voice: Outdoor Concert presented by Sou’wester Arts
Nick Delffs creates music that straddles the divide between modern and retro, an intriguing union of classic and contemporary.
Nick is a seeker. He’d never identify himself that way. He’s unassuming and self-effacing, careful to discuss song meanings and biographical details without indulgence or melodrama. Delffs cut his teeth playing basement shows in Portland a dozen years ago, just before that city’s cover was irreversibly blown.
He’s an old-school rustler of the human condition; a tireless navigator of social and spiritual landscapes; a genuinely curious and wide-eyed, mankind-enthusiast. Soon after meeting him, one gets the impression that Delffs could be dropped in some far corner of the Earth and he’d not only survive, but he’d make a lot of friends—maybe even start a new band. In both casual conversation and his songwriting, Delffs gravitates to the universal. That’s his search. His life’s work is in the identification and removal of our shared illusions. And that is, largely, what Delffs writes songs about. Songs come to him when he’s “feeling detached from the world but totally in love with it at the same time,” he says. “Mostly they come when I am patient and I don’t need them or care about them too much.”
This is what you can depend on from Nick Delffs. In a world of noise and madness, he will use his music to try and scratch at something human and real. Something helpful. Nick Delffs is a seeker. He shares his discoveries. Redesign is his greatest gift yet.
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Phone Voice is Portland-based lo-fi bedroom angst led by singer and songwriter Chitra Subrahmanyam. From grungey swells to gentle melodies, their sound will leave you washed clean, the silence after a heavy rain.
www.phonevoice.bandcamp.com
** Currently, this is scheduled to not a public event, but a live stream from the outdoor stage at The Sou’wester (weather permitting). If you are a guest staying with us, the show may be audible. *