July 13, 2023

Doors 7, Music 8

Var Gallery, 643 S 2nd St, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA

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“Reddenhollow songs have a way of wrapping around one’s life. Truly listening to them feels like stepping into a river. The separation between Taylor Moses’s melody, story and my own heart disappears and before I can articulate or understand it, the songs speak my own story – a witness to my secret grief and to my rising dreams. I would like to turn my body into smoke, mist, rain, light and let these songs take me somewhere sacred. The unique timbre, grit and depth to Taylor’s voice sounds something ancient. In this collection of songs, Taylor takes us on one journey. The soft moments are so beautifully fragile that they allow me to walk through them while wounded, and suddenly throughout, Taylor’s voice takes us and the loving resolve and almost righteous anger become enough to pull us out of our suffering and onto ever present ground.”

Midwest  folk-rocker Allison Mahal is known for her “powerful voice” and “knack  for heartbreaking lyrics” (NPR). On her new album, Not Over This Yet,  Mahal is ready to confront the past with brutal honesty and tender  consideration. The ten tracks play out like thumbing through a photo  album, some snapshots burnt at the edges, blurry and overexposed, others  are intricately framed, capturing first impressions of what has grown  into a golden-light love. Her latest singles have earned her placements  on both Apple Music and Amazon playlists, and the album has garnered  attention from the likes of Under The Radar and Consequence of Sound,  who wrote, “it feels as though she’s stepped into some of her own  power.”

Milwaukee Wisconsin group Hello Death Walks the edge of the folk genre with heart wrenching cinematic compositions. Milwaukee Record writes, “Moody folk outfit Hello Death excels at sparse, haunting music that works its way into your bones like a winter chill. Made up of members of Altos (Marielle Allschwang, Nathaniel Heuer, Shawn Stephany, Erin Wolf), the group doesn’t so much perform folk music as suggest it; Allschwang’s gorgeously airy alto, Heuer’s Nick Cave-esque baritone, and the group’s stripped-down instrumentation combine to form a sound that seems to pre-date music itself.”