Joshua Burnside, experimental folk songwriter from Belfast, plays The Showdown with Taylor Kingman on the bill, presented by Pickathon.
Joshua Burnside plays The Showdown on Saturday, October 17, with Taylor Kingman opening. The night is presented by Pickathon, and the show is 21+.
Burnside is a Northern Irish songwriter based in Belfast, and the music he makes is hard to pin to one spot. He blends traditional Irish and Scottish folk with alt-folk, Americana, world music, sound collage, and electronica. It's a wide reach, but the folk roots stay at the center of it. He's touring his latest album, Teeth of Time, and the set will draw from that.
Opening the bill is Taylor Kingman, the frontman of TK & The Holy Know-Nothings and the artist behind the intimate Americana record Hollow Sound. Between the two, you've got a Northern Irish songwriter who pulls in everything from traditional folk to electronica and a songwriter working in the Americana tradition. They're two different ways of approaching the same kind of song.
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As for the room, The Showdown is at 1195 SE Powell Blvd. It's described as a straightforward little room for live music and rougher-around-the-edges nights, the sort of place that earns its name honestly. Doors open at 7 PM, and the music starts at 8 PM.
