"I DON’T EXPECT TO HEAR A BETTER ALBUM THIS YEAR… 5
STARS." – THE GUARDIAN
John Murry -- the Bay Area-based second cousin of William
Faulkner's who makes incredible Southern indie-noir music -- will perform at
Dilettante Studios in Los Angeles on July 20. Roger Manning, Jr (Beck), Joe
Goldring (Hope Sandoval, Sun Kil Moon), Michael Mullen, and David Baerwald
(Joni Mitchell, Robbie Robertson) will perform with Murry. Andrew Stockdale
(Wolfmother) and Carlos Forster (M. Ward) will open the show with their own
sets.
US and UK outlets are raving. Most recently, MOJO gave 'The
Graceless Age' 5 stars and called it "unique [and] formidable." The
Guardian also gave it 5 stars, writing, "I don't expect to hear a better
album this year."
NPR World Café called 'The Graceless Age' "alluring,
emotional, and infectious" while the Wall Street Journal called it
"arresting." Black Book said, "With an arresting sense of
honesty and human insight, Murry is man that you should certainly get to
know." MTV Hive said, "The guy's got gravitas [with] widescreen
imagery and a soulful moan."
WHO: John Murry
WHAT: First Los Angeles Concert
WHEN: July 20, 2013, 8pm
WHERE: Dilletante Studios, 120 N Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles,
CA
TICKETS: $5, here
Now based in Oakland, CA, John Murry has lived many lives.
He grew up in Elvis' hometown of Tupelo, MS and there's a photo of Elvis in
concert that shows his mother reaching out to touch his hand. He was a junkie
after he left Memphis to go to that den of iniquity, California. He wrote for
the Village Voice for a time. He is William Faulkner's second cousin and
friends have described him as lost in the worlds of southern literature. He has
seen death in an alley and managed to stumble back from it. These identities come
together in 'The Graceless Age.'
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