Larsen Gardens + Meggie Shays

Doors 7:00PM / Show 8:00PM

$12 ADV / $15 DOS

This is a seated show.

Larsen Gardens Bio:

Sarah Edmonds’s career in music exists to paint an intimate portrait of transformation and acceptance. Blossoming with the warmth and care required to look within, her music as Larsen Gardens is an alchemical reflection of what it’s like to boldly shine light into a shadowy place. Hailing from music city where she was a devotee to cool jazz and intimate vocal stylings of the 40s and 50s and where she made a jazz record with world-renowned pianist Beegie Adair, Sarah found her writer’s voice when she moved to Seattle in 2017. Embracing her penchant for nuanced oddity and vulnerability quickly empowered her writer’s voice, and Sarah established herself as a musical and creative force in Seattle. Her collection of songs gained the interest of Nashville friends and producers Jen Gunderman (Sheryl Crow, Jayhawks) and Joe Pisapia (KD Lang, Guster), and the result is a dreamy, hopeful kaleidoscope of mellotron, washy guitars, twinkling piano, and, in some tracks, lo-fi apartment-recording and producing. Her record affirms that it’s okay to feel how you feel: “A lot of people are out there feeling things and they don’t even know it; or they're scared to show it. Being real with ourselves about the nuance of sad or unwanted feelings can actually be quite pleasurable when we sense we’re not alone in it…and wow when someone realizes this they crack right open into love and acceptance and it’s one of the most beautiful things to witness.”  So setting the scene for this kind of transformation, we learn, is hardly as important as respecting the path by which to get there–the path of transcendence through self-acceptance, accomplished only with the fiercest of kindness and willingness to remain open-hearted no matter the obstacle. Moonflower showcases both the raw and well-executed in “Feel Good,” the easy listening and vulnerability of “Clouds,” and finally the hopeful foreshadow of work to come in the explosive “Halfway There.” With this record and the live transmission of its gift, listeners receive an experience of dimensional beauty that is mysteriously and simultaneously deeply human and altogether transcendent.

Meggies Bio:

Meggie’s path to becoming a singer/songwriter was not a direct one. Although she learned piano at a young age, she has explored an array of pursuits: studying architecture, art, dance, and working in architectural design. “I have many interests, and enjoy finding and creating connections between them. Music and Architecture both rely on structure and are capable of giving coherent expression to otherwise inchoate emotion.” says Shays.  Her moving performances and chilling voice have been heard around the Madison area and beyond for the last 5 years. You can find her 2022 live album “Live at the Bur Oak” online on all major platforms, and her EP “Fog” on Bandcamp.  

Sigra (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist residing in Madison, WI. Her music is often introspective and atmospheric, and her love of language and word play makes her densely packed lyrics lend themselves to multiple listens. Her most recent EP, 2021’s Bad Faith, can be found on all streaming services.

Website: www.sirsigra.com

Bandcamp: www.sigra.bandcamp.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/__sigra

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TYOjW7OPiRVOJt6FjhQDw