Sean Rowe w/ Simon Gray

Sean Rowe is an American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, and forager. Rowe has a powerful sound with an emotional conviction that demands attention. NPR’s All Songs Considered says of Rowe’s vocals, “He can just crush granite with that voice. It’s so powerful.” The Wall Street Journal proclaimed, “Mr. Rowe’s ringing baritone is as timeless as his approach, recalling the ecstatic intensity of late-’60s Van Morrison and stark subtlety of late-era Johnny Cash.” Rowe has graced the stage of Mountain Jam, Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival as well as opening for Robert Plant and the Alabama Shakes. Both an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and having his song, “To Leave Something Behind” featured in the film, “The Accountant”, have expanded his voice to an international audience.

His latest release, The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights, was recorded at The Hive in Wisconsin by Grammy-winning engineer, Brian Joseph (Bon Iver). Expanding his sound, Rowe continues to write heartfelt songs strongly rooted in singer-songwriter tradition. PopMatters.com reflected, “with lyrics that have the poetic storytelling quality you expect from Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen.” An avid naturalist and renowned forager, Rowe often speaks of his fascination with the woods and his connection to the land. Look for him on tour currently in a city near you in support of the new album.

Simon Gray is a multi-instrumentalist who got his start busking on the streets of Las Vegas. Over the years, he has played for passersby from Cadiz to San Miguel, New Orleans to Jaffa, Auckland to Kalalau.

He was a founding member of Olympia, WA stoner-metal trio Skeeter, Oakland, CA artist collective The Fungal Jungle Big Band, Jawbone Flats, OR reggae band The Six Percenters, as well as Monadnock-area bands Blue Motel, Princess Kikou, and The Moops.

Simon also produced the scores for several film projects, including indie-horror flick “The Production”, documentaries “Davers” and “Dreams of White Mountain”, and the microseries “Chronicles of Harambe”.

Doors are at 7pm and music will start at 730. This show is all ages and seating is limited and also first come first served.

Thanks to support from Savings Bank of Walpole, this show has an Access For All option which lets you name your price (you can’t buy multiples of this option at the same time, so to buy more than one ticket, it is necessary to do each additional ticket in a different transaction).