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An intimate solo performance from Andy Shauf live at the Gild Hall with special guest Vermont-based songwriter Lutalo.
Hailed as “a gifted storyteller” for 2016’s The Party and 2020’s The Neon Skyline, Shauf writes albums that unfold like short fiction, full of colorful characters, fine details and a rich emotional depth. With his latest album Norm, however, Shauf has slyly deconstructed and reshaped the style for which he’s been celebrated, elevating his songwriting with intricate layers and perspectives, challenging himself to find a new direction. Under the guise of an intoxicating collection of jazz-inflected romantic ballads, his storytelling has become decidedly more oblique, hinting at ominous situations and dark motivations.
After gaining indie notoriety with The Party and a Polaris Music Prize nomination, performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and praise from the likes of Pitchfork, ESQUIRE, NPR Music, Stereogum, The Atlantic and beyond for The Neon Skyline, Shauf has left the realm of things he’s known on his third album, pivoting away from the semi-autobiographical, and pushing himself to grow as a songwriter in an entirely different way.
For Lutalo, creating music is an act of hope in and of itself. Throughout their meticulously crafted, folk, rock and soul on which they sing and play all the instruments Lutalo embeds golden lines of poetry that inspire curiosity about the world and empathy for everyone searching for a way through it.