Two of their generations' most distinguished and idiosyncratic songwriters join forces for a night of song.

Mark Eitzel

Hey Mr. Ferryman is Eitzel's first full studio album recorded entirely in London. It was made at 355 Studios with Mercury Prize winner Bernard Butler (ex-Suede, McAlmont & Butler), who has produced and/or recorded albums with Tricky, Ben Watt, Bert Jansch, Edwyn Collins, and more. Butler produced Hey Mr. Ferryman and played all of the electric guitar, bass, and keyboard parts on the album.

Hey Mr. Ferryman features the vivid melodies long associated with Eitzel's former band American Music Club--which remains a cult favorite to this day--as well as Butler's distinctive guitar that serves to complement Eitzel's expressive vocals. Of that voice, Pitchfork once wrote, “If Leonard Cohen's voice is a story about the passage of time and Levon Helm's is a story about losing what is most precious to you, Eitzel's is about the circuitous roads we take in search of ourselves.”

https://www.mergerecords.com/mark-eitzel

Howe Gelb

One of underground rock's most iconic shape shifters always keeps audiences guessing, but always leaves them wanting to hear what he comes up with next. His latest venture, Future Standards, is a foray into the lost art of the piano standard.

“His work has never acknowledged any borders that might theoretically exist between mariachi waltzes, psychedelic guitar rock, uptown piano jazz, or dusty improvised C&W“ - Pitchfork

“In search of treasured happenstance, Howe Gelb is an enigma, an inspiration and some kind of genius” - The Quietus

http://howegelb.com/