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Adams Morgan is the best place to go on a date in DC — whether you’re a mom and daughter out for ice cream, a first date, or a married couple celebrating a double-digit anniversary. For eight weeks in February and March, local restaurants and shops are providing discounts and fun packages for every relationship: a date for every love.

Enter to win three amazing “date packages,” including: 1) The Anniversary Package, including a night at the LINE DC Hotel, drinks during live music at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe, and a dinner at Roofer’s Union.2) Girls’ Day Out Package: Start with the epic drag brunch at Perry’s Restaurant, then some lingerie shopping (with discounts!) at Le Bustiere Boutique, and a glass of bubbly at Jug & Table. 3) Popping the question? An elegant dinner at the renowned Mintwood Place, an affogato at Pitango Gelato, and a night at the LINE DC Hotel.

Visit www.admodatenights.com to enter the drawing; and receive a discount code to access specials and promotions at dozens of date lineups. Nearly two dozen date packages present the best eats, treats, sweets and activities in Adams Morgan for relationships at every stage — for the first date, the whiskey drinker, the oenophile, the comedy lover, or a full family affair with a stop for cookie dough after a fun-filled afternoon. More giveaways will be announced throughout the 8-week period. Explore dozens of creative Adams Morgan Date Nights to spice up your love life, with live music, dance, comedy and fabulous restaurants. www.admodatenights.com

Opening reception for artist Anne Cherubim’s current series of paintings inspired by aerial views, satellite imagery, and the cosmos, with a particular interest in changing coastlines due to climate change – February 7th, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm. Anne Cherubim’s current series of paintings is inspired by aerial views. Featuring abstract, colourful, textural canvases, the paintings depict imagined views inspired by real life. Metallic paint causes images to shift depending on how the light hits them, or where the viewer is standing. Reception is February 7th, but show remains on exhibit through April 30th, 2019.

Opening reception for artist Anne Cherubim’s current series of paintings inspired by aerial views, satellite imagery, and the cosmos, with a particular interest in changing coastlines due to climate change – February 7th, 2019, 6:30-8:30pm. Anne Cherubim’s current series of paintings is inspired by aerial views. Featuring abstract, colourful, textural canvases, the paintings depict imagined views inspired by real life. Metallic paint causes images to shift depending on how the light hits them, or where the viewer is standing. Reception is February 7th, but show remains on exhibit through April 30th, 2019.

Adapted from the book “The Mouse of Amherst” by Elizabeth Spires, Jane Franklin Dance’s Mouse in House reveals an unlikely friendship between a lively mouse and reclusive 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson. The mouse’s life changes forever when a gust of wind blows one of Emily’s poems her way. Moved by Emily’s evocative words that capture her own feelings, the mouse becomes determined to be a poet herself.  Animations designed by media artist Bryan Leister were developed from images of Dickinson’s actual home furnishings.

This family friendly performance is a lively movement and theatre presentation for the young and young-at-heart.  The performance incorporates spoken word, movement, music, and an interactive participatory introduction for young children.  The show opens with a brief performance by students from Perfect Pointe Dance Studio on January 26 and by Melina’s Dancing Garden on February 2, 2019.

Theatre on the Run, 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington VA  22206

Performance Dates/Times:
Jan 19, Jan 26, Feb 2 @ 4 pm

Tickets $15 Adults/$10 Children under age 10

$45 Family of 4
www.janefranklin.com or call 703.933.1111

You’re invited to the most anticipated social event of the year! The Westcott family is hosting their annual extravagant birthday party for their dear twins, Drew and Astrid. On the anniversary of the mysterious death of their mother Elizabeth, the family strives to keep their traditions sacred even as they welcome new blood. The All is One.

Outside, the world lies in turmoil as the Republic grows violent and the Resistance struggles to stay alive. It’s an evening full of secrets, lies, intrigue and power—no matter who you follow or where your loyalties lie.

The Westcotts do love a good theme party. This year we celebrate the “Gods and Goddesses” in a nod to Elizabeth’s love of mythology and art. Audience members dressed in their best interpretation of the theme are more likely to be selected for unique experiences. So dress to impress.

Help uncover the truths of one of the darkest choose-your-own-adventure immersive experiences that TBD has ever presented. With 30 characters to interact with, you’ll find unique one-on-one experiences and a different mystery every time.

Discover why DC Metro Theater Arts says our work is “…close to sensory overload in the best way.”

Please note: Ouroboros contains dark and adult content including, but not necessarily limited to, violence, blood, death, sexually explicit costuming and suggestive language.

(VIP $85 for 7:30 pm entry with extra interaction and a champagne toast, General $65 for 8 pm entry)

Beyond the fog of burning blunts, the sea of whiskey, and forest of empties, you’ll find two sweethearts in a Nashville garage. Just as they were yesterday, the day before that, and years prior. Searching for the perfect combination of string plucking, button pushing, and knob turning to craft the ideal sound to make you forget your world and step into theirs. The aforementioned sweethearts are Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber; known to most as “Cherub.”

It all began in 2010 at Middle Tennessee State University. The two met as Jason was playing around town with local bands and Jordan was crafting what would become known as their first album, Man of the Hour. A few years later, it was the song “Doses & Mimosas” that caught the attention of the public and gained the interest of Columbia Records, who signed the duo in 2013. Their 4 year major label run brought their fans two LP’s, Year of the Caprese and Bleed Gold Piss Excellence, while also sending them around the world playing festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, Outside Lands, Osheaga, Summer Camp, Summer Sonic, and headlining 4 US tours. Now, a gold record and 130 million Spotify streams later, the bond between them remains “unfuckwithable,” as they construct their newest batch of genre-defying anthems.

From the streets of Bangkok, to the dive bars of Nashville, Cherub has been drawing inspiration from everything around them. “Each one of these songs was written and recorded at different times, in different places across the world,” says Jason. “It seems to make sense, releasing each new song individually, giving us a chance to take you to where we were in our heads when it was created and pair each track with a something visual to tie it together.”

Straying from the common record label strategy of releasing a single or two followed by an album, Cherub has decided to give each new song it’s own time in the sun. “We don’t want anything to get lost,” says Jordan. The new collection of work spans multiple genres while still keeping with the same style of addictively playful melodies Cherub fans have grown to love. It’s a “song first, production later” approach at creating music that may bring some ears back to an earlier time in the duo’s existence. “There’s a certain simplicity in these new songs that remind me of the first few Cherub records,” says Jason.

There’s no doubt that the latest Cherub efforts will win over their existing audience and draw new listeners to their established brand of debauchery. From your ears to your heart, like searching for room on their bodies for a new tattoo, they’ll find a way.

Come sweat, stretch and distill it all from the inside out

60-minute power flow

Saturday, February 23, 2019 11am-12pm

Republic Restoratives

Yoga class taught by Ari Isaacman Bevacqua | YogiAri.com | Instagram: Ari_NYT

Assists and demos by Pat McNally | Instagram: Mcnall.E

Register in advance for $5 off:

$25 includes yoga class + craft cocktail of your choice following class

$15 includes yoga class + a mocktail of your choice following class

Day of purchase:

$30 includes yoga class + craft cocktail of your choice following class

$20 includes yoga class + a mocktail of your choice following class

BYOM

bring your own mat

Questions? Email Ari at [email protected]

Years before they climbed the country charts with songs like “Stay a Little Longer” and “Rum,” the Brothers Osborne grew up in Deale, Maryland, a small fishing town on the Atlantic seaboard. It was a cozy place, filled with blue-collar workers who made their living on the water. During the weekends, many of those workers would head over to the Osborne household, where a series of loose, all-night jam sessions filled the Maryland air with the sounds of Bob Seger, Hank Williams, Tom Petty and George Jones. The Osborne siblings strummed their first chords during those jam sessions. From the very start, TJ Osborne was the brother with the voice. He sang in a thick, low baritone, crooning like Johnny Cash long before he was even old enough to drive. Older brother John, on the other hand, was the family’s guitar shredder, his fingers capable of down-home bluegrass licks, arena-worthy rock riffs, country twang, and everything in between. Combined, the two Osbornes could play everything from traditional country music to rock & roll, creating a broad, full-bodied sound that would eventually fill the 11 songs on their major-label debut, Pawn Shop.

Like its title suggests, Pawn Shop offers a little bit of everything. There’s bluesy slide guitar, country duets, southern rock solos, harmonies, and plenty of groove. The hooks are big, the guitars are loud, and the songs — every last one of them co-written by the Osbornes, who reached out to award-winning songwriters like Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman for help — introduce a duo whose music bridges the gap between the mainstream and the alternative world. Some songs were written at home in Nashville, while others came together on the road, where the guys spent several years headlining their own club shows, touring the country with Darius Rucker, and playing some of the biggest arenas in America with fellow rule-breaker Eric Church.

You’re invited to the most anticipated social event of the year! The Westcott family is hosting their annual extravagant birthday party for their dear twins, Drew and Astrid. On the anniversary of the mysterious death of their mother Elizabeth, the family strives to keep their traditions sacred even as they welcome new blood. The All is One.

Outside, the world lies in turmoil as the Republic grows violent and the Resistance struggles to stay alive. It’s an evening full of secrets, lies, intrigue and power—no matter who you follow or where your loyalties lie.

The Westcotts do love a good theme party. This year we celebrate the “Gods and Goddesses” in a nod to Elizabeth’s love of mythology and art. Audience members dressed in their best interpretation of the theme are more likely to be selected for unique experiences. So dress to impress.

Help uncover the truths of one of the darkest choose-your-own-adventure immersive experiences that TBD has ever presented. With 30 characters to interact with, you’ll find unique one-on-one experiences and a different mystery every time.

Discover why DC Metro Theater Arts says our work is “…close to sensory overload in the best way.”

Please note: Ouroboros contains dark and adult content including, but not necessarily limited to, violence, blood, death, sexually explicit costuming and suggestive language.

(VIP $85 for 7:30 pm entry with extra interaction and a champagne toast, General $65 for 8 pm entry)

First night sold out! Second night added! 

Recording artist Vince Staples has come a long way from his trying upbringing in Long Beach, California’s Ramona Park neighborhood. Releasing his critically acclaimed debut Summertime ’06 album in 2015, the then twenty-year-old saw his life turned right side up, going from being nearly trapped to having what appeared to be complete freedom.

Yet, as his most recent projects suggest, appearances can be deceiving. The LPs delves into the confusion of sudden fame and acclimating to a lifestyle antithetical to the one he’d known in Long Beach – one wrought with gang violence and poverty. It’s a fundamental narrative in hip hop, but rappers have always found a new way to breathe life into it. Staples brings forth a vision that’s brutal, elegant, playful, and despondent in one breath.

Such is the nature of his music, as self and socially aware as it is comical. With FM!, Big Fish Theory, Prima Donna and Summertime ’06 behind him, Staples has set the tone for what’s yet to come. A standout rapper in today’s hip hop world, he keeps his sound deeply tied to his west coast roots and his message one that knows no boundaries.

In a world of full of painful departures, his art gives listeners reason to believe that, somehow, as he advances, the people who have left him and the people who he’s left behind will still be waiting for him at the end.

“I want real things— live people to take hold of —to see—and talk to—music that makes holes in the sky—I want to love as hard as I can.” – Georgia O’Keefe

Inspired by Georgia O’Keefe’s words, the trailblazing, NPR chart-topping Lara Downes has channeled her prodigious creativity and “luscious, moody, and dreamy” (New York Times) sound into an intimate program of solo and ensemble works that pays tribute to women past and present who are composers and poets. Her special guest is multi-instrumentalist/composer/singer and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner Rhiannon Giddens, who, through her own work and her performances as a member of the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, embodies precisely the ethos Downes had in mind.

Featuring music by FLORENCE PRICE, MARGARET BONDS, BILLIE HOLIDAY, NINA SIMONE, JOAN BAEZ, JONI MITCHELL, ABBEY LINCOLN, HAZEL SCOTT, and MEREDITH MONK, with world premieres by SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER, ELENA RUEHR, JULIA ADOLPHE, ANGELICA NEGRON, REENA ESMAIL, LAURA KARPMAN, and EVE BEGLARIAN.

Co-commissioned by Washington Performing Arts.

This performance is made possible through the generous support of the Susan B. Hepner Family and Great Jones Capital. Washington Performing Arts performances at Sixth & I are made possible through the generous support of the Galena-Yorktown Foundation.

Few bands get to spring a surprise six albums into their career. Even fewer do so in as dramatic a fashion as You Me At Six do on their simply titled new record, VI. They know what you probably think of them – “The emo pop-rockers from Surrey,” as guitarist Chris Miller puts it – and once upon a time you would have been right. But not for a long time, and certainly not on VI, a record that switches moods and styles with breathless confidence, from devastatingly defiant rock to joyously uplifting pop. It all but drips with melodies and moods. It’s the kind of record a band makes when they are in love with all the possibilities of music.

On her debut album This Time, L.A.-based singer/songwriter Donna Missal shows the elegant collision of elements at play in her music: a poet’s command of tone, a soul singer’s boundless intensity, a bedroom musician’s willful embracing of intimacy and experimentation. Along with channeling the raw passion she first ignited by playing in rock bands in her homeland of New Jersey, This Time expands on the melodic ingenuity displayed in recent singles like “Driving” and “Thrills.” Above all the album is a testament to the sheer force of Missal’s voice, a dynamic but delicate instrument that achieves a beautifully nuanced expression even as she belts her heart out.

Profs and Pints presents: “Trapped in the Earth,” with Alyssa Warrick, public historian and former instructor at Mississippi State University and guide at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.

“Oh, come all you young people,
And listen while I tell,
The fate of Floyd Collins,
The lad we all knew well…”
-Andrew Jenkins, “The Death of Floyd Collins”

The soccer team members recently rescued from a cave in Thailand were hardly the first to be trapped deep below. Come hear the tale of Floyd Collins, whose 1925 entrapment in Kentucky led to nationwide changes in environmental conservation and served as a cautionary tale for how not to conduct cave rescues.

From the 1890s to the 1920s, rural landowners in south-central Kentucky sought to make money by guiding visitors to their region through the caves beneath their feet. They descended into a ruthless competition for tourist dollars known as the “Cave Wars,” which at times involved breaking into caves owned by their rivals to destroy precious stalactites and stalagmites. Among their chief prizes was Mammoth Cave, which, despite being a natural wonder, was not seen as large enough to be worthy of the national park status conferred upon Western sites such the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Yosemite. It was managed at the time by the husband of a Washington socialite.

In February 1925, Floyd Collins, a local cave owner, became trapped in a cave while exploring it. The effort to rescue him was the biggest human interest story of the year and would eventually inspire songs, movies, and even an off-Broadway musical. It failed, however, to bring salvation to poor Floyd, who died during the rescue effort. His body was eventually hauled out and put on display by the dentist who purchased the cave Collins had owned.

The death of Collins convinced many that the area’s poor locals did not know how to manage the caves, eventually inspiring Congress to establish Mammoth Cave National Park. It also transformed cave exploration in ways designed to prevent such mishaps. Come to the Bier Baron Tavern to hear from a scholar of the incident and its impact. (Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please give yourself plenty of time to place any orders and get seated and settled in.)

Join Slow Food DC on Monday, February 25 to honor and celebrate our newest Snail of Approval winners! Thanks to your nominations, we’re recognizing 14 additional restaurants, producers, farmers, and distillers for their commitment to support good, clean, and fair food in our region.

Come out to enjoy delicious and seasonally-inspired food and drink provided by 2016 Snail winner Urbana Dining & Drinks, while you mix and mingle with others dedicated to shaping our food community. PLUS, your ticket will include a one hour open bar from 6:30pm-7:30pm (house wine, house beer), and a specialty cocktail courtesy of new Snail winner One Eight Distilling all night long!

There will also be a silent auction featuring food-related items, and other surprises from our local Snailblazers, including Chaia Tacos, Catoctin Creek, Port City Brewing Company, Rocklands Farm Winery, 100 Bowls of Soup, Glen’s Garden Market, Vigilante Coffee Company, and others!

For reference, this year’s Snail of Approval winners are:

Aperto
Caboose Brewing Company
Centrolina
Chaia Tacos
Clagett Farm
Cold Country Salmon
Don Ciccio & Figli
Eat & Smile Catering
Kyirisan
One Eight Distilling
Owl’s Nest Farm
Republic Restoratives
Sally’s Middle Name
The Salt Line

For more information on the Snail of Approval program, and to see a complete list of winners, please visit us at: http://www.slowfooddc.org/snail-of-approval/.

We’re looking forward to a great celebration of the community supporting good, clean, and fair food in our region!

Jimmy López, Composer

Abel López, Associate Producing Director, GALA Hispanic Theatre

Tara Villanueva, Arts Integration Program Manager, Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School

Quique Aviles, Poet & Performer

Jenny Bilfield, President & CEO, Washington Performing Arts (Moderator)

The performing arts provide an important platform for Latinx immigrant stories to be shared with local, national, and international communities to promote cross-cultural understanding and demonstrate the diversity of the Latinx world, as it’s represented in the United States. Creators, performers, thought-leaders, and educators will discuss their work in supporting Latinx immigrant creativity and telling these important stories.

Light reception to follow

Co-presented with the Embassy of Peru, GALA Hispanic Theatre, and Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School

Profs and Pints presents: “The Emperors Had No Clothes,” a look at epic political satire in ancient Rome and India, with Shubha Pathak, historian of religions and associate professor of philosophy and religion at American University.

Speaking truth to power always has been a tricky business, often handled most deftly by those skilled at political satire. Back in ancient Rome or India, however, the penalty for offending a ruler was far worse than a mere angry tweet. To ensure they could live to lampoon again, those delivering comedic commentary needed to be much more cryptic than their contemporary counterparts on Saturday Night Live or the Colbert Report. Among the most strategic court comedians were epic poets tasked with praising their powerful employers. But to blame them in the same breath, those authors used myths to relay truths that their rulers did not want to hear.

Come hear the work of crafty mythmakers discussed by Professor Pathak, author of Divine Yet Human Epics: Reflections of Poetic Rulers from Ancient Greece and India and editor of Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities. Having captivated a Profs and Pints audience last summer with her talk on “Epic Life Lessons,” she’ll take the stage at La Pop cultural salon again to discuss the steamier and seamier sides of Greco-Roman and Indian mythology in a talk about the interconnections between politics and romance, sex, and art.

Her talk will examine how the subtle imperial lampooners of ancient Rome and India couched their critiques within epic myths whose heroes followed their hearts and appealed to the gods rather than following custom and heeding those in charge. She’ll show how classical myths of unlikely love and rampant lust fulfilled their authors’ aims to shake up predominating ways of leading and living. After hearing her speak, you never again may take a leader’s love story at face value, no matter what their official statements or spokespeople have to say. (Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please allow yourself plenty of time to place any order and be seated and settled before the talk begins.)

On February 27th, Fly By Light youth artists and Fly By Light alumni artists from across Washington, D.C. will share original music, poetry and dance at the annual Fly By Light Winter Arts Showcase.

Working in school and after-school with One Common Unity’s facilitators in the Fly By Light Program, these young people have worked diligently through art to find their voices, express themselves & bring awareness to the issues they face as teens in D.C.

Come see their art, listen to their stories, and be inspired by this beautiful, positive community of young leaders.

Wednesday, February 27
6:30pm-8:30pm
Shakespeare Theatre (The Forum in Sidney Harman Hall)
610 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
(located near the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro — Red/Green/Yellow line)

Tickets:
$15 for the general public
$10 for OCU Monthly Sustainers
FREE for DCPS students and family members of Fly By Light participants

The Fly By Light Youth Ambassador Program is an innovative youth program that emphasizes creative arts, leadership, compassionate communication, conflict resolution, and self-love as pathways to personal growth, health and wellness. Music therapy and artistic expression are at the core of instruction.

To read more about Fly By Light visit:http://www.onecommonunity.org/programs

For 19 years One Common Unity has been supporting a movement for peace education and the building of a non-violent culture through music and art. To read more about our organization, visit: http://www.OneCommonUnity.org/

Get over the midweek hump with DC Fray and Maddy’s Bar and Grille for FREE bar bingo every Wednesday at 7-9 PM!

Free to enter. Free to play. Free drinks swag up for grabs. Nothing to lose. Sounds like a plan to us! 

Trivia is hard, Bingo is fun… See you there!

Visit dcfray.com/bingo for more locations, nights, and info.

One of the most influential modern stars in Texas’ long country-music tradition, Pat Green has left a mark on the lives of countless fans and generations of artists, helping to solidify a cultural movement bringing artists from the Lonestar state to the national stage along the way.

The problem is, he’s always been too modest to admit it.
Now with the release of Dancehall Dreamin’: A Tribute to Pat Green, the legendary troubadour has no choice in the matter. He’s being saluted by those who know him best – artists like Jack Ingram, Randy Rogers Band and more – with a surprise album meant to highlight some of the icon’s best-loved songs.
“I certainly didn’t see it coming,” Green says of the honor. “For my friends to do this for me, I just immediately felt like ‘Wow, what an incredible thing.’ I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude, and I know I would do this for each and every one of them.”
Conceived as a heartfelt gift for Green’s 46th birthday, Dancehall Dreamin’ looks back over a career which has put the star at the vanguard of Texas country. Since 1995, Green has released 13 albums (12 recorded in studio and one live), and sold more than two million records, racking up a staggering 12 Number Ones on the Texas Radio chart (including his most-recent single, “Drinkin’ Days”). Green has also released ten Billboard radio hits and has placed songs like “Wave on Wave” in the Top Five of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.

He’s been nominated for three Grammy awards and is still regarded as one of the most electrifying entertainers on tour, covering millions of miles and filling venues like the historic Gruene Hall and the massive Houston Astrodome with equal ease. Even mainstream stars like Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban and Dave Matthews have taken Green out on the road, recognizing the mass appeal of his everyday anthems, dedicated to the simple joys and inevitable heartbreaks of the American experience.

In short, Green has been instrumental in putting Texas country on the map, paving the way for scores of other artists who share his passion for authenticity. And now it’s time for them to say ‘thank you.’

“I’m really terrible at taking compliments,” Green admits, flattered by his first tribute project. “The funny thing is, all I did was lean as far forward over my skis and take as many chances as I could until something happened, and the end result is this almost 25-year-long career. But if my work made it easier for other people to do theirs, well then, it was my pleasure.”

Three years in the making, Dancehall Dreamin’ features 10 of Green’s trailblazing songs performed by peers and protégés alike. Ingram and Rogers are joined by Texas standard-bearers William Clark Green, John Baumann, Josh Abbott Band, Aaron Watson, Walt Wilkins, Cory Morrow, Drew Holcomb and Kevin Fowler.
Each artist chose a track to make their own, and with the help of producers Justin Pollard, Dwight Baker and Thomas Dulin, showcased the universal power of Green’s words – and the range of sounds he’s helped inspire.

“It’s overwhelming to listen to somebody else singing a song that you wrote,” Green explains. “But I think everybody was very tasty in their choices, and to hear Jack Ingram sing ‘Wave on Wave’ and to hear Randy Rogers sing ‘Three Days,’ I ain’t gonna lie – I got a little misty.”

Indeed, Ingram’s take on Green’s biggest hit transforms an anthemic, arena-sized singalong into a deeply personal reflection, with mellow guitars and poignant piano accents backing Ingram’s effortless vocal delivery.

“Jack Ingram is one of my favorite people who ever walked on two feet,” Green says. “I was on Twitter the other day and somebody said ‘Jack Ingram could sing the phone book and make it sound cool,’ and that’s the truth. He just oozes it.”

Likewise, Rogers and his band put their own, easy-rolling stamp on Green’s Grammy-nominated “Three Days,” joined by the song’s co-creator and acclaimed Texas artist, Radney Foster.
“I’m a big fan of Randy, and I love his style,” Green explains. “You’ve got to understand how intense I am. From being onstage to recording, everything is up, up, up. That’s why people who are the opposite of me – really calm and cool and collected – those are the people I admire. Randy’s throttle is different from mine. I dig it.”

More favorites like “Wrapped” (Clark Green), “Crazy” (Watson), “Adios Days” (Morrow) and “Southbound 35” (Fowler) are faithfully reimagined, while rising talent Baumann managed to surprise even Green with his connection to the vivid emotions coursing through “Nightmare.” Written on the day Green’s grandfather passed away, Baumann brings it to life in unmatched clarity.
“My grandfather was very important in my life,” says Green, who uses the album’s second half to offer behind-the-scenes insight for each song. “Baumann’s rendition of ‘Nightmare’ absolutely blew my doors off. He had a more gentle touch on it than I did, and he somehow seemed even more sensitive to the subject matter.”
Meanwhile, Green’s long and winding journey is placed in context by Holcomb, who delivers the gentle, acoustic strains of the album’s title track, “Dancehall Dreamer.”