Harvest Concert: Brian QTN and Friends

Part of EJC's Sukkot and mini Harvest Fest! Oregon songpoet and wordsmith musician Brian QTN writes songs with offbeat and touching lyrical observations on the socialography of the human condition. His songs are filled with wordplay and meta-fables that roll off the tongue, folksy jazz melodies with an Alt-Roma blues beat and string popping, wordless guitar stylings. His story-songs are laughable, affable, unforgettable doorways into another realm, and his presentation is comfortable and unpredictable. For this concert he will be playing with local luminaries Courtney Von Drehle, Andrew Alikhanov, cellist Amy Danziger of Mood Area 52 and more! All ages Sliding Scale $15-$20 (Ages 6-17 $5, under 5 FREE) Doors 7PM, Show 7:30 Brian QTN has toured with spirit and whimsy all over these United States for many years, sharing the stage with Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker, Shawn Phillips, Willy Porter, Butch Hancock, Tracy Grammer, Peter Wilde, Steve Fisher, Chris Chandler, and many others. Brian QTN is a 37-year veteran of the Oregon Country Fair and a 45-year mainstay of the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. The media has called him “...the Tom Robbins of folk music" (The Carbondale Flipside); "Playful, energetic and honest." (The Oregonian); "An unclassifiable and irreverent acoustic performer..." (Austin Chronicle); "One of our leading contemporary songsmiths and music makers" (Victory Music Review); "An adept storyteller ...[whose] lyrics run the gamut of personal reflection to commentary on social issues" (Folkwax); "Introspective, satirical, delightfully absurd and always acoustically gentle to the ears..." (Austin Statesman); “Clever. quirky, lyrics that touch on deeper levels of being human...” (Hipfish); "A panoply of anomalous phenomena.” (Jim Larrance, CutUp Sound); and "a melodious punster who brings grins to his listener's lips and vagrant thoughts to their stirred-up minds." (Dave Johnson, Southeast Examiner). Additional Event Sponsor Congregation Shir Tikvah!