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Dao Strom

The Woods
Portland, OR

Dao Strom is a writer of both books and songs. She was born in Vietnam, raised in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas in California, and has since lived in NYC, San Francisco, Iowa, Austin TX, the Oregon coast, and Alaska. Her music is inspired by American roots music stemming out of Appalachian and gospel traditions while reaching also into other traditions, mingling East with West, and attempting to draw the Vietnamese diasporic experience into the context of Americana. However, she also writes and plays songs that are simply songs about life, love, wanderings & longings. Lyrical, gentle, sometimes dark, sometimes ethereal, Dao's music has been praised by No Depression magazine, among others. She is also a literary fiction writer with two published books.

Having followed many musical threads from jazz to alt-country to electronica, Chicago-based Jenny Gillespie finds herself merging all of the tones, sounds, and textures she loves on her new album Kindred. After her 2009 debut album Light Year drew praise for its blend of ethereal folk and art-pop grandeur, Jenny embarked on a new sonic adventure, recording her new album Kindred produced by Austin, TX multi-instrumentalist Darwin Smith. Smith had mixed Light Year and expressed interest to Jenny in recording an album in a house setting near her home base of Chicago. Using over two years of home demos as a starting point, Smith and Gillespie worked together to arrange the songs and create the lush sound of Kindred. Recorded both in the living room of a rambling house in Wilmette, IL and various locations in Austin, TX, Kindred is a convergence of refined musicianship and experimental spontaneity.

Minimum Age: 21

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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