Event

Ismay Album Release Show at Amado's in San Francisco

All Ages
Doors 7 pm
Show 8 pm
$8 early bird price
$10-25 Sliding scale
$8 under 21 price

Join us for this very special evening, with Ismay's very first album release show. The event will feature a string section, special merch options, live projections and more!

Songs from a River:
The creation of her debut EP began with a river. After dropping out of college, Ismay (Avery Hellman) wandered from California to New Mexico and up through the Pacific Northwest. During this time, she sought out a place of natural significance through which to explore her passion for the arts and the environment. Eventually, she found herself on the banks of the Klamath River in far Northern California. It was in this country that Ismay became entranced by the intricate cultural landscape of the Klamath. In the following two years, she embarked on a horseback trip to document the river through film, photography and audio recordings. In addition, she wrote and recorded five original songs, both along the Klamath with an old cassette tape machine and in a studio above the Pacific Ocean.

Working with producer Tim Bluhm (Sarah Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion) and engineer Robert Cheek (Band of Horses, Chelsea Wolfe) at Panoramic Studios, the field recordings were produced by Eric Drew Feldman (PJ Harvey), and string arrangements in Nashville with Brad Jones at Alex the Great Recording (Justin Townes Earle, Nancy Griffith, Yo La Tengo).

Weaving natural symbolism into this coming-of-age story, Ismays EP, Songs from a River, explores the way in which a connection to place shapes and parallels songwriting and recording.