Tré Burt at Topaz Farm

17100 Northwest Sauvie Island Road,Portland OR 97231

02 September, 2021

Description

Topaz Farm is proud to welcome Tré Burt for an intimate show under the massive, historic Topaz Farm Oak Tree on Sauvie Island. Topaz Farm proudly announces Tré Burt for an intimate show under the gorgeous, massive Topaz Farm Historic Oak Tree on Sauvie Island. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy a Harvest Fest live music show at the most magical place on the farm, while enjoying local food and drinks. Doors open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m. All ages. ABOUT TRÉ BURT Sacramento songwriter Tré Burt’s sophomore album, You, Yeah, You, is a narrated collection of songs featuring a cast of invented characters; heroes, villains, those destitute of salvation and those seeking it. The plots merge for an ultimate reckoning with the archetypal mother of these songs on the final track, “Tell Mary”, “say what you want, it’s alright child / little’s left behind / beating the drum at the wrong time / look at what you’ve done.” Like a bruised fighter, Burt goes 12 rounds in the ring against a shapeshifting and seemingly otherworldly opponent. The album represents a summoning of will to fight the unknown rather than surrender to fear and fatigue. Like his late label mate and songwriting hero John Prine, Burt showcases his poet's eye for detail, surgeon's sense of narrative precision and his songwriters' ability to transpose observation into affecting verse. You, Yeah, You is a cohesive body of work that illustrates the ever expanding space in which Tré Burt’s voice belongs. From his humble roots working menial day jobs; as a maintenance technician, servicing airplanes at SFO International, taping boxes as a UPS worker, Burt has been, and always will be, a working class musician. His clear-eyed vision of America, it’s deep faults and the beauty of the humanity that resides within its borders, comes through with compassion and tenacity. Tré wrote his protest anthem, “Under The Devil’s Knee”, in 2020 which features Allison Russell, Sunny War and Leyla McCalla, in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and the unmitigated police violence across the country. His work caught the attention of scholars and activists, namely Dr. George Yancy, Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Khalil Muhammad, and garnered an invitation to speak on a panel with the latter two at Harvard’s Kennedy School through Dr. Muhammad’s Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project. Burt finds the exported packaging of Black culture en masse tiresome, claustrophobic and boring, especially when applied to art and expression. Like literary writers Baldwin and Angelou, Burt acknowledges the limitless expanse of Black narrative. He is committed to the rich continuum of the tradition of Black expression claiming the space of artistic weirdness, often reserved for non-Black artists. Tré Burt teamed up with Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, Nathaniel Rateliff) to produce and collaborate on his sophomore album. Brad’s brother Phil Cook (Megafaun, The Guitar Heels), label-mate Kelsey Waldon and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath all appear throughout the 12 songs on You, Yeah You. WEBSITE ABOUT TOPAZ FARM Topaz Farm is a working 130-acre family farm for every family, featuring u-pick berries u-cut flowers, a farm stand store, food, beverages and special events. In addition to weekly farm-to-plate dinners and live music festivals in summer, in fall there is also a pumpkin patch, corn maze, hay rides and harvest festivals. Before the show, come early to visit the animals and farm stand, walk the farm, have a drink at the farm bar or choose from fresh and grilled food including the Holler food truck. Food, beer, cider, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be available in the oak tree area. WEBSITE INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK The Harvest Fest music series is also raising money to support the Sauvie Island Center, which is dedicated to teaching kids about food, farming, and the land, and has a teaching plot on Topaz Farm. THE FINE PRINT: Topaz Farm’s mask and social distancing policy will be consistent with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) guidelines, at the time of the event. If you are at-risk or are not comfortable being outdoors around others who are unmasked, we recommend that you do not attend this event.Ticket price is per person, ages three and up. Parking is free.The farm opens at 9:00 am, oak tree area opens at 5:00 pm and show starts at 6:30 pm.Beach towels, small blankets, small, personal-sized umbrellas (for use pre-show) and single size, low-profile lawn chairs (not exceeding 8 inches from the ground to the bottom of the seat and no higher than 32 inches total from the ground to the top of the chair) are allowed. Outside food and beverages (other than factory sealed water bottles) are not permitted and no smoking of any kind is allowed. No animals are allowed except registered service animals.WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE THE SHOW