David Huckfelt + Pieta Brown

1159 24th Street,Des Moines IA 50311

06 November, 2022

Description

xBk presents David Huckfelt + Pieta Brown Sunday, November 6th 2022 Doors: 6pm Show: 7pm Tickets: $25 ADV // $32 DOS BIO: David Huckfelt David Huckfelt is a singer/ lyricist /activist and founding frontman of Minneapolis indie-folk cult favorites The Pines. An Iowa native and former theology student, Huckfelt attended the Iowa Writers Workshop before turning his attention to songwriting and performing. With improvisational mastery, Huckfelt’s shows and songs of no-spiritual-surrender have earned him a devoted following from small-town opera houses & theaters to national festival stages like Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Edmonton and Calgary Folk Fests, and the legendary First Avenue mainroom, sharing stages with Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, Bon Iver, Calexico, Trampled By Turtles & more. An early encounter and collaboration with radical Native American poet John Trudell introduced Huckfelt as friend & partner to an array of Indigenous artists & activists including Winona LaDuke, Louise Erdrich, & Keith Secola, working for climate justice and tribal sovereignty under the banner of music + resistance. With roots in the same fertile Midwestern soil that produced legendary folk singers like John Prine and Greg Brown, David's new solo work preserves a rugged optimism that blasts through layers of dark in real time with songs that speak volumes, soft & clear. Pieta Brown Continually revealing new layers as both a songwriter and performer, Pieta is being recognized as one of modern Americana's true gems, with much attention being paid not only to her distinct sound and style, but also the power of her singing and songwriting. With new musical experiments and collaborations in motion, Pieta’s music and artistry continue to expand and rise.