November 15 7:00 PM
CONCERTS IN PORT GAMBLE
Jeffrey Martin w/ Anna Tivel
On a small corner lot in southeast Portland, Oregon, Jeffrey Martin holed up through the winter recording his quietly potent new album Thank God We Left The Garden. Long nights bled into mornings in the tiny shack he built in the backyard, eight feet by ten feet. What began as demos meant for a later visit to a proper studio became the album itself, spare and intimate and true. Recorded live and alone around two microphones, Jeffrey often held his breath to wait for the low diesel hum of a truck to pass one block over on the busy thoroughfare. During the coldest nights, he timed recording between the clicks of the oil coil heater cycling on and off.
About Anna:
Anna Tivel is a Portland, Oregon-based, internationally touring songwriter who is forever drawn to the quiet stories of ordinary life. The characters and imagery that populate her writing are full of breath and vivid color. With six full-length albums out and a seventh on the way, Anna has been likened to a short story writer and praised by NPR, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and others for her keen observations of the human condition. In fact, Ann Powers of NPR Music had this to say, "Anna Tivel is just one of my absolute favorite living songwriters. Her writing on [Outsiders] is at…
Optional Potluck and Social Hour starts at 6PM, General doors open at 6:30 followed by the concert at 7PM.
Adult 21+ beverages and non-alcoholic beverages are available at the Port Gamble Theater. No outside beverages are permitted per WLCB regulations. Flatware and plates provided.
*All tickets are pay what you can and will have a pass thru ticket vendor fee of .99 per ticket.