Will Lawrence, who has been the drummer for the Felice Brothers since 2016, and Noah B. Harley, who writes what he describes as heartfelt and slightly sinister songs out of a former chicken farm in Catskill.
Friday, April 24 | Monterey, MA | 7pm
Two Hudson Valley songwriters come to the Monterey Meeting House on April 24 at 7 pm: Will Lawrence, who has been the drummer for the Felice Brothers since 2016, and Noah B. Harley, who writes what he describes as heartfelt and slightly sinister songs out of a former chicken farm in Catskill.
Lawrence is a multi-instrumentalist based in Philmont who has released five solo albums, most recently Rooftops in the Centerfold last fall. Beyond his own work, he's become one of the more in-demand collaborators in the upstate Americana scene — he appeared as a band and cast member in John Early's Emmy-nominated HBO special Now More Than Ever and charted on Rolling Stone's top rock albums of 2023 as part of Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band. His solo records lean toward folky, carefully arranged songs with a tendency toward surprising chord changes; a recent review compared them to Dawes and the Milk Carton Kids.
Harley is a harder-to-categorize presence. His work pulls from spaghetti western soundtracks, Scotch-Irish ballads, the American primitive tradition, and Weimar cabaret. He also translates academic works from German, which feels about right for someone whose musical references span three continents and a century.
The Monterey Meeting House is a restored 19th-century hall that has become one of the more appealing small venues in the southern Berkshires for exactly this kind of show.
Monterey Meeting House, 449 Main Rd., Monterey, MA. Tickets at eventbrite.com.
