Marisa Anderson with Footings

Dubbed “one of the most distinctive guitar players of her generation” by The New Yorker, Marisa Anderson returns for a headline show after last year’s stirring set opening for Bill Callahan at First Parish Church.

Marisa Anderson channels the history of the guitar and stretches the boundaries of tradition. Her deeply original work applies elements of minimalism, electronic music, drone and 20th century classical music to compositions based on blues, jazz, gospel and country music, re-imagining the landscape of American music. The New Yorker calls Anderson ‘one of the most distinctive guitar players of her generation’, while NPR refers to her as among ‘this era’s most powerful players’ . Her work has been featured in Billboard, Rolling Stone, NPR, SPIN, Pitchfork, the BBC and The Wire. Festival appearances include Big Ears, Pitchfork Midwinter, Le Guess Who and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Her latest solo album, Still, Here, is out now on Thrill Jockey Records.

photo by Jason Quigley

Footings is sometimes a whole band, and other times just Eric Gagne, a journeyman songwriter, singer, and guitarist who has been doing things out in the world since 2003. Under this moniker Eric has released four lps on Sophomore Lounge, Don’t Live Like Me, and Feeding Tube Records, toured with Bonnie Prince Billy, Rick from Pile, and the Huntress and Holder of Hands, and is currently winding down lp 5. 

Footings is a natural progression from Eric’s earlier folk explorations in Redwing Blackbird and Passerine. He also has made records with Dweller on the Threshold and Death to Tyrants, and has had the honor of opening for Mount Eerie, J Mascis, Diane Cluck, Waxahatchee, Califone, Dredd Foole, Steve Gunn, Mirah, Death Vessel, Leyla McCalla, Myriam Gendron, and many more.