Fri 11/22 @ 7:30PM
Frances Luke Accord is another of those deceptive band names: it’s not a person but a duo, consisting of Nicholas Gunty and Brian Powers, who make delicate indie folk featuring their soulful tenor harmonies and songs in a classic 70s folk vein a la Simon & Garfunkel or James Taylor.
Although both are natives of South Bend, Indiana, they didn’t meet and start performing together until the both went to South Bend’s University of Notre Dame. Their first album, Kandote, was recorded with the Barefoot Truth Children’s Choir in Uganda, part of a nonprofit project to fund education for the young people of the choir.
Once they decided to pursue music seriously, they shook the small-town dust off their feet and relocated to the nearby metropolis of Chicago in 2013. While there, they recorded a pair of EPs and a full-length, Fluke, in 2016 and did their first major national tour. Since then, the activist duo has recorded “Maria” for disaster relief in the Caribbean, and a new single “Thank You, Derrick Watson,” an homage to the judge who overturned Trump’s travel ban.
Frances Luke Accord are returning to Lorain County’s Riverdog Retreat for the second time. Performing with them is violinist Katie Van Dusen. There’ll also be a special appearance by the Clark Family Band (pictured below)
It’s $20 at the door. There will be free snacks, but you’re always free to bring your cooler and picnic basket to Riverdog. Lorenzo’s pizza will be back selling the $9 pies as well.
Wakeman, OH 44889