The literary folk genre might be even more applicable if Greensville, S.C.-based folk duo Friction Farm was called Fiction Farm instead. But the team of guitarist/vocalist Aidan Quinn and bassist/vocalist Christine Stay do, according to a press release, “spend quiet days reading while on tour and decided to turn that into a project, discussing a book, seeing where the story would take them, and writing a song.” They’ll perform at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall on Thursday, April 30.
Press release from the band:
Friction Farm Brings Literary Folk to Isis
Modern-folk duo Friction Farm will perform on Thursday, April 30 at 7:00 pm at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall, 743 Haywood Rd., West Asheville. Seating for the concert is limited and tickets may be reserved by calling (828) 575-2737.
Friction Farm is guitarist/vocalist Aidan Quinn and bassist/vocalist Christine Stay. They spend quiet days reading while on tour and decided to turn that into a project, discussing a book, seeing where the story would take them, and writing a song. It was fun & frustrating, invigorating & exhausting, but always interesting.
They were inspired by true tales The Voyage of the Beagle and fictional works The Cellist of Sarajevo, a gift from a friend Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, and a recommendation from a stranger The Glass Castle. Occasionally real life filtered in and begged us to re-read books Reading Lolita in Tehran and A Walk in the Woods.Friction Farm’s previous album, Every Mile Is A Memory, earned the duo a spot as Kerrville New Folk Finalists and Falcon Ridge Emerging Artists (both kind of big deals in the small world of folk music). They combine storytelling, social commentary and humor to create songs of everyday life, local heroes and quirky observations. From ballads to anthems each song is filled with harmony and hope.
The show is part of the Acoustic Music Series presented by Mountain Spirit Coffeehouse and Musicalou Productions.
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