Lina Tullgren, Zach Phillips & Ruth Garbus — live event
Free Cell begins in isolation. Lina Tullgren’s guitar picks a delicate, slow-moving melody out of silence. Sweeping strings and brass echo out to some far-away horizon. In this moment, on the title track of Tullgren’s second album, they sound like the only person left in the universe. Fittingly, Free Cell is named after a game of solitaire. Tullgren (who uses gender neutral pronouns) played the game compulsively while on tour for their first album, 2017’s Won: “Unlike normal solitaire, Free Cell can always be won,” Tullgren explains. “It’s all about organization.” Free Cell, the album, stems from that same quest for order; writing the songs became a way of sorting through emotions before moving on. Every game of solitaire is played alone — and at the end, there’s always a moment when everything snaps into place. That shift from chaos into clarity is at the heart of Free Cell. Many of its songs were initially written between tours while Tullgren was living in their parents’ house in New England—sans car, alone most of the day, and sleeping in their little sister’s trundle bed. As the album materialized, Tullgren’s world took focus as they made their way from New England to Queens to be closer to their musical community.Zach Phillips is a songwriter living in New York. He co-leads the bands Fievel Is Glauque, Blanche Blanche Blanche, Perfect Angels and Martyr Group and used to run the label OSR Tapes. He’ll be playing a unique Owl set on piano, accompanied by Mustafa Khaliq Ahmed (percussion), Lindsay Dobbs (singing), and André Sacalxot (alto saxophone & flute). Zach Phillips is a songwriter living in New York. He co-leads the bands Fievel Is Glauque, Blanche Blanche Blanche, Perfect Angels and Martyr Group and used to run the label OSR Tapes. He’ll be playing a unique Owl set on piano, accompanied by Mustafa Khaliq Ahmed (percussion), Lindsay Dobbs (singing), and André Sacalxot (alto saxophone & flute). Ruth Garbus (she or they pronouns, b. 1981) is a musician living in Brattleboro, VT. Primarily a songwriter and vocalist, Ruth has released numerous solo albums, EP's, and singles. She is also a member of the groups Earth Flower and Gloyd.
Starts: 2023-12-01T20:00:21Z
Ends: 2023-12-01T22:00:21Z
Where: 497 Rogers Avenue, New York 11225, United States
Price: $15.0