Birdie Fenn Cent / Wil Cope / Barna Howard
10oct9:00 pm11:30 pmBirdie Fenn Cent / Wil Cope / Barna HowardFRIDAY NIGHT | $10 | 9PM
Event Details
https://wilcope.bandcamp.com/ Cope moved to Austin eleven years ago from Nashville (although hailing from Dayton, OH) and has been performing
Event Details
https://wilcope.bandcamp.com/
Cope moved to Austin eleven years ago from Nashville (although hailing from Dayton, OH) and has been performing and recording his own brand of cosmic country / indie folk rock ever since. High and lonesome. Heartbroken. Dark and desert dusted. Restlessness and regret. These are all words that have been used when describing his unique Texas American Voice.
“Low Down gutter tumbled ballads hinging on the singers nasal drawl but there is an ineffable charm and undeniably sharp songwriting buried in the raw no-fi production.”
https://www.mamabirdrecordingco.com/barna-howard
Barna Howard was born and raised in a quintessential Midwest town. His youth in Eureka, Missouri was pure Americana – the sort of childhood that inspired E.T.-era Spielberg – baseball cards in his bicycle spokes, flying freely down Main Street and through neighbors’ backyards.
However, much of Barna’s story is not unique to his hometown, and, like most of small town America, Eureka has lost some of that charm over time. Main Street has changed, kids don’t run around quite so carelessly, and in an almost laughably cruel twist, his childhood home was knocked down in favor of a Walmart parking lot.
After high school, Howard moved north to study animation in one cold and windy city and then east for love in another. Years later, he blindly followed two friends to the Northwest, crossing the Rockies for the first time, in search of inspiration, opportunity and a fresh start.
Barna’s self-titled debut chronicled these moves as he struggled with the contrast between his small town upbringing and these big city wanderings. The album was met with critical acclaim and underground success, partly thanks to an opportunely placed song in the hit indie film, Drinking Buddies. One critic even likened him to some “lost genius of the 60’s.”
The songs on Barna Howard’s second album, Quite A Feelin’, ruminate on his relationship with home. Now entrenched in Portland, Oregon, many of the album’s tracks immortalize and reflect on the Eureka he once knew, while others focus on the relationships that define his new home out west. Small town life has long been celebrated in country and folk music, but Barna’s knack for capturing his own deeply personal nostalgia resonates in a rarely universal way.
Time
October 10, 2025 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Cost
$10