ASSEMBLY LISTENING SESSIONS
Brought to you by Guayaki Yerba Mate & New Belgium Brewing
The Assembly Sessions are a series of intimate musical performances curated by our Assembly family and hosted in the heart of Ballard.
We launched this series with the idea of creating more light touch ways for our community to gather and engage and share our common love for music. Supporting artists in our community we are formatting this in a residency-style gig and platform to share each of their stories, music and more. Just off of Market Street, these sessions give listeners a one-of-a-kind experience in a cozy environment with a limited head count, time to visit with the artist, music of course, a Q&A and access to merchandise and more..
What to Expect:
An intimate setting with a cap on headcount
Unique musical experiences & opportunity to talk to the artists
Adult Beverages, light snacks
Specialty Cocktails featuring Guayaki Yerba Mate
JUNE 29TH, 2024 | DUO FEAT. SAINT JOHN & RACHEL GARDNER
Saint John’s music career has gone from hitchhiking and performing in the streets of Europe to opening shows for national touring acts and recording with Peter Buck of R.E.M. From 2014-2020 he performed over 1200 shows throughout the Pacific Northwest, had some songs played on local radio stations, endorsed a PA System from Mackie and was featured in Performer Magazine, was chosen to endorse Reunion Blues music gear, has a beer named after one of his songs (Kumbaya Supernova IPA!), and isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
Rachel has been performing with Saint John across the Pacific Northwest. Not just a bassist, Rachel plays the ukulele and performs, also owns a record shop in Edmonds called Musicology Co, and is an entrepreneur and fierce supportor of the arts (and her kiddos) and getting into the outdoors. Come out on 6/29 to meet these two and to and to check out their set!
RESERVE YOUR SEAT
Assembly is committed to supporting Seattle music and all net proceeds will go back to the artists or building more events and opportunities to give them a platform for creating a living at music! When you RSVP we invite you to chose your level of support for this programming!
Doors at 5p, Music Starts at 6p
RSVP
Limited Availability @ The Door
PAST SESSION | CUMULUS
Cumulus is the creative outlet for musician Alexandra Lockhart, who’s past two albums have won wide ranging praise from the likes of Stereogum, Interview, Consequence, PASTE, KEXP, Brooklyn Vegan, Seattle Weekly, The Stranger, and NPR Music’s All Songs Considered who lauded the “straight ahead pop” found on her most recent album Comfort World. In tandem with the album announcement, Cumulus is also sharing the new single “Sunbeam,” a warm and inviting blanket of lush guitar tones that builds into a bombastic and bittersweet observance of the obstacles we can put ourselves through when we don’t feel fully deserving of love. It’s a mourning of the time wasted dwelling on the past, with an appreciation of how beautiful it is to be fully vulnerable and open to another human.
Her latest album Something Brighter sees Alexandra a world away from the creative burnout she felt at the end of 2019. At the time, she had just wrapped up what would be the final leg of touring in support of the sophomore album Comfort World, and found herself questioning what might come next.
Find Cumulus online www.cumulussongs.com on Instagram >> or on Spotify >>
PAST SESSION | JESSIE THORENSON
Jessie Thoreson is an upbeat, folk-rock singer/songwriter from Seattle, Washington inspired by songwriters including Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell, and Madison Cunningham. Her lyrics often speak to the musical inspiration that comes from being surrounded by, and in relationship with, wild places.
Find Jessie on Instagram >> or on Spotify >>
PAST SESSION | BUNNY WEST
Brianna Rettig (AKA Bunny West) and Jason Kanakis have been working together since 2010 in Los Angeles. As a touring musician and a musical director, Jason has worked with many artists including Sara Bareilles, Joshua Radin, Brett Dennen, K.T Tunstall, Ingrid Michaelson, Cary Brothers, Angel Taylor, and Imogen Heap. Jason's work has been featured in films such as Garden State, The Last Kiss, and Easy A. Brianna and Jason met in Los Angeles while making the rounds playing shows at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. They joined up and began doing weekly residencies at the old Piano Bar with a rotating group of incredibly talented musicians. Occasionally they peppered in some secret Sunday shows curated by KCRW’s Aaron Byrd, nestled at the top of the Petite Ermitage, and to keep things well rounded, they added in Tuesday nights in skid row at The Escondite. Often playing upwards up eight shows a month for three years, these two could finish each other’s sentences when it came to music.
In 2015 the music took a pause when Brianna moved to Seattle. She took on the re opening of music venue, Chop Suey, with her two business partners Erin Carnes and Brian Traynam. Then welcomed her son, Vance, to the world in 2018. She went back to school and has since opened an Early Education Montessori school devoting her life to her son and the education of children. A serial creative entrepreneur, Brianna has been waiting for the right time to come back to music. Luckily Kanakis was open for weekend Seattle trip and a reunion. This will be the first time they have played together in 9 years, and there is a lot to talk about.
PAST ARTIST | LAST RESORT
Last Resort is a Seattle-based indie pop band, and we're here to rock your world (kinda; our songs are pretty chill, actually, tbh). We're stoked to play at Assembly Listening sessions for our first-ever show of 2024 and our first acoustic show! If you like to be sad but listen to happy-sounding music, damn, this band might be for you. Last Resort is ⛵ @colemans_lastresort 🎤 @am.i.mojojojo 🎸 @2.0pal 🥁 @austin.aga
PAST SESSION | DECEMBER
SADIE AVA
Born and raised in Seattle, Sadie now based in Portland is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her songwriting is drawn from her life, or the world around her — which means her songs are mostly about heartbreak, climate change, or both. She’s influenced by punk rock and R&B but also draws from Americana and jazz.
In 2014 she self-released The Way We Are, a record about falling in love with her now wife. Sadie is the front-woman of Sundries, a Northwest rock band that has shared the stage with acts like Thunderpussy, Young The Giant, and Deerhunter.
LEAH JULIUS
Leah grew up in the PNW inspired and influenced by the best parts of what has drawn us all to the home of some of the most iconic musicians, a vibrant music and art scene and some of the most jaw draw dropping scenery this planet has to offer. Not just a musician she also shares the limelight as a Labor Analyst. She and Sadie share a stage in Sundries, described as “a rock and roll band for break ups and triumphs”, as well global sensation Thunderpussy, an American rock band formed here in Seattle in 2014.
Check out Leah’s Projects
PAST SESSION | NOVEMBER
LUKE FRANCIS
Singer-songwriter Luke Francis has performed sold-out Seattle shows at venues such as Conor Byrne, Fremont Abbey and played on Seattle stages such as the Triple Door, Crocodile, and Tractor Tavern, and opened for artists such as Amythyst Kiah, Dylan LeBlanc, Field Guide, Jack van Cleaf, and Levi Gillis of The Dip. He began work on his debut solo record which was cut this past summer and is now releasing it out into the world.
THE BRUDI BROTHERS
This bluesy folk rock band hailing from Seattle is composed primarily of brothers George, Conrad, & Johannes. Featuring soulful Americana tunes you’ll find yourself in a lovely trance. You’ll notice a little experimentation with folk, blues, country and even some pscyh rock. For those who know their music, note that this will be a stripped down performance!
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