Luray Winterpills (Los Angeles, CA)

Luray Winterpills

This event is all ages Luray Web siteFacebook Twitter Buy Music Watch Listen Links Shannon Carey the woman behind Luray is a banjo player singer and songwriter but the music she s created for her debut album The Wilder moves the banjo into uncharted territory. The long melodic banjo lines she creates to embroider her songs have the feel of a rock guitar while the rhythmic layers she adds to the music by strumming and fingerpicking bring in elements of folk and country creating a sound that s both traditional and futuristic. You could call it ambient folk or electrograss but the sound doesn t fit easily into established categories. With the help of her brother Sean (S. Carey of Bon Iver) she s produced an album that confounds expectations with its ambient cinematic sweep. ...