Friday, July 15th
9:30 pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St.
(between 4th St. and Astor Place)
$15.00 (Buy Tickets)
Combining the kick and exuberance of youth with the finesse and style of musicians twice their ages, King Wilkie is fast becoming a major force in the Americana/roots music sweepstakes, with a growing reputation for clearwater pickin' and high lonesome singin'--all presented with grace, flair and enough juice to launch one of them rocket ship.
Based in storied Charlottesville, Virginia, King Wilkie is a sextet of young turks (ages 21 to 26) who inject beyond-their-years chops and the knowing interplay of savvy veterans with vibrant, electrifying energy that spikes the punch of the form's time-honored recipes. Taking their name from Bill Monroe's favorite horse, the boys in King Wilkie eschew needless showboating and stylistic tweaking, instead allowing their razor-sharp musicianship, and edgy, passionate harmonies to inject timeless themes of love (won and lost), loneliness, spirituality (and crippling lack thereof) and death with a freshness and energy that's as vital and relevant as any cutting-edge indie rockers could deliver.
