The Westerlies at Public Records
The Westerlies: Paradise Album Release Show at Public Records
June 11, 7PM. $30.90
The Westerlies are a quartet of brass players who bring their classical training to bear on a wide assortment of American music. Their new album, out on Friday, June 13 will be called Paradise and is built around the 18th and 19th century style of singing known as shape note. Shape note hymns were written with circles, triangles, diamonds and the like so that an untutored congregation could sing along, and their open, rough-hewn sound can still be heard in parts of Appalachia and pockets of New England. The Westerlies' version of “Fight On,” a contemporary sentiment but a mid-19th century song, is from their new album, Paradise. The band's record release show is on June 11 at Public Records.
