Jamie Drake with Midnight Society LIVE at lille aeske arthouse
Thursday, Feb 12th at 8 PM
Tickets $25 advance | $30 at the door
Music | Art | Wine | Food
Show at 8 PM / Doors at 7 PM
Jamie Drake:
One of LA's best-kept musical songwriting secrets for over a decade -- collaborating with the likes of Sondre Lerche, Jim James, Moby, Sarah and Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek), and Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco) – Jamie Drake moved to the front of the stage with the 2019 release of her debut album Everything’s Fine (AntiFragile Music). The album, peppered with indie-folk-pop stylings wrapped in lush orchestrations, drew critical praise from around the world.
On New Girl, the sophomore album coming from Drake, her love for early 1970s Laurel Canyon folk unexpectedly meets Rio de Janeiro. Across the LP’s 11 tracks, the listener finds a raw and emotionally brave follow up that once again displays her ability to evolve as a dynamic artist. New Girl’s bossa influence came as a surprise - inspired by Getz/Gilberto '76, the live album by Stan Getz and João Gilberto, which Jamie discovered for the first time in 2020 while living in upper Ojai, California. “I listened to it every day while riding my bike around Meiners Oaks with my dog Moxie and a JBL speaker in the basket. I knew those songs had gotten into my marrow when I met and wrote ‘It’s A New Life’ with (producer) Rich Jacques as it’s the first song I’ve ever written with a bossa feeling to it. I knew I would make my next album with him after that. The feeling of that song was the world I wanted to keep living in musically.”
About Midnight Society:
The Midnight Society is comprised of Sarah Zae Deranleau on lead vocals and keyboards and Josh Hanson on guitar and backing vocals. The duo performs both original music and covers of top 40 hits spanning decades. The pair are fans of virtually all music so their performances have been known to include anything from the romantic crooning of 1959’s “Sleepwalk” to the boisterous, hard hitting “Rebel Yell” from 1983, with original music in the mix for good measure. In other words, nothing is off limits. While no strangers to Lille Aeske, Sarah and Josh are ecstatic to play their first official show in this space.
Don't miss this opportunity to see Jamie and the Midnight Society perform in our gallery.
