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Ian McGregor told us about his vision in 2018. Five years later, his combination deli-venue opens this week
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Ian McGregor told us about his vision in 2018. Five years later, his combination deli-venue opens this week
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“Art and careers need rooms where they can grow and Atwood's provided that for so many amazing artists.”
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“It’s a little bit of a bigger brother to the stuff that we’ve done in the past.”
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“It’s all about our lives, the stuff that I do, there’s music themes, there’s exploring music topics and things like that that I’ve seen done before and I always wanted that to exist.”
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“We wanted to work with people we were already friends with … and we wanted to make sure they understood the ethos”
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“It was the most fun I ever had making a record because I’m basically a more independent artist now.”
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“The idea was just more of leaning into these modular synth ideas and these sort of minimalist inspired dance tracks.”
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“We take a lot from a bunch of different genres of music and add them into our own arrangements while writing songs that aren’t straight bluegrass.”
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“I think it’s always kind of like us wanting to make something new but we also want it to be in the vein and spirit of the band, we don’t want to alienate anybody from record to record.”
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“I had goals of having … lyrics that spoke to my perspective as a woman in this society while expressing something that felt really honest and relatable”
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From Cousin Stizz to Cave In, it was an outstanding year
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“I always say that the organ chose me because I never even considered that instrument and just out of the blue I sat down at it and I could play it.”
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“[The album] becoming more dancey was an organic reaction to us feeling like we were missing that element of our lives.”
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“I really love the way we construct our set, the way that we play through the set and the way we engage the fans while we’re playing.”
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“I kind of like to have a live show be a little bit of honesty, a couple mistakes because I’m human, and have it ramp you up and drop you on your ass a couple times.”
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“This thing just grew legs, grew wings, and became its own entity and now it’s a coast-to-coast tour that’s been growing every year.”
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“It’s going to be fun to really try to shape a collection of songs into one kind of theme, we’ve been tinkering pretty hard.”
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“We’re all transplants, so we try to be culture-bearers but it’s a delicate thing. We want to be extremely respectful.”
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“Music can hit you in a variety of different ways, but for us what matters the most is that it makes a connection. You can acknowledge the emotion behind it and it’ll resonate with you without lyrics.”
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“It feels like this is what you’re supposed to be doing and in a way it feels like the universe wanted me to do this and it sent me a message to tell me that I was on the right path the whole time.”
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“The longevity brings a certain kind of feeling with some people that you don’t have about yourself because you don’t take yourself seriously.”
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“I like rock as an escape … music is at its best when it’s uplifting and takes you to a good place.”
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“Listen to our first album and then listen to our latest one and the difference is immense. I’m not just talking about production either; the style of music, the way we played, and even the scales we used are different.”
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“I’ve kind of joked that it’s my Gone With The Wind record but in some ways it is more cinematic because of the scope and the feel that the strings bring in.”
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"That amount of touring along with playing the songs so much really gave the rest of the band an idea of what kind of music we actually wanted to create."
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“The reciprocity of that relationship is something so purely American; to throw a coin to a fiddler is something that’s in our DNA.”
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“We love it, we’re very grateful, and we give everything we have every night.”
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“I think all the songs are blues tunes but there’s definitely influences that are outside of just Chicago blues that made their way into the music.”
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“It sounds very exciting and I think it’s some of the best stuff we’ve ever done”
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“I love standing before the ocean, being reminded of the vastness and the way that the land dissolves into the ocean. It’s very compelling and magnetic for me”