BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//360exp//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:360exp REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6822ccf2-3612-4561-8965-2a5ac8f180db@360exp.net SEQUENCE:29842536 DTSTAMP:20260928T035032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260927T233640Z DTSTART:20261111T000000Z DTEND:20261111T040000Z SUMMARY:Aaron Lee Tasjan LOCATION:Songbyrd DESCRIPTION:Aaron Lee Tasjan was experiencing the worst bout of imposter sy ndrome of his career when he sat down and wrote Todd Snider a vulnerable e mail asking for advice. Tasjan\, despite writing and recording some of the most astute Americana rock songs of the last decade and being nominated f or a Grammy\, just didn’t see a future for an independent singer\, songw riter\, and guitarist like himself.\n\nSnider read Tasjan’s email and im mediately replied: “I think I have some ideas. I’ll write you back tom orrow.”\n\nThe next morning\, Tasjan awoke to a signature Todd Snider mi ssive for how to move forward as an artist. It was a novel-length email th at read like the battle plans for the Invasion of Normandy. Do this\, Snid er wrote. Then this. But never that. The specifics don’t matter — besi des\, that’d be giving away the secret — but Tasjan devoured his mento r’s words and took them to heart.\n\nHe began writing feverishly\, unbot hered by expectations and immune to any pressure to match his acclaimed al bums like In the Blazes\, Karma for Cheap\, or his most recent\, 2024’s Stellar Evolution. When he was through\, Tasjan had Get Over It\, Underdog \, his most inspiring LP to date. Produced by Tasjan and his longtime soun d engineer Mark Miller\, the album is a celebration of the power of songwr iting\, the unbreakable bond of friendship\, and the determination of the dark horse.\n\n“I went to the ultimate oasis for a singer\, songwriter\, and troubadour: Todd Snider. And he said\, in very Todd fashion\, ‘You can find your path forward by going backwards\,’” Tasjan says with a l augh. “But he was right. I set aside my ego\, played shows solo without my band\, and wrote a lot of songs. In that process\, I found my confidenc e again.”\n\nTragically\, however\, he lost his mentor. Snider died shor tly after Get Over It\, Underdog\, was finished\, leaving a void in the fo lk-rock scene that will prove nearly impossible to fill. But Tasjan is com mitted to carrying on Snider’s unbridled spirit and lifting up underdogs everywhere.\n\nOver 11 tracks\, Tasjan’s new album kills sacred cows an d pokes holes in the dam\, while leaning hard into the idea of perseveranc e. In the talking-blues of “Science Friction\,” he tells an abridged o rigin story of civilization that culminates with humankind editing itself out of its own picture. “Man made machines/putting man out of business\, ” he sings with a knowing wink. “Lost & Alone\,” meanwhile\, finds h im feeling like a “stranger in this town.” It’s a compact blast of i ndie-rock with a sing-along chorus that underscores Tasjan’s gift for wr iting infectious hooks.\n\n\\*\\*\\*\n\nMadeleine Kelson is a Nashville ba sed Americana artist. She pulls from a rich tradition of Folk\, Country\, and Americana\, challenging its boundaries as a queer artist to represent the modern world. Madeleine spent her high school years in Chicago band\, The Kelson Twins\, playing venues including House of Blues and Thalia Hall \, and landing a top Daytrotter Session with Paste Magazine. She later mov ed to Music City to pursue a solo career. Inspired by artists like Patty G riffin\, Jason Isbell\, andBrandi Carlile\, her dynamic and down-to-earth storytelling and rich vocals are part of why NPR named her one 10 Nashvill e artists on the rise.\n\nOnce in Nashville\, Madeleine won the 2017 Inter national Bluegrass MusicAssociation’s (IBMA) Songwriter Showcase\, and i n 2018 released her acclaimed solo debut Siren\, an introspective five-son g EP with clean\, melodic vocals backed by elegant countermelodies on viol in. Praised by press for its genre-defying\, sparse style and emotional ri chness\, Siren earned Kelson comparisons to both Amos Lee and Gillian Welc h.\n\nIn 2022\, Madeleine released her debut\, self-produced album\, While I Was Away\, on Olivia Records. Since its release she has gained praise f rom No Depression\, been featured multiple times in NPR\, and was a finali st in the prestigious Kerrville New Folk songwriting competition. Her quee r country anthem\, The Way I Do\, became a viral TikTok hit with over 1.7 million views. Madeleine has been featured on Spotify editorial playlists including Queer as Folk\, Emerging Americana\, and Fresh Finds Folk. Her n ew EP\, Where the Spirit Meets the Muscle\, was released in February 2024. \n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/event/eomkxd-aaron-lee-tasjan-10th-nov-songby rd-washington-dc-tickets URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/6822ccf2-3612-4561-8965-2a5ac8f180d b STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR