Native Sons & Daughters Attic Series Presents: Raven and The Wren

Pricing: $12.50 General Admission (+2.50 Ticketing Fee)

Join us in The Attic of The State Theatre as we celebrate local musicians with our Native Sons & Daughters Series!

Raven and the Wren formed amid a struggling but vibrant original music scene in early 2015, in a place nicknamed Happy Valley, where cloudy days and rainfall rival Seattle. While honing her vocal and songwriting skills in local basement pubs, Natty Lou also began putting the band together, gradually bringing in the rest of Raven and the Wren, to her regular Tuesday night gig.  Jason “Junior” Tutwiler and Chris Rattie had landed back in town after touring the US for a few years and working with producer Don Was in their former band, The Rustlanders.  Bob Hart moved to central PA from Brooklyn, where he continues to be part of the Indie and Jazz scenes, playing with artists such as Clare and The Reasons, Kat Edmonson, and Van Dyke Parks. The buzz was almost immediate after their first show together and those otherwise quiet Tuesday nights started to become something not to be missed. Talk of making a record began on the band’s set break while they shared a cigarette.  They had been playing together for about an hour, but the chemistry was obvious. Work on what would become Friend of Failure started just a few weeks later.  Influenced by the songwriting of artists like Lucinda Williams and Townes Van Zandt, Friend of Failure offers a modern take on the themes and sound of classic American roots music.