Ariel Bui Album Release
The East Room
Fri, Oct 14
8:00pm
FULL DESCRIPTION
The list of roles Ariel Bui takes on in her work is impressive; either activism or arts education alone is enough to fill up a life, but she does both and more. Bui is also a singer-songwriter and bandleader, and she returns Oct. 14 with her first album since her self-titled release in 2016. Recorded with stellar producer-engineer Andrija Tokic at The Bomb Shelter, Real & Fantasy is a shape-shifting rock record that features Megan Coleman (who you might have seen with Yola or Jenny Lewis) on drums, “Little Jack” Lawrence on bass, Jo Schornikow on keys and Ellen Angelico on guitars. The record kicks off with the surf-splashed minor-key jam “Sixteen,” which addresses processing trauma and claiming space as a woman in the music business, which remains dominated culturally and economically by men. Hear Bui play it and more tunes from the record and share the stories that inspired them on release night at The East Room. Support comes courtesy of Schornikow — who in addition to her work in Phosphorescent with partner Matthew Houck released her own record Altar this year — and their fellow songsmith Jessica Breanne. Top-notch guitarist and composer (and Scene contributing editor) Jack Silverman and his band round out the bill. 8 p.m. at The East Room, 2412 Gallatin Ave. STEPHEN TRAGESER