Join us for an evening of powerful and passionate music at the Chinese Cowboy in Portland’s Buckman district. Have a late dinner or a drink as you enjoy Maeve Stier’s selection of music from many countries and eras. Following will be Pythias Braswell, joined by cellist Esmé Schwall, offering hard-won songs that balance transcendence and woe; chaos and calm.
Maeve Stier is a singer-accordionist based in Portland, OR. Since returning from their Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning revival of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, they have been bringing their eclectic arrangements of jazz, folk, klezmer, and opera to street corners and stages all over the Pacific Northwest.
https://www.maevestiermusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/maeve_stier/
Pythias Braswell is the musical offering of Michael C. Hays, a poet and composer whose songs are direct, impassioned, austere, haunting and hopeful. His vocals combine the trance-induced, improvised expansions often found in devotional hymns of the world, with the structure and lyrical clarity of a Jazz-era ballad. His guitar work draws from American folk traditions until it reaches the edge and falls off into unknown regions. Originally from Iowa, Hays now lives in Portland, OR.
https://pythiasbraswell.com/songs-from-thy-merciful-teeth