Upstairs @ Smoketown; Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle/Stripmall Ballads; 6pm; $15-20
Playing in the event hall Upstairs at Smoketown, see ticket link. Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle hail from Cincinnati where they have been crafting a sound that is both rooted in tradition and refreshed by modern sensibilities. This four-piece ensemble confronts the raw expanse of American music, and their self-titled album merges the timeless echoes of traditional Americana with the turbulent force of modern rock and folk.
Special guest Phillips Saylor Wisor - aka STRIPMALL BALLADS - is a Maryland-based rollicking musical rambler, rife with story-songs rich in emotion and hardihood. His brand of folk music sings the heartbreaking ballads of old brick buildings, vacant lots, and rustbelt towns. Of third shift papas, flood plains, and long drives through nowhere towns. He’s boots on the ground, guitar across the body, ever observing the ugly mundane mixed with the beautiful chaos of this place we trample upon on the daily.