MUSIC | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 | 7:30 PM (Doors at 6:30) | $22–$27

AMP Concerts presents Hayden Pedigo
With Jens Kuross

AMP Concerts is bringing Hayden Pedigo with Jens Kuross to FUSION | The Cell on Wednesday, October 22, at 7:30 PM (Doors at 6:30 PM).

Hayden Pedigo: man, myth, master of disguise; un-picker, finger-picker, absurdist, perfectionist. An innovator of the instrumental genre, challenger of the stereotypical, son of a truck-stop preacher. His new album, I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away, is, Hayden reflects, not a straightforward solo guitar record, but in a sense "a micro-dose psychedelic album." Unafraid to push the parameters of American primitive, the walls of the album's world are fuzzed-up and glimmering. Pedigo's trademark, highly skilled guitar compositions, more intricate than ever, are augmented by influences he's never been able to achieve on previous records, drawing strongly from the uncanny psychedelia of larger-than-life culture in the American South, so often bigger, stranger, more unnerving than fiction. Throughout I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away, moments of genre-defying, unapologetic exuberance are carefully balanced with delicacy and intricacy.

The music of Jens Kuross occupies a rare space in the world with his particular way of melding evocative lyrics and dreamy arrangements with introspective, yet sublime songwriting. In the last few years, the multi-talented singer-songwriter has released a string of hypnotic releases, most recently his EP Everything is Poisonous.

Tickets cost $22 in advance, $27 day of show (including service charges). Tickets are available at AMPconcerts.org. They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251.

Quality bar service provided by Safe House Distilling Co. and Teller Genuine Vodka.