About this event
ConcertNew Date May 19
Mother Country presents The Sign of Jonas in the Green Sanderson Hall at Hugh's Room, 296 Broadview Avenue
Show at 8pm, Doors at 7pm
$25+ in advance, $32+at the door, $20+ student, arts worker, underemployed ticket
Mother Country is here to chronicle the eternal journey home.
Their songs carry the grit of Southern folk, the sweep of Americana, and the reflective depth of someone who’s lived a thousand miles of road. The sound pulls from a wide range of roots: the storytelling of The Band, the cinematic scope of Iron & Wine, the exploratory edge of cosmic country.
The band is founded by Benton Roark, whose songs have been described as “backwoods-choir elegance” (The Georgia Straight) and “an experience of deep and darkling beauty” (The Austin Chronicle). Since leaving his hometown of Atlanta, GA (where early efforts dubbed him “a crafty folk-experimentalist,” Creative Loafing), Roark has called Ohio, NYC, Vancouver, St. John’s, Newfoundland, and Toronto home. He’s been a bandleader for a number of groups, the last of which was Rollaway, whose last two records - Modern Epic and The Return of the Lonesome Coyote Patchwork Pulpit (“tone poems in the style of My Morning Jacket,” Maverick Magazine) set the scene for Mother Country’s inception.