GARDINER — Slaid Cleaves will be performing at Johnson Hall in Gardiner at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 7. All seats are $28. Tickets are available at Johnson Hall’s Box Office from noon to 3 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and Friday and can be had by calling or by visiting their website.
Slaid Cleaves grew up in Maine, lives in Texas, writes songs, makes records, Travels around and tries to be good.
Granted, there’s a whole lot of history and detail that could be shoehorned into that most minimal of bios to flesh out Cleaves’ story. But all that’s really called for, from time to time, is a footnote or two to bring folks up to speed on his latest batch of literate, sepia-toned Americana songcraft.
Slaid Cleaves spins stories with a novelist’s eye and a poet’s heart. Twenty years into his career, the celebrated songwriter’s “Still Fighting the War” spotlights an artist in peak form. Cleaves’ seamless new collection delivers vivid snapshots as wildly cinematic as they are carefully chiseled. Dress William Faulkner with faded jeans and a worn six-string for a good idea. “Slaid’s a craftsman,” says Terri Hendrix, who sings harmony on “Texas Love Song.” “He goes about his songs like a woodworker.”
FMI: 582-7144, www.johnsonhall.org
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