Bill and the Belles

Bill and the Belles | Thursday, April 20, 7 p.m. | Doors open at 6 p.m.*

Tickets: $18 members; $20 not-yet-members; $10 students (13+)

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Bill and the Belles is a Johnson City, Tenn.-based band known for combining a stringband format with their signature harmonies, candid songwriting, and pop sensibilities.

Their delightfully deadpan new album, “Happy Again”, is full of life, humor and tongue-in-cheek explorations of love and loss.

Bill and the Belles is Kris Truelsen on guitar, fiddler Kalia Yeagle, banjo/banjo-uke player Aidan VanSuetendael, and bassist Andrew Small. The group has a knack for saying sad things with a bit of a smirk, and anyone who’s been to one of their shows can attest that you leave feeling lighter and refreshed.

This is a band that revels in the in-between: deeply engaged with the stringband tradition and eager to stretch those influences to a contemporary setting. A timeless place where Jimmie Rodgers and Phil Spector can overlap, and a driving fiddle and banjo tune makes way for a sentimental parlor song.

And while Bill and the Belles’ latest chapter offers a bigger, moodier, and more decade-ambiguous sound, they maintain their status as the most refreshing stringband around.

Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues

**The Kumquat Kitchen will be open for dinner. Beverages and snacks will also be available for purchase. No outside food or drinks, please.