presented by Liatris Records and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Sunday, May 19 | 7-9pm | $12
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) and Liatris Records proudly present an album release event for Perihelion Day by upup/OVER at MMAM on Sunday, May 19 at 7pm.
Join us for a night of instrumental improvisation by upup/OVER with special guest Liz Draper, in the exquisite gallery MMAM space for a show that will never be performed the same way again.
upup/OVER is a musical alter-ego of Mike Munson (Winona, MN) featuring acoustic, instrumental guitar with an interstellar focus. Perihelion Day is the first release by upup/OVER on the Liatris Records label. Liz Draper is a 2021 American Composers Forum awardee for her solo work which can be described as "classicaldoomfolkjazz."
This album release event will provide an intimate experience of the confluence of visual art and improvised music in an incomparable gallery setting.
Tickets are $12 and available in advance, as well as at the door.
About the Artists
up up/OVER
upup/OVER is a musical alter-ego of Mike Munson (Winona, MN) featuring acoustic, instrumental guitar with an interstellar focus. The space between chords mirrors the miles between earth and sun. upup/OVER allows one to orbit in a fog of romantic meditation, floating between a hopeful future and a comforting past. Observing the fluctuating distance between humankind and the natural world, at times such close companions and at others so far removed.
Liz Draper
Upright bassist Liz Draper has played with everyone from Sub-Pop's Grammy-nominated slowcore band Low to the Balkan folk group Orkestar Bez Ime, Righteous Babe artist Pieta Brown, Grammy Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, and Smithsonian recording artist folk troubadour Charlie Parr. Liz grew up playing jazz and has a degree in classical bass performance. Her improvising led her to Brooklyn's SIM (School for Improvised Music 2003). Liz is a 2019 Giant Steps Fellow (San Francisco). She is a 2021 American Composers Forum awardee for her solo work which can be described as "classicaldoomfolkjazz." Liz is currently touring with 2 time Grammy-nominated songwriter Iris Dement.
Liatris Records
Liatris Records, located in Winona, MN, is a small, slow-growing label which aims to support and enhance regional music and art. Mimicking its namesake from the prairie, Liatris is setting deep roots long before the showy colors emerge.
