Festivals are back! We’re thrilled to be performing a duo set at one of our favorite ones around — Red Wing Roots! A stellar line-up this year with The Mavericks, Sarah Jarosz, Hiss Golden Messenger, Cactus Blossoms, Anna Tivel, Son Little, & more. See you Friday, July 9!
Saturday day passes are already sold out, so don’t wait too long. Tickets available here.
Read MoreWe’ve known Joe Pug for over a decade, have toured together, slept on each other’s floors, gotten to know each other’s families, and talked shop about the ins and outs of making a life in music over the years. He’s got a brilliant podcast (The Working Songwriter) and has created a much-needed space for artists to dig into the nitty gritty of building a career and craft. David sat down recently with Joe as a guest on the podcast and delved into the early Boston roots of the band, opening for The Avett Brothers, winning a slot to perform at the Newport Folk Festival, and the newest chapter of home recording.
Read MoreWoohoo!!! With your incredible generosity we’ve made it to 89% of the goal for our music studio! Thank you THANK YOU to the 434 of you— we will keep you posted as the actual barn is built starting next week!
Follow our progress at
davidwaxmuseum.com/barnraising
And PS...Please reach out if you’re in the C’ville area and can lend a hand. Work parties start tomorrow!
Read MoreWe’re at 44% of our goal for our music studio fundraising campaign that ends this Sunday, May 16! Are you able to chip in today?
If you haven’t heard, we’ve been given an extraordinary matching gift of $50,000 to help build our dream studio in our backyard. We are still pinching ourselves that it is really happening!
If you are able to contribute or just want to see the gorgeous plans (designed by @geobarns) head here: www.davidwaxmuseum.com/barnraising. All contributions will be doubled by this wonderful donor. We are so grateful for the chance to finally have our own space to make music in.
Friends, we're at 33% of our fundraising goal so we're playing all week long to propel us across the barn raising finish line!
We’ve got an ambitious goal of raising $33,500 more by May 16 to make this studio barn a reality. But that number will be doubled since we’ve been offered a once-in-a-lifetime matching gift of $50K. So now is the moment.
TONIGHT, MAY 4 - EUPHORIC OUROBORIC ALBUM RELEASE
WED, MAY 5 - CINCO DE MAYO
FRI, MAY 7 - SUZ NIGHT!!!
SAT, MAY 8 - LIVE SHOW AT FESTY + LIVE STREAM - Tickets
What a pleasure to be a guest on the Wheels Off podcast with Rhett Miller of Old 97's! It’s hard to think of an artist who has done more for our career than the amazing and big-hearted Rhett Miller. I was a huge fan as a kid and then got a chance to open up for Rhett at the Narrows Center for the Arts back in 2010. It was the beginning of a beautiful mentorship and friendship. Listen now to our conversation wherever you get your podcast fix.
Read MoreDavid was pleased to be a guest on the Live From Banjo podcast. It’s a two-part, extended interview, & the first part is now available. Lots of topics conversation in the first part of the interview: photo shoots, our song on Firefly Lane, bike accidents, the Guesthouse music video, exercise routines, the making of “Real de Catorce,” the joys of home recording, stage personas, & the back story behind “Love Comes Around,” Hope you enjoy it!
Read MoreThanks to NPR Music / All Songs Considered for including our new album Euphoric Ouroboric as a notable release for April 16 and featuring “Juniper Jones” on their New Music Friday Playlist. Honored to be included!
Read MoreOur new album Euphoric Ouroboric drops today!
This record came together so naturally that it’s wild to look back now and see what a creative catalyst it has become in our artistic lives. Going in, I had never really recorded Suz or myself and hadn’t been drawn to that side of music making. But when our tour schedule vanished last March, I realized what a unique opportunity it was to unexpectedly have the time and space to dig into the world of home recording. I buckled down, borrowed some microphones from a neighbor (thanks, Jesse Fiske!), watched hours of online tutorials, and started sending demos to producer Alec Spiegelman. And ever so slowly and gently, this record began to take shape. Stream it, share it, or find it on bandcamp or our website—we hope you enjoy it!
Read MoreIt’s the golden age of podcasts, and we’re jumping in deep this month. First up, David sat down with folk music maven Cindy Howes for her fantastic Basic Folk podcast, out now on American Songwriter. An in-depth hourlong conversation that touches on his Missouri upbringing, his time at Harvard, his Mexico sojourn, meeting Suz (@tourmamasuz), the new album Euphoric Ouroboric, & his optimism about being a musician in this strange cultural moment.
Read MoreJust over a year ago we had the incredible fortune of meeting a wonderful fan of ours who has changed our life. He is the founder of Geobarns, and he has generously offered to help us build a music studio in our backyard through the charitable fund Geobarns Virginia, Share It Forward.
In addition to designing this gorgeous structure, this fund will match every dollar we raise from our community up to $50,000 to finance this dream. (Yes, we are pinching ourselves!).
Can you contribute to making this dream a reality?
Read more about the project here.
Read MoreProduced by our longtime collaborator Alec Spiegelman, this indie folk extravaganza was such a joy to make — definitely one of unexpected silver linings of this year off the road.
Huge thanks to the Patreon community for making this record possible — the songs are up there now if you’d like a sneak peek!
Featuring musical magic from John Hadfield, Philip Mayer, Danilo Henriquez, Philip Mayer, Anthony da Costa, Emily Hope Price, & Jordan Wax.
Artwork by Nellie Rose!
Today we’re releasing “Juniper Jones,” the third single from our forthcoming album Euphoric Ouroboric. We’re thrilled to share it with you.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or Bandcamp.
And here’s a Spotify playlist, featuring the new singles, deep cuts, & our favorite listens of the past year.
Read MoreMark your calendars for May 8, 2021! It's our first in-person show of the year...back at FESTY (at Chisholm Vineyards). A beautiful, socially-distanced concert for all those of you who live within driving distance of Charlottesville. Plus, we'll be celebrating the release of Euphoric Ouroboric with special guest producer/multi-instrumentalist Alec Spiegelman.
Tickets on-sale Thursday, April 1 also at 12:00pm Noon ET.
Read MoreAnother brand new single “Helen, Can You Forgive Me?” is out in the world today. It’s my personal favorite from the forthcoming record, masterfully produced by our dear friend Alec Spiegelman. Lots of musical magic on this one from Anthony da Costa and Philip Mayer. It’s one of those songs that makes me so psyched for live shows to come back around, when we can all sing this chorus together in a sweaty nightclub.
Listen or purchase here:
Spotify, Apple Music, or Bandcamp
And here’s a new playlist of these new singles, some deep cuts, and our favorite songs of the past year.
Read MoreOur new single “Love Comes Around” is out everywhere today! A tender, stripped-down ballad recorded in our attic studio on a rainy evening, beautifully adorned by Emily Hope Price's cello, Suz's vocals and the magic of producer Alec Spiegelman. Thank you for listening and sharing!
Enjoy on Spotify, Apple Music, or Bandcamp!
Also, David has made a beautiful playlist of "Love Comes Around” and other chill songs of ours to help ease you through these winter weeks.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce that our song “Big Sur” is featured in the new Netflix series Firefly Lane, starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke. Thanks so much to showrunner Maggie Friedman for bringing our music in for the big marriage scene in Episode #8. Honored to be included in such a great soundtrack.
Read MoreWe just got the final mixes for Suz's new album, and we can't wait to share them with you. So...how about this weekend over Zoom? For Patreon supporters, we’ll be hosting a special event on Sunday, January 31 at 9 PM ET, a conversation with producer Anthony da Costa and a sneak peek of the new record.
Grab a nice pair of headphones (if you have them) because we're going to be sharing the audio over Zoom and want you to hear the richness and depth of these tracks.
Also, to get you pumped for her new album, it's SUZ NIGHT on tonight's live stream. We hope to see you tonight on YouTube or Facebook!
Read MoreToday we release a brand new song on Patreon -- a tender ballad called "Love Comes Around" with David's finger-picked huapanguera and gorgeous string and woodwind sections. This song is from our forthcoming album, all of which will be released on Patreon in the upcoming weeks.
Read MoreThe song rollout of the new album continues on Patreon.
We just posted song #2 from our forthcoming album Euphoric Ouroboric -- an exclusive release just for the Patreon community! For just $3/month, you can be part of this community, get the first listen to our new material, and learn about the backstory behind the songs. After the chilled out vibe of "Every Bit of Love" Suz said I should share something catchy and upbeat, and so we present to you "Pattern of Mind." This tropicália channeling of Talking Heads is a meditation on quarantine and thinking, loosely inspired by Buddhism, Westworld and Byron Katie.
Single artwork by Nellie Rose
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