Faulkner County favorites, Hungrytown (Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson) return to the Faulkner County Library on March 22 at 7:00 PM.
After more than a decade of world-wide touring and three album releases, Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson–otherwise known as the folk duo Hungrytown–have earned a reputation for the quality and authenticity of their songwriting: “It’s great to hear an act eschew sentimentality in favor of honesty and to prove that you don’t have to go raiding the memory of others to find the stuff that really good songs are made of,” writes Jedd Beaudoin of Popmatters.
Lyricist Rebecca Hall is credited with compositions “that sound as timeless as any traditional songs” (Northern Sky, UK) while producer/multi-instrumentalist/husband Ken Anderson is lauded for his “remarkable affinity for instrumental embellishment” (No Depression) and for crafting Hungrytown’s “gorgeous vocal harmonies” (Folk and Roots, UK).
They released their first CD, Hungrytown, in 2008; Any Forgotten Thing in 2011; and Further West in 2015. The couple continue to spend more than half of each year on the road, especially roads in North America, Europe and New Zealand. Hungrytown’s music has received extensive radio airplay worldwide and has appeared on several television shows, including Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, IFC’s Portlandia and Netflix’s Lady Dynamite.
July 16, 2016 / delarue / New York Music Daily:
It might seem absurd that folk noir duo Hungrytown’s latest album Further West – streaming at Bandcamp -made the Best Albums of 2015 page here, yet never got a full writeup. . . . [I]t’s by far their most vivid and intense album, in fact one of the most darkly memorable releases of the past many months.
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Not only is this one of the best albums of 2015, it’s one of the best of the decade, if anybody’s counting.
You can listen to sample of their music here: http://hungrytown.net
For more information, call the library at 501-327-7482 or email nancy@fcl.org
All library events are free and open to the public.
