![]() ![]() At least 10 days* have passed since symptom onset Persons with COVID-19 who have symptoms and were directed to care for themselves at home may discontinue isolation under the following conditions: The health and safety of our students and teachers is our main priority, so we will be adhering to the following guidelines, which have been pulled directly from the CDC website: We hope you are all settling into your fall schedules and having a good start to the school year! As we monitor the developing COVID-19 situation, we want to lay out a clear protocol for how we will be handling exposure going forward. Though this wasn’t by design, the ensemble is made up of all women, and will only be open to female musicians. Please reach out to the front desk if you are interested in joining. With that said, the Acoustic Ensemble is looking to add a new bass player and possibly another instrument. It was a bittersweet occasion, though, as the show was a farewell to our bass player, Laura, who is moving to California. The group played on the back patio of Red’s Beer Garden in Grant Park. The lineup of the Acoustic Ensemble two guitars, bass, and banjo and all four members sing! Each member was featured throughout the performance and they were well-received by the crowd. After a long hiatus, we started rehearsing again when Guitar Shed re-opened this May, and began working up a set of seven songs ranging from Dolly Parton to Fleetwood Mac. Roll down the windows and turn up the volume.Last Wednesday, our Acoustic Ensemble played their first show ever and did an incredible job! We formed the ensemble in January of 2020, and had only a few weeks of practice before we transferred to a virtual operation in March. There is nothing wrong with coasting for a little bit, especially with tunes like these. “No hourglass to hold my hand / Someday it might stay like we fixed it / If we coast for a little bit.” It’s 2021, and the world is starting to get back to normal slowly. “No holes left in the plan,” Cook-Wilson croons. Heavy stuff, but those falsetto “shoooo” moments help break whatever tension the lyrics may bring.Īnd when the chorus crashes down with irresistible chord changes, it creates a unique, timeless buzz. It’s a soulful evocation from the age of COVID and what he describes in the press release as “the feeling of coming to a constructive conclusion about yourself and maintaining empathy for the people in the midst of a thick fog of contradictory emotions”. Still, a unique aspect of “Coast” is Cook-Wilson’s low-key vocal delivery. Coast by The Dark Shed Coast by The Dark Shed The hazy dream-pop of that single balances nicely with the brand new, more upbeat yet subtle “Coast”, which bops along with stuttering percussion – undoubtedly influenced by Cook-Wilson’s COVID-era obsession with contemporary Afrobeat artists – as well as lush layers of keyboards, thick slabs of bass, and beautifully understated guitar work. Coming from the musical minds of Winston Cook-Wilson and Ryan Weiner, recording as the Dark Shed, the song - premiering today on PopMatters – accomplishes that distinctive feel, with helpings of sophisticated art-pop and a multilayered arrangement.Ĭook-Wilson, known for his solo work (under the moniker Winston C.W.) as well as his quartet Office Culture, teamed up with deft multi-instrumentalist Ryan Weiner (Not Person, Tiny Hazard) for the first Dark Shed single, “No Need”, released last September. In a perfect world, “Coast” would be this summer’s unstoppable single, something you hear blasting out of Bluetooth speakers on a sun-kissed beach towel or cranking out of a car stereo while the car’s occupants sway helplessly to the beat. ![]()
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