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URL:https://yellowspringsohio.org/events/bill-mackay-and-neutrals/
SUMMARY:Bill MacKay and Neutrals
DESCRIPTION:Bill MacKay is a guitarist\, improviser\, composer\, and singer
  based in Chicago.\n\nAn accomplished collaborator with projects that incl
 ude Katinka Kleijn (Stir\, 2019)\, Nathan Bowles (Keys\, 2021)\, and Ryley
  Walker (SpiderBeetleBee\, 2017)\, MacKay is also a solo artist creating m
 ulti-dimensional works such as Esker (2017)\, Fountain Fire (2019) Scarf (
 2020)\, and Locust Land (2024)\, all released on Drag City Records.\n\nMac
 Kay’s guitar mastery and songwriting were also highlighted by his commis
 sioned score for the short film Flight Logs in 2019 (Chicago Film Archives
 ).\n\nHis book Movie House/Sala de Cine\, released in 2022\, appeared in a
 n English/Spanish edition translated by the author. MacKay is also a poet\
 , visual artist and polyglot\, and is a member of both the avant-garde roc
 k outfit Black Duck (with Douglas McCombs) and the experimental groove-dro
 ne project BCMC (with Cooper Crain).\n\nAmong other publications\, his wor
 k has received praise in the Washington Post\, Chicago Reader\, New York T
 imes\, Mojo\, Uncut\, Downbeat\, Paste\, Pitchfork\, and NPR.\nchael Butle
 r\, Cincinnati experimental ensemble Knee Play\, and Indianapolis-based pr
 oduction company NoExit Performance.\n\nOpening the show is Neutrals\n\nNe
 utrals is a percussion duo based in Dayton\, OH. Formed in 2016 by Evan Mi
 ller and Andrew Seivert\, the duo combines their Rust Belt underground upb
 ringings and classical training into a contemporary ensemble firmly ground
 ed by their Midwestern roots. Equal parts written works and electroacousti
 c improvisation\, Neutrals performs established percussion duo repertoire\
 , drone/noise-based improvised music\, and above all\, commissioned works 
 by living composers. Past and current collaborators include composers Rob 
 Funkhouser\, Nate May\, Hugh Sheehan\, and Brooks Frederickson\, percussio
 nist Aaron Michael Butler\, Cincinnati experimental ensemble Knee Play\, a
 nd Indianapolis-based production company NoExit Performance.\n\nGet Ticket
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CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
LOCATION:The Herndon Gallery\, 1 Morgan Place\, South Hall\, Yellow Springs
 \, OH\, 45387\, United States
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