ISAAC ALEXANDER, SILAS CARPENTER, KYLE MAYS
SATURDAY 7/19. White Water Tavern. 8 p.m. $10.
Even if
Isaac Alexander
and
Silas Carpenter
weren’t related, I’d have no problem recommending this show; they’re two of the most tuneful singer-songwriters in Central Arkansas. But the fact that
18-year-old Carpenter
is
scene veteran Alexander
’s nephew makes the business of seeing them play back-to-back all the more meaningful. Despite being separated by decades, the two share so much musical DNA that it’s hard not to walk away convinced that songwriting runs in the family. A night of music featuring both Carpenter and Alexander is something like watching a baton get lovingly passed from one generation to the next. Former Grand Serenade bandleader
Kyle Mays
— whose drawn-out, hangover-brushed vocal delivery conveys an ineffable depth of emotion — rounds out the bill. Get tickets at
whitewatertavern.com
.
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