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Lauren Hanson

Adrian + Meredith

media release: Seated Show, $10.

Midwest-origin and Nashville-based Folk Punk act Adrian + Meredith have returned to touring their high-energy and entertaining live show, with new songs and an upcoming new album in tow.  Tour dates this June, July and August include US dates in:  Madison WI, Milwaukee WI, Appleton WI, Cross Village MI, Ann Arbor MI, with Pacific NW dates this fall, and European dates in the Winter and Spring.

The duo wrapped up touring in January of 2020, with no foresight to the impact of the upcoming schedule of live-music events, or new music release calendars. “With the time away, we feel more grateful than ever to be able to come back to live stages, and have an opportunity to release new music to our fans.” 

Four years since their debut release, Adrian + Meredith take their fearless, blistering, and Balkan-tinged Americana to new heights on their sophomore record, Bad for Business. Recorded in the living room of their collective mid-century East Nashville houses with bandmates and friends Paul Niehaus (Justin Townes Earle, Calexico), saxophonist Ken Francis Wenzel (Bobby Parker), and banjo player Fats Kaplan (Jack White), Bad For Business is a raucous, rebellious and home-spun variety show. The record’s intimate connection with the recording space and personnel creates the right conditions for Adrian + Meredith to soar sonically and lyrically, as they consider disillusioning times for the country—and the world.

Clearly, the record goes big, highlighting Adrian + Meredith’s confidence in their vision, as well as the influence of their musical mentors, particularly The Legendary Shackshakers’ JD Wilkes and Mark Robinson, the latter of whom produced and mixed the album.

In the end, Bad For Business is the sound of Adrian + Meredith’s front door, propped wide open. The listener is drawn inside by the couple’s warmth, intensity and frankness—and in the end, left with a sense of easy joy and friendship the times have all but forgotten.

All upcoming Release Tourdates are also available at www.adrianplusmeredith.com/shows