Josh Harty, Side Pony
North Street Cabaret 610 North St., Madison, Wisconsin 53704
Pete Olson Photography
Josh Harty
Americana.
media release: Josh Harty is making a return to the North Street Cabaret in beautiful Madison Friday, May 13, accompanied by Rusty Lee on keys and Mr. Pauli Ryan on percussion. We’ll be sharing the night with some new friends, Side Pony. From the moment they first sang together, Alice Wallace and Caitlin Cannon knew they had something, they just didn’t know what to call it. The “lovely harmony,” extolled by The Boot after the release of their first single, “Lucky Break,” in April 2021, describes musical kismet that can’t be manufactured or even learned. As artists with vastly different styles and personalities, the pair recognized there was strength in the depth of their differences. A shared love for a heartbreaking hook and punchy turn of phrase led to an album’s worth of co-written songs that deftly straddle the line between class and crass. This demanded they finally put a name to that intangible something between them--they call that thing Side Pony.