Via Mardot at The Livery’s 16th Anniversary Party
8:30 pm
August 20, 2021
Via Mardot brings her WYCE Jammie award-winning talents into The Livery to help celebrate our 16th Anniversary on Friday, August 20th with a full-band show!!
8:30pm show | “Honor Cover” ($10 suggested admission)
“Michigan music fans would be hard-pressed to find another band whose official description of its approach includes the phrases “Tarantino soundtrack,” “’60s French ye-ye,” “spaghetti Western,” “noir chamber pop” and “manouche-inspired.”
Via Mardot, a new band project fronted by Holland singer-songwriter Olivia Mainville, embraces all that and more, ensuring that the band stands out from the pack
It also gives Mainville a chance to stretch out beyond what she’s done with her longstanding, well-known indie-folk and gypsy swing band, Olivia & The Aquatic Troupe.
The Via Mardot trio features guitarist-singer Mainville (Olivia & The Aquatic Troupe), bassist Brandon James (Jack & The Bear) and percussionist Adam Schreiber (Jack & The Bear).
“Via Mardot is more inspired by French ye-ye pop (early ’60s pop music from Southern Europe) and spaghetti Western. We’ve also incorporated new musical instruments that we never even thought of playing with in the Aquatic Troupe. I’m also being much more selective and careful of what I subject Via Mardot to,” Mainville said.
On the band’s new self-titled EP, those “new musical instruments” include a toy piano and marxophone, among other things.” – Local Spins
