Transatlantic folk duo Sons of Town Hall will be performing at The Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland on February 22nd.
Sons of Town Hall have recently released, “Wild Winds” and announcing the release of their upcoming album, Of Ghosts and Gods, due out March 6, including vinyl.
Known for their bewitching vocal blend and irreverent humor, they first imagined this album nearly a decade ago in a London pub. The result is a richly imaginative work: part folk record, part storytelling adventure that evokes Tom Waits-like lyricism, Everly Brothers-style harmonies, and a Monty Python sense of theatrical humor. “The Rocky Shores of England” is the most stripped-down track on the album, with only their two voices and two old Gibson guitars recorded in the old style around three microphones. It’s a wistful ballad of love lost and lingering regret.
Sunday, February 22nd | 4:00pm and 7:00 pm
Sons Of Town Hall @ The Mansion at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Sons of Town Hall have crafted a fictional world to frame the album. Frontmen David Berkeley and Ben Parker portray Josiah Chester Jones and George Ulysses Brown, two characters traveling the world on a mythical raft. Their Victorian-era outfits and theatrical stage shows turn concerts into immersive performances that combine music, humor, and storytelling. “The costumes, in the end, somehow enable us to be more ourselves,” Parker explains. Berkeley adds, “We are characters in a fiction we’ve dreamed up and re-create with our audiences every night.”
Expanding the album’s universe, the duo has launched the Madmen Cross the Water podcast. Hosted by fictional superfan Elias B. Worthington, an armchair historian, failed musician, and lifelong bachelor, the first season blends witty narration, cinematic production to explore the stories behind each song. Having devoted his adult life to studying Sons of Town Hall, Elias guides listeners across continents and back through time, tracing the trials and triumphs behind the duo’s mythic catalog starting from the 1900s
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