MOSAIC Presents Ben Roth, Like Wild and Stonewall Vessels

MOSAIC’s June 10 event will be the sort of night that people will remember for a long time to come. The intimate space is a new one for Mosaic, and the lineup features the finest songwriters Lancaster has to offer. Those who were there will say “remember that night?” and those who weren’t will shake their heads and know they missed something special. Don’t be an after the fact head shaker.

Ben Roth’s meticulously crafted brand of rock and roll is sweet, but not syrupy, sad but not depressing, sincere but not overwrought. After leaving a short lived phenomenon known as Perkasie, one of the finest and most electrifying bands that Lancaster has ever seen, Ben went his own way and followed his own muse. The result is power-pop with monstrous hooks, littered with moments of arresting intimacy and tasteful guitar heroics.

Like Wild - Somewhere in the last decade roots and Americana music crept into the record collections and hearts of a host of indie-rockers. As a result a new crop is rising of artists whose music nods to the lackadaisical and literate shuffle of bands like Pavement. Added to this is a perhaps less cynical – though no less honest – disposition and strains of twangy rural Americana. Pat Hatt and Like Wild exemplify this fresh and sincere new brand of indie-rock speaking to a new generation. Like Wild will be celebrating the release of their album, Carry On.

Stonewall Vessels will set the tone for the evening with their earnest indie-rock that recalls a time when “indie-rock” actually described a genre of music as opposed to a broad swath of barely connected strands. Their slightly intoxicated rhythms and spacey guitars hearken back to college radio circa 1994, to artists like Sebadoh, Modest Mouse, and Built to Spill who willfully defied the slickness of that era’s pop music. Well there is still plenty of insincere slickness to defy, so welcome the Stonewall Vessels to the stage.

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Mosaic Presents Hoots and Hellmouth, The Stray Birds and Mike McMonagle

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MOSAIC has had the privilege of hosting the cream of the crop, the very finest of local and regional talent over the last year at the Fulton Elementary Theater. As MOSAIC bids farewell to the theater, we begin a new chapter not only with a bang, but with a rip roaring, foot-stomping party. Strap on your stomping shoes and join us as we welcome the exploding national phenomenon known as Hoots and Hellmouth.

Hoots and Hellmouth embody a number of traditions on their thoughtful recordings and in their rousing live performances. H & H seamlessly weave sinuous soul-inflected vocals with a raw assault of banjos and guitar picking. NPR describes this combination by saying it is “…as cathartic as it is comforting.” No matter how many historical and or groundbreaking musical strands the band draws on, the concoction always sounds like no one else but Hoots and Hellmouth.

It has been called “forward-thinking roots and soul,” “…laid-back bluegrass…with enough grit to make it worthy of the ‘Hellmouth’ name (NPR),” “…what The Carter Family had in mind when they pondered the fate of the country music genre they created.

MOSAIC is carving a niche in Lancaster for evenings that are more than a lineup of musicians. In keeping with this tradition, June 9th will be a carefully and thoughtfully orchestrated evening. So, Hoots and Hellmouth may be the main course or the capstone, but two unmissable artists will be joining them.

The Stray Birds are a trio of multi-instrumentalists embodying the grace, tenderness, and sweet sincerity of current folk icons like Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Steve Earl, and Lucinda Williams. They make the kind of music that makes you want to lean in and listen close. You won’t want to miss a note.

Local favorite and burgeoning songwriter Mike McMonagle will set the stage. Mike’s songs echo new and old, Oberst and Dylan, bourbon and lager. His backwoods to downtown ethos is a perfect compliment to Hoots and Hellmouth and the Stray Birds.

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Mosaic Presents Marke DeRose “A Mother’s Day Tribute”

Every career songwriter seems to have at least one song in their catalogue about their mother…from a profanity laden apology from Kanye, or a tear-jerking homesick country song, or a more nuanced song that acknowledges the complexity of parent-child relationships. In any case, there is no faster way to the heart, or to a mom’s heart, than a song.

While I may be cynical about Holidays dreamed up in order to coax me to spend cash on kitsch and cheesy cards, but is there a downside to having a day set aside to honor Mom? She is arguably the single most important woman in anyone’s life, so I hope you are planning to show her some love on May 13. Bring her along to hear some of Central PA’s finest singer-songwriters and you will also be helping to raise funds for breast cancer awareness.

Mosaic Presents, never shy to attempt something that’s never been done in Lancaster before, will bring songwriters together in the round to explore these most important women in song. Local troubadour, Mark DeRose will spearhead this evening of songwriters in the round featuring a stellar lineup of singer/songwriter talents. Lancaster staple and favorite Jessica Smucker, Harrisburg’s Sarah Deardorff (of duo Indian Summer Jars), Darry Miller, and performing veteran Steven Courtney will all join Mark on stage for a one of a kind, one night only show.

Bring your mother, your grandmother, your daughter, yourself!

Wood Stove House's Interview - Saint Narcissus / Keith Wilson

Jason Mundok from the Wood Stove House took a couple minuets before our April 15th show to interview singer, songwriter, artist, musician, and now author, Keith Wilson from Saint Narcissus. This interview gives you a behind the scenes look at how the process of Keith's new book, Geillan A Prisoner's Tale (on Amazon), was birthed and how the show with Mosaic came to be. Thanks, to Keith for making this night such a memorable show and to The Wood Stove House for capturing this great interview!

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Around the Wood Stove is a production of the Wood Stove House and is hosted by Jason Mundok.

Kurt Scobie, JD Eicher and Joy Ike make a stop at Mosaic for Launch

Kurt Scobie, JD Eicher and Joy Ike make a stop at Mosaic for their up coming Small World Tour. Saturday night April 28th these young artists will take our stange and pack it with a ton of good music and talent. Check out this little promo video they put together for the show!

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