Hymn for Her, a nationally known folk duo recently recognized by Rolling Stone magazine, will play the Dolores River Brewery Oct. 13 at 8 p.m.
It’s $10 at the door.
Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing comprise the band Hymn For Her, which hails from anywhere they can park their 16-foot, 1961 vintage Bambi Airstream (comes with dog and baby) as they tour the U.S. coast to coast.
They describe their music as “stomp-grass punk folk with a hint of Americana.” Tight plays a three-stringed broom handle/cigar box guitar, banjo and sometimes even a glockenspiel. She shares vocal duties with Waxing, who also plays acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro and harmonica all while handling percussion on bass drum and hi-hat. Bullet microphones and an arsenal of effect pedals give this band a sound like no other. The show is enhanced by a slideshow of original photos projected on an old-fashioned slide projector.
Their song “Blue Balloons” made Rolling Stone Magazine’s Ten Best Country and Americana Songs for the first week of September.
“Blue Balloons” turns climate concerns and ecological anxiety into a psychedelic, left-field Americana song,” writes Robert Crawford, of Rolling Stone. “Hymn for Her bandmates Wayne Waxing and Lucy Tight let their freak flag fly, lacing their tune with orchestral flourishes, coed harmonies and offbeat moments straight out of musical theater. At its core, though, “Blue Balloons” delivers a very sobering message, urging listeners to care for their planet before time runs out.”
Wherever they play, this duo wins over the audience with a live show that sometimes might include a Led Zeppelin or other classic tune given the Hymn For Her twist.
While there are only two musicians in the band, they bring a big sound,” said music magazine The Spectrum. “Meanwhile, Tight is singing and creating otherworldly slide guitar sounds with the modified cigar box.”
The tour is promoting the band’s latest release, “Lucy & Wayne’s Smokin’ Flames,” released Oct. 6. Along the way, they sell their new hot sauce.
“From start to finish, this record flat out rocks,” said Chris Martin, of The Examiner. “Every track is a good song, and once you hit play, you will be sucked into their music world and never want to leave. The album starts bold and strong builds then calms you down at the end.”
“The musical couple have been on the road, raising a daughter and exploring and creating and finding a sound all their own. From raw and raucous bluesy rock ’n’ roll, to psychedelic twinged ballads,” according to a Dolores River Brewery Facebook post, “Lucy and Wayne have grown bigger than the circus sideshow they used to inhabit”