Jefferson Public Radio is thrilled to bring
Open Air favorite,
David Wax Museum, to the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall on December 6, 2012 at 7:30pm. With a free date between their Portland and San Francisco tour dates, JPR jumped at the chance to bring this hot new emerging band to Ashland.
David Wax Museum has kindled a bonfire of success with its innovative, grass-roots musical approach. After touring with The Avett Brothers, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and the Old 97s, DWM picked up the 2010 Boston Music Awards Americana Artist of the Year. In 2011 they released their second album, the acclaimed
Everything Is Saved. The album’s single "Born with a Broken Heart" won the BMA’s Song of the Year. But critical mass came with the band’s breakout performance at the 2010 Newport Folk Festival, an opportunity won by DWM fans in an online competition. NPR called their concert at Newport a highlight of the entire weekend with Bob Boilen of
All Songs Considered calling their sound “pure, irresistible joy.” The Museum was invited back to Newport to play the 2011 main stage. With an illustration in
The New Yorker, #8 on
Paste Magazine’s list of the Best Live Acts of 2011, and a nod from
TIME magazine as one of the top ten acts of 2011’s South by Southwest, David Wax Museum has become one of the hottest new indie bands around.
Tickets are just $15/general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Get them online or at the Southern Oregon University Performing Arts Box Office at 541-552-6348 Monday-Friday, 10am to 5pm and two hours prior to each performance. The SOU Performing Arts Box Office is located in the Theatre Arts Lobby in the Theatre Arts Building on the SOU campus on South Mountain Avenue.
"A band that joyfully celebrates and preserves the heart of Americana music, David Wax Museum has quickly warmed the ears of thousands." -- David Dye, World Café