Events downtown

Feb 18

The Wolff Sisters & Billy Keane
Location: 181 State St., Portland, Maine 04101, US
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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“On their breezy third album [Queendom of Nothing], Rebecca, Rachael, and Kat Wolff — actual sisters, raised just outside the city — live comfily at the crossroads of Americana, roots, and ’60s rock ‘n’ roll, where The Band might meet Brandi Carlile and take her out for a beer.” — The Boston Globe, 2019

The Wolff Sisters is fronted by three sisters — Rebecca on acoustic guitar, Kat on the keys, Rachael on electric guitar, and all three on lead vocals and harmonies. Raised on Bob Dylan, The Band, and Little Feat, the sisters crafted their sound around a honky tonk piano in the living room of their childhood home. With a talented cast of rotating drummers and bass players, The Wolff Sisters are a rag tag group of hardworking individuals that bring a big sound and timeless songs. Their music is honest and genre defying, but still rooted in traditional rock and americana storytelling.

Boston Music Award winner for Americana Artist of the Year 2020 and Folk Artist of the Year nominee both 2018 and 2019, the band’s electrifying live performance and unique sound continues to gain momentum and recognition from their hometown of Boston and beyond.

BILLY KEANE IS A WANDERER, A TAKER OF THE SCENIC ROUTE. TO LIVE LIGHTLY, TO BE HUMAN, TO BE A TRUTH SEEKER, TO LIVE A LIFE OF EMPATHETIC EXPRESSION AND CREATIVITY – THESE ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF BILLY’S LIFE PHILOSOPHY AND CAN BE FOUND THEMATICALLY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF HIS WRITING.

BILLY’S SOUND – A BLENDING OF NEO FOLK/AMERICANA WITH INDIE ROCK AND COUNTRY – IS INSPIRED BY HIS LIFE, HIS LISTENING, HIS BELIEF THAT TO BE HUMAN MEANS TO EXPERIENCE THE UNIVERSE AND OUR WORLD ITS PEOPLE AND TO REFLECT ALL THAT BACK UPON ITSELF THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. HE CAN BE FOUND PERFORMING HIS RESOUNDING ANTHEMIC SONGS EITHER AS A A SOLO ACT WITH AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, OR AS A FULL BAND SETUP REFLECTIVE OF HIS MOST RECENT ALBUM, TOO MUCH TO LET IT GO (RELEASE EARLY 2022)