Portland sister trio Joseph has been a favorite of radio station The Current listeners for a while and their performance at this years’ Current birthday party is still quite fresh in my mind. Armed with a newly released EP “Stay Awake” they return to First Avenue as headliners on Saturday 9/23. A few tickets are still available HERE
Opening for them will be another sibling group, NYC’s Bailen
There is nothing like the sound of siblings singing together. Whether it’s the Beach Boys or the Everly Brothers—or, more recently, First Aid Kit—absorbing the same breathing rhythms and speech patterns adds an element to vocal harmonies that can be pure magic. With the release of I’m Alone, No You’re Not, the mesmerizing, hypnotic sound of the trio known as Joseph—made up of sisters Allison, Meegan, and Natalie Closner—joins this elite company.
“It’s just second nature, like a fifth limb that’s already on you,” says first-born Natalie. “There’s an ability to anticipate what’s going to happen and blend with it. When Meegan and Allison sing, they know exactly what I’m going to do and when.”
But the Closners didn’t actually start singing together when they were growing up in Oregon, the children of artistic parents (their dad was a jazz singer and drummer, their mom a theater teacher). Natalie was the performer—“the older sister who stood on the edge of the fireplace and told everyone, ‘Watch me!,’“ she says. Twins Meegan and Allison stayed out of her lane, joining in for their mother’s musical theater productions but otherwise avoiding the spotlight.
Tour Dates:
Sep 16 The Sinclair Cambridge, MA
Sep 17 Grand Point North Festival Burlington, VT
Sep 19 Babylon Ottawa, Canada
Sep 20 Mod Club Toronto, Canada
Sep 22 Thalia Hall Bedford Park, IL
Sep 23 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Sep 24 Pilgrimage Franklin, TN
Sep 26 Majestic Theatre Madison, WI
Sep 27 Hi-Fi Indianapolis, IN
Sep 29 Iron City Birmingham, AL
Sep 30 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
Oct 01 Charleston Music Hall Columbia, SC
Oct 02 Ponte Vedra Ponte Vedra, FL
Oct 04 Tipitina’s New Orleans, LA
Oct 06 Antone’s Austin, TX
Oct 07 Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX
Oct 08 Tree’s Dallas, TX
Oct 10 South Broadway Cultural Center Albuquerque, NM
Oct 12 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
Oct 13 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
