Becket, MA: On September 18, NYC-based musical duo Charming Disaster will perform their delightfully dark cabaret-folk at Dream Away Lodge. The show will feature the duo’s playfully macabre music inspired by myth, magic, science, and the occult, and an interactive performance that straddles the line between concert and theater. Admission is free (donations suggested).
“A goth-cabaret folk vaudeville duo from Brooklyn in the dark cabaret mould of Tiger Lillies and Dresden Dolls.” –Outside Left
“Haunted vaudeville.” –Splice Magazine
CHARMING DISASTER, formed in 2012 by Brooklyn-based singer/songwriters Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris, perform playfully dark original songs inspired by death, crime, myth, magic, science, and the occult. Channeling the macabre humor of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton, the murder ballads of the Americana tradition, and the dramatic flair of the cabaret, they explore dark subjects with a whimsically macabre sensibility. The duo’s comedic, theatrical performances are interactive experiences that are part concert, part fortune-telling ritual, and part vaudeville show. Their music has been featured on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, they have toured extensively in the United States and Europe, and they have opened for legendary cello-rock ensemble Rasputina and goth icon Voltaire. They are touring the East Coast in support of their latest album, The Double.
“Charming Disaster are unusual, spooky, wickedly talented, and completely unafraid to delve deep into the underworld in exploration of all things lurking in the dark…they have a knack for making the macabre fun.” –Mixed Alternative
Listing Info:
Event title: Charming Disaster at Dream Away Lodge
When: Thursday September 18, 8-10pm
Venue: Dream Away Lodge, 1342 County Rd, Becket, MA 01223
Venue website: thedreamawaylodge.com
Artist website: charmingdisaster.com
Admission: Free (donations suggested)