Stephanie Rearick Jr., Paul Fonfara (Painted Saints), Nora Petran

Thursday, July 18, 2013 - 9:00pm

The Mill

Stephanie Rearick has been performing in bands and solo since 1993. She currently has 2 solo projects, Stephanie Rearick and Stephanie Rearick Jr. Stephanie Rearick Jr. is on Casio, trumpet and loops - it's beatier, bouncier Rearick. In addition, Rearick plays drums and sings in Dry Nurse, a 2-piece with Jon Hain (Coma Savants etc) on electric guitar. She also plays drums and shares vocal duties in Ladyscissors, a 4-piece also featuring Lorrie Hurckes on guitar and vox, Anne Bull on bass and Brent George on guitar. She has just released a new album, Dreamworld.

Painted Saints is a band centered around the songs of Paul Fonfara, embellished by violins, cellos, clarinets, guitars, drums, pianos and basses played by the likes of Chris Hepola, Josh Granowski, Will Dockendorf, and Christa Schnieder. we describe the music as Eastern European tinged indie gutter blues/shimmering melancholia/sad bastard chamber country/spaghetti western heroin klezmer.

Nora Petran is a local Iowa City singer and songwriter. She is very adept at playing guitar and she has a very beautiful voice. If you have already seen her, then you will want to see her again, and if you haven't seen Nora yet then you should.