Spend a summer evening in The Modern Bar courtyard with live music from AKA BELLE and Steve Turner on Thursday, July 16, from 6–8 PM.
Set against the backdrop of one of Boise’s most iconic design hotel, it’s the perfect spot to grab a cocktail, settle in with friends, and enjoy soulful live music!
This is the kind of summer evening The Modern does best: good music, good drinks, and good company.
Reserve a table at themodernbar.com/reserve!
Full Band Set!
Boise-based AKA BELLE was formed by songwriters Catherine (vocals, guitar, vibraphone) and Sam Merrick (guitars, vocals) – who are married. Joining them are long time friends, Anthony Mulparry (stand up bass), Jake Stigers (drums, percussion, vocals), and Christine Nygard (vocals, guitar, theremin), who first saw the band when she was 17 and manifested the dream to join them by the time she was 19.
So, cult/family…sort of…
AKA BELLE are known for their quirky, glittery often ceremonial performances complete with homemade stage props. They fearlessly defy genres with a unique blend of kitschy-bewitching psych-folk, sci-fi-bossa-nova infused rock n roll, and protest pop.
Their passionate calls for love, resistance and soul-lifting energy serve as reminders that we are all part of this beautiful Universe and the Earth we call home.
Acoustic Set!
Best known as the lead guitarist with grunge pioneers Mudhoney, Steve Turner has also had his share of side projects over the years, playing with nervy garage-punkers the Fall-Outs, hard-edged blues-rockers the Monkeywrench, the thunderously obnoxious Thrown Ups, and New Original Sonic Sound, an all-star Sonics tribute band featuring members of Mudhoney, Girl Trouble, and the Young Fresh Fellows. Turner also was an early U.S. champion of the work of Billy Childish, and ran the Super-Electro label to expand the audience of some of Seattle’s more deserving acts. However, Turner took a rather surprising turn with his first solo album, 2003’s Searching for Melody; by his own admission a longtime fan of classic singer/songwriter material, Searching for Melody was a primarily acoustic set that found Turner embracing folk-rock with no sense of irony and without his famous stomp-box collection for help. Created after Mudhoney went on part-time status following the end of their tenure with Reprise Records, Turner explained Searching for Melody’s sound as the result of teaching himself to sing and play guitar at the same time, something he’d never done with Mudhoney. A follow-up EP, A Beautiful Winter, followed in early 2004, and a second full-length was expected later that same year. When not busy with his musical projects, Turner occupies himself with landscaping and gardening work.