Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Wake: The #MayDayOrchestra CD Release w/ #Keokuk + #RawEarth Sat. 12/30 @Schlafly Tap Room



The May Day Orchestra will be unveiling their third, full- length record on Saturday, December 30th at the Schlafly Tap Room featuring a bill packed full with culture. "Wake" is being released on Rankoutsider Records. St. Louis Public Radio just did an article about them and St. Louis Magazine also highlighted the new album.The band's latest personnel is Tim Rakel (Union Electric, Bad Folk) on vocals and guitar, Mary DeLeonardis (Tenement Ruth) on drums, Jake DeLeonardis (Jackhead) on bass, plus Charlie Tabing (Jackhead) on lead guitar. Raw Earth will initiate things starting the night off at 9:00 pm for this free show. They are a mix of urban tribal and world style music using past, present and futuristic elements of every kind and instument also focused with the familiarity of country blues. Rounding the night off is the four-piece rock outfit Keokuk and their self-titled "Hi-Fidelic" sound. Continue on below to visit the artists online and to learn more on The May Day Orchestra.

- Visit The May Day Orchestra on Facebook or Bandcamp

- Visit Keokuk on their Website, Facebook or Bandcamp 

- Visit Raw Earth on their Website or Facebook

The May Day Orchestra has been producing folk operas since 2008 and their name was taken from their very first one written called "May Day, or Songs For Lucy Parsons". The group features Tim Rakel along with many St. Louis area musicians and mostly unique only to one act. They play songs about the labor movement of the 1880's and the anarchists of Chicago from that piece. The second "Ota Benga" is about colonialism in the Congo regarding a pygmy man kept at the World's Fair in 1904 and the Bronx Zoo. Their latest one contemplates the history of colonial resistance in Kenya. Very intellectual, political, socio-conscious subject matter tackling human rights issues and morals along with themes of struggle and injustice of the human condition.

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