HONKY TONK TUESDAY: Marley Hale & Wild Leek River @ Radio Bean

$10 // 21+
7:30pm doors | 8pm show

Marley Hale (Insta | Website | Bandcamp | Spotify | Youtube)

With a beguiling voice that would feel right at home on classic country radio, Marley Hale delivers a captivating country/folk sound rooted in the refined yet adventurous musicality she’s cultivated almost her entire life. As revealed on her debut EP, By My Own Ways, to be released July 26, 2024, the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter matches her timeless sensibilities and graceful musicianship with a one-of-a-kind narrative voice, endlessly merging raw truth with mesmerizing storytelling.

Born in Austin but raised in Northern California, Hale first learned to play guitar from her father at age 10 and soon began writing songs of her own. Although she grew up listening to classic-rock bands like Led Zeppelin and pop visionaries like Kate Bush and David Bowie, she later became fascinated with folk luminaries such as Karen Dalton and Bob Dylan and eventually discovered the artists she now lists among her essential touchstones, including Loretta Lynn and Gillian Welch.

Co-produced by Hale and Dylan McKinstry at Greenpoint Recording Collective, By My Own Ways presents a collection of lived-in stories capturing moments of danger and desperation and all-consuming longing, setting each track to a sound that’s rich in finespun detail. By My Own Ways encompasses everything from smoldering country-rock to piano-laced honky-tonk—ultimately lending a strangely enthralling power to Hale’s intimate meditations on self-loathing and self-acceptance. ​​​​​​​

Wild Leek River (Insta | Website | Spotify | Youtube)

Hailing from Northern Vermont, Wild Leek River is a regular 5-piece country band. The songs they play vibrate with sounds of new and old, steady back-beats and good stories. Their style and performances trace its roots from the honky tonks of days gone by, with rowdy shows across Vermont and throughout the Northeast.

In the release of their self-titled debut LP in 2021, they cultivated and honed in on the sound first sketched out in their 2019 release, “The Bacon EP.” The band also took to recording songs by local Vermont Artists and other friends made along the way. On the LP, they perform versions of “Molly Bootlegger” by Jeremy Sicily of Beg, Steal or Borrow and “Good Intentions” by local VT legend Johnny Davis. Rumor has it that the band will also be heading back into the studio in 2023 to cut another full-length LP. Stay tuned, y’all.

“Burlington’s Wild Leek River is a true blue five-piece country band, complete with pedal steel and fantastic musicianship.”

-Monica Sandreczki “North Country Public Radio”

“When I listen to an album, I want strong steel, vocals that you can hear the feeling in, something I can dance to, and something I can sing along to. This album has all of that. You’ll find the writing of Ian Burton to be catchy and clever. Not only is this a must have album, Wild Leek River puts on one helluva show too!”

-Taylor Austin “Honky Tonk Times”