Old Saw + Madrigal

Event 2.0 of Season 5.0

Old Saw was formed by Henry Birdsey in 2021 as a recording project that evolved into a collective of revolving members from various corners of the northeastern United States. They make music with organs, fiddles, tape loops, pedal steel, hurdy-gurdy, banjo, harmonicas, and bells. The band began playing live in 2026 after releasing four LPs via Lobby Art Editions and Worried Songs. Their latest album, The Wringing Cloth was released as a double LP in 2025.

Selected as one of BBC Radio 3 Late Junction’s 'Sounds of 2025', Jude Rees (AKA MADRIGIRL) is an
electro-bard and multi-instrumentalist from the UK Midlands. Her noise is modern/ancient, fusing
early music and timbres with modern circuitry and her own layered compositions to create a new
sonic lexicon. With her brand of Medieval Futurism, MADRIGIRL reimagines early music through a
contemporary lens, diving deep into the raw source material of ancient polyphony and
reconstructing it with live-looped improvisations and a rich tapestry of drones.