We are thrilled to host upright bassist/singer/composer Carmen Quill, fresh off the release of her new album Harmless, alongside Adeline Hotel. 

Carmen Quill will present music from her sophomore full-length album Harmless. The Seattle-born, Brooklyn-based artist’s songs are unconventional and unassumingly virtuosic, with vivid countermelodies, improvised responses, and richly arranged development sections often directly reflecting her pithily insightful lyrics. Quill will be joined by longtime collaborator Ryan El-Solh (Scree) on guitar.

TROY LISTENING ROOM
Saturday, November 14
7:00 PM - doors open
7:30 PM - music starts

PLEASE NOTE: the venue address will be provided in the confirmation email sent to all ticket-buyers. We are located in South Troy, NY, a few blocks south of the canal. If you have any questions about the location or event before purchasing tickets, please contact us at sspresents518@gmail.com.

* All ages welcome
* BYO (feel free to bring your own drinks/snacks)
* This venue is not ADA accessible and requires walking up a short flight of stairs to enter.
* Tickets are sliding-scale and support the artists. Please select the price tier that you feel most comfortable with. 

Carmen Quill

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Carmen Quill (formerly Carmen Q. Rothwell) is a double bassist, composer, singer and interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is recognized for her sound and versatility on the double bass, her captivating performances as a solo artist, and her intuitive sensitivity as an improviser. Her debut solo recording, Don’t Get Comfy / Nowhere (2021), “thrives on the meeting of reservation and vulnerability, and its songs feel as emotional and virtuosic as a power ballad yet are sparse and withholding as a Rembrandt” (Pitchfork). In addition to producing and performing her solo music she performs and releases music as part of the bands tilt, Scree, and a host of other projects and collaborations. Carmen is a 2025 Next Jazz Legacy Awardee (New Music USA). In September 2026, Carmen will release a live trio recording featuring Jacob Sacks and Billy Hart entitled “I’ll Be Thinking of You on Thursday” on the new Close Up record label. Her next song-based album entitled “Harmless” will be released with Ruination Record Co. on November 6, 2026.

Adeline Hotel

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In the tender, surrealist world that Dan Knishkowy has developed under the name Adeline Hotel, stories have been told through sprawling psych-rock epics (2020’s Solid Love), stark solo guitar performances (2021’s Good Timing), piano-led orchestral song cycles (2021’s The Cherries Are Speaking), and lush, jazzy compositions that felt like a genre unto themselves (2023’s Hot Fruit). Inspired by indie lifers and fellow world-builders like Jim O’Rourke and Phil Elverum, the Ruination Records co-founder has rewritten the rule book with each new project, inviting listeners to join as he discovers new channels for his singular voice. By now the sound of Adeline Hotel is equally identifiable through Knishkowy’s dextrous fingerpicking—the aural equivalent of tracing your fingers through cool sand at sunrise—as his low, whispered vocals and autumnal melodies.