Join us on the fall equinox with Jeffrey Martin at The Red Barn

With the fall equinox being that moment of the harvest season when the energies of light and dark are in harmony, we thought this would be a swell time to kick of our second season of music gatherings with the internationally revered (and Portland-based) songwriter, Jeffrey Martin, on Sept 21.

9/10 UPDATE: we've reached capacity for this gathering, if you'd like to join the waitlist, please fill out this form

About Jeffrey Martin

Over the last 15 years, Jeffrey has been touring the globe playing festivals and small halls and mesmerizing audiences with his tightly woven songs. When our season closer, Jeffrey Foucault, opened for Martin at Mississippi Studios in June, he shared: "After playing shows with Jeffrey Martin over the last year and becoming fast friends, I can confidently say that Portland can now claim as its own, one of the greatest songwriters alive."

His latest album, Thank God We Left the Garden, has been taking audiences and the press by storm. Glide Magazine says "Martin has one of the best voices in folk music and should be a household name." Adobe & Teardrops says "Martin is an ingenious lyricist and observer of life, and his evocatively titled album speaks to the celebration of all of the rough edges that make us human."

No less lyrically weighty than his previous work, Thank God We Left The Garden holds a new kindness and easy solace that feels timeless and full of generosity. The title is a paradoxical nod to Martin’s own spiritual conclusions, a theme that is subtly woven throughout the album. The son of a pastor, he touches on his religious upbringing then carries us well beyond his past where the weight of his deepest questions are free to unfold.

“It’s always bothered me how uptight religion gets around the messiness of our human natures, always trying to tell people they’re broken and flawed from the get go. The only God I can imagine is one who is overjoyed with the mess. Who revels in the edgeless mystery. I imagine hanging around with angels all day gets boring pretty fast. So maybe we got the story wrong. Maybe we were supposed to leave the Garden all along. Maybe that was the first good thing we ever did. After all, I can’t think of anything that has an ounce of meaning or dimension that doesn’t come from failure.”

This is an album that craves your full attention, best experienced as a whole. Each song further illuminates the scene until you find yourself resting in the strangely comforting tangle of aliveness and meaning (and full spectrum of being alive./what it means to be alive.). At its core Thank God We Left The Garden is an album made of questions, humble and nuanced, a reverent celebration of the asking.

Details About the Show

Sept 21, 2024 / Doors at 7pm / Music at 7:30pm

Address: 3865 Fairview Dr. Hood River, OR

Music gatherings at the Red Barn are intimate listening experiences celebrating the craft of songwriting, and the role music, story and community play in our lives. Our events are BYOB, and we will have a cooler with a small collection of beverages if you need to keep anything cold. No kids or dogs allowed.

Details About Making a Donation to Reserve Your Seats

To reserve your seats, we ask that you make a donation to the Red Barn Community. Please follow the donation link above to confirm your seats. We've chosen to work with Givebutter to help manage donations because they specialize in helping non-profits host events that raise funds to create a positive impact in the world. This means that there's no crazy extra handling fees at all. There will be a small transaction fee added to your donation when you check out (nothing like what Eventbrite charges) and then you will have the option to "tip" Givebutter for providing this free service to non-profits. You can select whatever tip you want from 0% on up, so pay attention to that before you checkout. The Givebutter platform automatically asks you if you want to make an additional donation on top of reserving your seats, this is in their code and we've submitted a request to take it out, so for now, just select ZERO---unless of course you actually want to make an additional contribution to Red Barn (any additional funds raised will help keep these special gatherings going for the community, and expand programming down the line).

Parking Details:

We don't have any vehicle parking onsite (but plenty of bike parking!). Please park at a 45 degree angle across the street from our house in front of the horse fence where you'll see our yellow van. Our amazing neighbors have generously allowed our community to use that extra space.

FAQ

Do you serve alcohol?

Nope. These are BYOB gatherings.

Are kids allowed?

Nope. We love kids (we have four of our own!) but we also want to make sure these music gatherings at the Red Barn are a unique performing experience for artists and a rich listening experience for attendees. We host other events throughout the year that are more kid friendly. (teenagers are allowed if they are musically inclined and would enjoy this kind of listening experience)

Where do we park?

See above!

If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to redbarn@threepin.org

in love,

Garett & Kendra

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Red Barn Community is a 501c3 non profit organization based in Hood River, OR. To learn more about our programming, please visit: www.redbarncommunity.org

Jeffrey Martin at The Red Barn (9.21)

By Red Barn Community

Jeffrey Martin at The Red Barn (9.21)

An intimate evening with internationally-revered songwriter and lyricist