
Since then, Elvis Perkins In Dearland have played three more transcendent shows in Northampton, part of national tours with Okkervil River, Pernice Brothers, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and winning over enough new fans to warrant their own show at the Iron Horse.
Perkins' debut record Ash Wednesday is comprised of songs written both before and after the tragic passing of his mother Berry Berenson, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into the
Bon Iver (pronounced: bohn eevair; French for "good winter" and spelled wrong on purpose) opens the show with his quietly stirring acoustic-based songs that are drawing comparisons to Iron & Wine and creating quite a stir online.
This majestic double bill happens tonight at the Iron Horse at 7pm. Get your tickets here.