Shake the Dust and Roman Candles live at the new Starlight on 22nd in NODA

SHAKE THE DUST and ROMAN CANDLES pair up for a live show at the new Starlight on 22nd in NODA. For fans of Americana, Alt-Country, Indie Folk Rock this is a show not to miss.

When: Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 - doors at 7pm, music starts at 8pm
Where: Starlight on 22nd - 422 E 22nd Street, Charlotte, NC, 28206
https://starlighton22nd.com/
Tickets: $10 at Door

SHAKE THE DUST
Americana / Folk / Alt-Country
Shake the Dust is the quartet of guitarist and songwriter Phil Lomac, guitarist Craig Hanks, drummer Bob Simyon and Bass player Chris Liberti - based in Charlotte, NC, where Lomac moved when he was 17 (after spending his teen years in Germany). While the band's music is rooted in the FM country-rock sound of the 1970s, Lomac has always drawn on a broad range of influences: he learned to play guitar from a John Denver songbook, but his first album was by Jimi Hendrix. He says, "The eclecticism is what's interesting to me. We play traditional instruments, but we're not recording them traditionally."
Lomac has been praised for his "persuasive melodies, precise instrumentation and coherent rhythms" in The Huffington Post, while For Folk's Sake praised his album "Northern Cities, Southern Stars" as "a sonic gut-punch of sheer alternative rock, indie pop, and rootsy folk goodness all wrapped into one."
Shake the Dust, the eponymous debut five-song EP, was recorded at Old House Recording Studio in Charlotte, over five days of sessions split between February and May 2021. It was produced by the band, engineered by Chris Garges, mixed by Kenny McWilliams at Archer Avenues Studio, and mastered by Dave Harris at Studio B.

ROMAN CANDLES
Alt-Americana / Indie Rock
The North Carolina-based band Roman Candles features Daniel Jackson, Matt Stache, Grey Revell and Rodney Wallin. In 2013, these studio musicians came together in Charlotte with a new mission: to write and perform their own music. They have noted bands such as King Crimson, The Verve and Echo and the Bunnymen as their inspiration, as well as their love of classic American rock. So, if you like feel-good rock with a sunshine feel you don't want to miss this show.
As the follow up to their 2020 Proximo EP, "The City is Closed" is their debut album. Full of heart and feel-good rock melodies, it explores the pain of toxic relationships, the turmoil of their ends and the eventual joy in learning to appreciate the small beauties of everyday life. Roman Candles recorded the album at Catalyst Recording in Charlotte, NC., with Rob Tavaglione at the helm as Producer. Numerous other musicians can be heard on the album too, including pedal steel local legend Jim Ashton and members of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.