Rising Appalachia return to Santa Barbara at the Lobero Theatre on April 2

Nearly a decade after a 2017 night at SOHO, the folk band brings its newest songs to the Lobero, with Paper Wings opening.

The last time Rising Appalachia played Santa Barbara, it was Oct. 11, 2017, at SOHO Restaurant and Music Club. Nine and a half years later, the band comes back to town and moves into a theater: the Lobero, on a Friday night in April.

Rising Appalachia play the Lobero Theatre on Friday, April 2, 2027, with Paper Wings opening. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets run $1 to $60 through See Tickets. The date was announced Oct. 8 and is the band's first show in the Santa Barbara and Ventura market since 2017.

A lot has happened in that time. Over those years the band has toured behind records including Leylines and Wider Circles, and the newest work goes further in the same direction. The band's own press page describes its latest album, Trade Your Troubles, as its most introspective yet: songs about rest, recovering from burnout, and renewal through nature and tradition. In the band's description, Leah Song says it mixes traditional Appalachian fiddle medleys and Irish ballads with original material. Event listings from this fall name Aoife O'Donovan, Ayla Nereo, Bonnie Paine and Brittany Haas among the guests.

The new songs come with a story from home. Around the anniversary of Hurricane Helene this fall, the band played two days of shows at Pisgah Brewing in Black Mountain, N.C., the region that gave the band its name. The band is also touring the East Coast this fall, including an LPR Presents date at National Sawdust in New York on Nov. 22.

An album about rest, played in a room built for listening.

The Lobero holds 604, which is the right size for this kind of record. Songs about slowing down land better in a seated theater than in a club, and the room puts everyone close to the stage. Paper Wings opens, and with an 8 p.m. start it is worth being in your seat early.

The ticket range is unusual. See Tickets lists prices from $1 to $60, so there are options at the low end for anyone who would otherwise sit this one out.

It has been almost ten years. The band that played SOHO in 2017 has made several records since and now has one about taking a breath. April 2 at the Lobero is a good night to hear it.

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