Jason P. Woodbury & The Night Bird Singing Quartet are headed to The Drummer. Opening the night is DJ set, “Johnny D’s Return to the Audio Ranch.” Additional support from Faron Stoner, Brad Mitchell, Mo Maduro, and Flower Fest.

Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm. Saturday, March 14th.

$10 Cover. Purchase Tickets and Reserve Your Table HERE.

Like St. John of The Cross recording an album in Laurel Canyon before heading down to the pub to catch a sunrise set by Brinsley Schwarz, Jason P. Woodbury & The Night Bird Singing Quartetcouples nocturnal longing with blissful dashes of transcendence, bright flashes of light against black night skies. The sound veers from rocking to hushed, with a pop-forward sensibility that evokes an era when classic rock evolved into new wave and snuck onto soft-rock radio. In a voice reminiscent of artists such as Lindsey Buckingham or Amen Dunes’ Damon McMahon, Woodbury spills out lyrics that split the difference between the self-aware screeds of Elvis Costello and the coiled spirituality of Van Morrison.

Jason P. Woodbury and The Night Bird Singing Quartet leans into full band mode, with Toporek returning on drums, guitars, keys, and voices, along with electric and upright bassist Andrew Bates, Rick Heins on pedal steel and guitar, and pianist and musical polyglot Rob Kroehler. The result lands somewhere between a parallel universe where Daniel Lanois produced The Gin Blossoms or Southern California dream poppers Starflyer 59 had gone y’alternative in the wake of the retro-pop classic Leave Here a Stranger. —Chris Estey, Seattle, 2025