Sat May 23
Keith Butler Jr. & seysew CD release show
7PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream
Keith Butler Jr. & seysew
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Keith Butler Jr. & seysew "King of Tobaccoville" album release show
Keith Butler Jr., drums/composition/lyrics
Drew Kid, piano
Steve Arnold, bass
Jaquay Smith, vocals
Keith Butler Jr. is a Washington, DC based multidisciplinary artist. He completed his MFA in Music Composition at Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2022 with a focus in lyrical piano music and modern art song. As a drummer he works regularly with the area’s top musicians and bands such as Grant Langford. Stephen Arnold & Sea Change, FIASCO, Abe Mamet, Colin Chambers, B?held, Carolyn Malachi, Alex Hamburger, Dokun Oke, Zoë Jorgenson, and Amy K. Bormet. He leads his own group, seysew, and is a Little City Concerts 2024-25 commissioned artist. keithbutlermusic.com
seysew ("say so") was formed by Keith Butler Jr. around 2023. After completing his MFA in composition at Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2022, Keith thought to expand his compositional framework from the trio format to a larger group with voice and lyrics. seysew is an exploration of that group, as well as friendship, family and community.
King of Tobaccoville, Keith's first album with seysew is the studio version of a commissioned piece entitled Rest/Imagine: Themes for a Bloodline. In 2024 Keith was commissioned by Little City Concerts of Falls Church, VA to complete and perform a new work. The new work focused on themes of literacy, coming of age in the south, ancestry, creative freedom, and the power of the Black imagination. King of Tobaccoville will be released in May 2026 and features Keith on drums, Alex Hamburger on flute, Steve Arnold on bass, Drew Kid on piano, and Francisco Quintero on guitar.
Showtime: 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT/11 pm GMT
In-person seats: $20 / $10 full-time students with valid ID
Attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.
Advance sales end 1 hr before show; remaining tickets may be purchased at door.
Streaming Cost is $15
The link will be revealed 15 minutes before the show
and will remain active through May 30
Donations welcomed
7PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream