Northwest mainstays for many years, Massy Ferguson pounds out its own unique and powerful breed of American music. They’ve toured nationally and internationally, alongside the likes of Tim McGraw, Band of Heathens and Mark Pickerel.  Gluing their sound together is the songwriting partnership of bass-playing frontman Ethan Anderson and guitarist Adam Monda. They spin stories of small-town adolescence, big-city adulthood, and the long miles of highway that stretch between. Massy Ferguson’s records have always sounded cinematic, like a Springsteen-worthy portrayal of blue-collar life in America’s northwest corner. 

Their fifth album, Great Divides, continues that tradition, with stunningly simple lyrics in homage to school-teacher Anderson’s favorite authors: Cormac McCarthy, Raymond Carver, Dennis Johnson, and Willie Vlautin, and the dead-perfect melodic expression of those words through Monda’s guitar work.  Don’t miss this Northwest tradition,  rebellious as ever, helping usher live music back to Bainbridge Island!

“Encapsulates everything that is both good about them and this genre: blue collar poetry, a grasp of dynamics, the ability to pare back when necessary and be able to show vulnerability and some experimentation … MF are the kind of band that are the bedrock of this genre, like Slobberbone or the Ass Ponys, they make records that are beautifully crafted and worthy of a wider audience” — Americana UK