The singer is featured on 'A Philly Special Christmas Party' and has a new song with John Oates. And he is playing at this year's Philly Music Fest
The singer is featured on 'A Philly Special Christmas Party' and has a new song with John Oates. And he is playing at this year's Philly Music Fest
Devon Gilfillian at Main Street Music in Manayunk in 2023. He has a headlining date at Underground Arts as part of Philly Music Fest.The Philly Music Fest, which begins Monday at Ardmore Music Hall and continues at various independent venues for seven nights, makes room for many styles of music, from rock to hip-hop, folk to funk.is based in Philadelphia.
Devon Gilfillian, who’s headlining Underground Arts on Oct. 26 with three worthy acts in Mondo Cozmo, the Tisburys, and Emily Drinker also on the bill, is a perfect example.where he moved in 2013 after graduating from West Chester University, to spend a year rehabbing houses in an AmeriCorps program., pairing off with Jordan Mailata on Sam Cooke’s “Having A Party.” And he’s got a new song, “Mending,” which heproducer Charlie Hall, Gilfillian says, “I was like, ‘Oh my God, this isn’t real.
His collaboration with Oates came “out of the blue.” “That was another pinch me moment. Like, ‘Is this really happening?’ He sent me a message on Instagram and told me he was getting Curtis Mayfield vibes from my record. We set up a write, and ‘Mending’ was the first song we wrote,” Gilfillian said.Playing the PMF — where his brother, singer Ryan Gilfillian, had an opening slot last year — “feels like coming home,” Gilfillian said.
“I wasn’t ready as an artist when I lived in Philly. I had to move to Nashville to learn how to write songs, and learn the music industry. So to go back home and be included in the local Philly music scene is really cool. It makes me ache, and miss Philly. And it also makes me feel like Philly is always there for me.”Slaughter Beach, Dog started as a folk-rock side project for Modern Baseball coleader Jake Ewald a decade ago, but it’s been his primary outlet since 2017.
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