The Calamity Cubes’ ‘Gold Light’ is your Westport Roots Festival song of the day

The inaugural Westport Roots Fest, centered around the Westport Saloon and taking place on Saturday, May 24, is approaching fast. To prepare for the pending roots romp presented by the good folks at Little Class Records, The Pitch will be highlighting a “song of the day” from one of the featured artists in the weeks leading up to fest. 

The Calamity Cubes are a Wichita band that like to call themselves “thrashicana,” a self-invented genre that suits the trio perfectly. On the Cubes’ latest full-length, 2012’s Old World’s Ocean, the band fused together heavy-handed banjo playing and campfire-ready guitar riffs like ribs to the powerful spine of an upright bass. Lead vocal duties are shared by Joey Henry and Brook Blanche, the latter of whom bursts through songs with a whiskey barrel voice, raw and roaring like a lion; Henry, with his gentle folk singer lilt, is the pure-hearted angel to Blanche’s tormented soul. It’s masterful, instantly relatable stuff – and the band has a reputation for thrilling live shows, too. 

For more information on the Westport Roots Festival, to view the full lineup and to purchase tickets, go here. 

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