DK and the Joy Machine: Feral Cats and Wild Women: Love Stories from the Lesbian Anti-Folk-Punk Underground
About This Show
Known for rocking out on Appalachian dulcimer, DK and the Joy Machine brings her new, multi-media show to Dixon Place for this year’s HOT! Fest. With “quirky and smart” songs (from her new album SHY ONE) she addresses all the crucial questions in life: getting the girl’s number on the A train, falling in love with feral cats, being an androgynous grrrrl, and how to love yourself harder–even when that means telling others to fuck off. Joined by special guests, including Tine Kindermann on saw, DK’s eclectic music–from Americana, anti-folk to alt-rock and acoustic punk, blend with video, spoken word and other surprises from the lesbian underground.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
DK&theJoyMachine’s new album, SHY ONE, has been described as “…intense, colorful and diverse … a novel of sorts. Dark, light, humorous & humble. ” Her “quirky and smart” songs celebrate all the crucial things in life: unrequited love, falling in love with feral cats, and treating yourself with kindness. Known for her sultry, expressive voice, well crafted songs, and genre-blending, innovative work on mountain dulcimer—plucking, strumming, bowing and “rocking out” on this trad instrument, “DK”’s music is at turns evocative, moving, playful and fun, and always real. Her first studio recording, the EP, “Love Harder,” released in January 25th, 2013, was described by VENTS magazine as “an album with heart, …beauty, and passion. In every chord, note, or string you can feel poetry, sincerity, greatness… a record to closely pay attention to and be delighted by.”
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