(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Wisconsin-based guitarist/songwriter Willy Porter & singer/songwriter Carmen Nickerson perform at The Saint in Asbury Park on Tuesday, April 25 at 7:00pm. The duo are touring in support of their new disc, Bonfire to Ash, produced by Grammy award winner Ben Wisch.  The bill also includes a set by Neil Nappa and is presented as an Asbury Acoustic Cafe show, which turns the club into a listening room.

Porter and Nickerson are an exciting addition to the indie-duo scene. With their liquid harmonies and unassailable, playful performance chemistry, these two solo artists have joined their unique talents to create music that resonates long after the last chord fades.

Porter’s blistering guitar playing and rich songwriting provides the perfect architecture to support Nickerson’s lush vocals, complimenting and elevating Porter’s songs to make them feel both fresh and timeless. The pair first collaborated on the 2013 EP Cheeseburgers and Gasoline and again on Porter’s 2015 record Human Kindness. In 2016 the duo performed as the featured musical guests on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion.

Bonfire to Ash marks the duo’s first full-length collaboration. This album charts experiences that bridge the intimate with the universal. From the heady bloom of new love (“Old Red Barn”), to the urgency to save love from skidding out of reach forever (“Loving On Her Mind”). Music critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Piet Levy, writes, "Ash burns brightest when Porter and Nickerson share their voices and different perspectives of a lonely relationship on "Echo of Love.""

Porter and Nickerson perfect an engaging dialogue through these songs that carries over into their captivating live shows.

Together these highly accomplished artists take audiences on a singular musical ride full of heart, grit, energy, and fun that showcases the best of what live music has to offer. 

Tickets are $20 and available online.  The Saint is located at 601 Main Street in Asbury Park, NJ.

Photo by Lois Bielefeld Photography