{"id":40802227302,"date":"2018-10-08T09:23:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T13:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/?p=40802227302"},"modified":"2018-10-08T09:23:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T13:23:39","slug":"alt-folk-all-family-seven-siblings-join-for-the-thrill-of-the-hunts-in-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/alt-folk-all-family-seven-siblings-join-for-the-thrill-of-the-hunts-in-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Alt-Folk, All-Family Seven siblings join for the thrill of The Hunts, in concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Center for the Arts at Monmouth University<\/strong> has announced that tickets are now on sale for an exclusive area appearance by the \u201calternative folk\u201d band The Hunts<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scheduled for Friday, October 26, the one-night engagement is presented as part of the 2018-2019 Performing Arts Series at Monmouth\u2019s Pollak Theatre<\/strong>. The 8 p.m. event further stands as the area debut for the young group whose momentum extends from the virtual marketplace of Spotify (more than 14 million streams and counting), to the brick-and-mortar stages of Red Rocks<\/em>, Firefly<\/em> and Summerfest<\/em> \u2014 and whose seven skilled musicians also happen to be brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n

With the kind of pedigree that comes from being raised in a musically minded household \u2014 and a deeply rooted affinity for classic Americana sounds \u2014 The Hunts represent something that\u2019s both refreshingly new, and old as the hills of their native Virginia.<\/p>\n

Spotlighting lead vocals by guitarist Josh Hunt and violinist Jenni Hunt, the band\u2019s lineup of multi-instrumentalists is completed by Jenni\u2019s twin sister Jessi (viola, banjo), Jonathan (keyboards), Jordan (drums), Justin (bass) and Jamison (mandolin). All of the Hunt brothers and sisters \u2014 and yes, they all share the same initials \u2014 contribute their vocal harmonies to a lovingly crafted project that\u2019s been honed by a decade of touring, and a literal collective lifetime of working together.<\/p>\n

Growing up close-knit and home-schooled in the Chesapeake home of their mom (herself a classically trained violinist and music teacher) and dad (a self-taught guitarist, expert soundman, and official gig driver), the seven Hunts developed a musical wisdom and sense of songcraft beyond their young years, qualities that were more than evident when they began to shop a homemade demo recording around to the labels. Fueled by their impressive debut single \u201cMake This Leap,\u201d their EP \u201cLife Was Simple\u201d impressed industry observers and new listeners to the extent that those earlier tracks were subsequently issued officially as the album \u201cWe Were Young.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Interscope-distributed \u201cThose Younger Days\u201d followed in 2015, and in 2017 the siblings reconvened in the studio with Grammy winning indie rock producer Peter Katis for the sessions that would become their third full length album. Having matured tremendously as players \u2014 and with some of the siblings now raising families of their own \u2014 The Hunts have spent much of 2018 on the road, in support of that most recent release \u201cDarlin\u2019 Oh Darlin\u2019.\u201d Advanced by the upbeat single \u201cAlong the Way,\u201d the album is a signature family affair, from the siblings\u2019 collaborative compositional symbiosis, to the choral harmonies, intricate instrumental interplay, and millennial musical savvy that finds natural bridges between centuries-old reels and hypercurrent alterna-pop.<\/p>\n

As has been their fan-friendly policy for years, the band has augmented the itinerary of festival, concert hall and college shows with the intimate living-room and back-yard gatherings that have established a very special bond between the Hunt family and their ardent listeners. When The Hunts take the stage of the recently renovated Pollak, they\u2019ll be keyed in to a timeline that\u2019s made Monmouth\u2019s flagship performance space into one of the region\u2019s premier places for acoustic music. And, whether they\u2019re doing their thing inside an auditorium, outdoors within a sea of festivalgoers, or up on your neighbor\u2019s back porch, these next-generation folk music standard bearers have the stuff that can transform any size venue into a gathering of friends.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the October 26 concert featuring The Hunts are priced at $25 and $35, with a Gold Circle seating option of $50, and can be reserved through the Monmouth University Performing Arts Box Office at 732-263-6889, or online atwww.monmouth.edu\/MCA<\/a> Tickets for other upcoming Performing Arts events \u2014 including the classic rock Gypsy stylings of Terry Ilous and the Vagabonds (October 19), and the \u201cAlienation Klezmer\u201d collaboration of singer-poet Daniel Kahn with The Painted Bird (November 13)\u00a0 \u2014 are also on sale now. To schedule interviews, please contact Kelly Barratt at 732-263-5114.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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