Aaron Smith w/ Andrew Delaney

The Royal

Doors at 7:30Show at 8:0021+ only. No refunds unless the waitlist can accomodate. Aaron Smith’s songs explore the mystery of human experience, searching for the meaning of love, family, heritage, kindness, doubt, and grace. Influenced as much by Flannery O’Connor as John Prine and John Hartford, his songs range from witty jazz to pensive, emotive ballads, to southern roots grooves. Smith became a Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Finalist in 2016 on just his second try. In 2019, just three years later, he became a winner at New Folk and the BMG Songwriter Showcase at the Power of Music Festival. The Legend of Sam Davis, a coffee-table compendium of songs, stories, artwork, maps, and family photos telling stories and legends of Newton County Arkansas, is the second and final album from Aaron Davis and the Coal Biters. Aaron Smith and the Coal Biters released their debut album, The Way the World Turns, in 2015. The death of multi-instrumentalist George Holcomb at age 76 brought the trio to an end. Smith already has a backlog of songs for the next album. He is writing a lot of jazz lately and narrative fiction, looking for metaphors in science and the natural world.Andrew Delaney is an unorthodox songwriter, storyteller, and producer from Arlington, TX. Born to a Chinese-American family, Andrew grew up as a suburban goth kid and his songs are informed as much by the lyrics-as-literature styles of Tom Waits and James McMurtry as they are by the camp and audacity of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Legendary folk DJ Rich Warren once called him “The Alfred Hitchcock of singer/songwriters”.