Pioneer Works is excited to present Julie Byrne for a special performance in our Main Hall on Saturday, September 28, 2024 with support from New York based Producer / Vocalist YATTA.

Julie Byrne

For nearly a decade, American songwriter Julie Byrne has moved through the world as a characteristically private artist largely outside the public eye. Raised in western New York State, now living in New York City, Byrne has counted many places as home since committing her life to her work. In the folk lineage of the wanderer, Byrne’s poetic, evocative songcraft pulls imagery from the road and takes its shape from the evolving impressions of friendship, love, and loss. Byrne taught herself guitar after picking it up when her father became ill and could no longer play the instrument himself. She has stocked shelves in supermarkets and moonlit as a seasonal urban park ranger in Manhattan. As a performer, she carries an aura of warmth and vulnerability, an innate musicality connected to the natural world; there is real gravity in Byrne’s ability to make that a shared feeling.

YATTA

YATTA is a Sierra Leonean-American vocalist, producer, and composer. Their playful approach to sound and performance is characterized by textural electronic sounds and rooted in improvisation, humor, and surprise. Their debut EP, Spirit Said Yes! was released on New York label PTP and planted their stake in the city’s underground music scene. Over the years they’ve shared stages with a range of artists, like Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Cardi B, Eartheater, L’Rain, and The Sun Ra Arkestra.