DOORS @ 7:30 / SHOWS @ 8PM, UNLESS POSTED OTHERWISE
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Fri10Oct2025
"kissing other ppl" featuring Rachel Baimain and Viv & Riley? Oct 10
7:30 Doors $15/adv $20/door
While touring together in 2022, Durham-based folk duo Viv & Riley and Nashville songwriter Rachel Baiman bonded over beloved records and hours of van conversation. They dreamed of recording covers together, sparked by time spent harmonizing on stage. In June 2023, producer Greg Griffith (Amy Ray, The Butchies) invited them to his Connecticut home studio with no agenda beyond exploration. While they sat crosslegged, arranging Lennon Stella’s “Kissing Other People,” Griffith quietly set up mics and a vintage camcorder—capturing a fully live, magic-soaked take that set the tone for the project. The result: Kissing Other PPL, an 8-track album of covers ranging from Magnolia Electric Co. to Joan Armatrading and Waylon Payne. With raw, analog textures and spontaneous choices—Viv switching to drums, a wildly dissonant guitar solo from Baiman —the sessions prioritized feel over polish. The project is a celebration of collaboration and imperfection: three artists unlearning perfection, embracing instinct, and chasing the right sound in the moment.