Kevin Morby's indie rock at The Argo. Free parking, full bar, no kitchen. All ages, under-18s need a guardian.
Kevin Morby is set to deliver an introspective indie rock performance at The Argo, drawing from his Midwest roots and poetic songwriting. His latest album, Little Wide Open, produced by Aaron Dessner, captures the essence of the Midwest with its unique blend of sounds and stories. The album features contributions from notable artists like Amelia Meath and Justin Vernon, adding depth to Morby's already rich sound.
The Argo offers a cozy setting for this all-ages show, with free parking and a full bar available. While the kitchen won't be open, the venue's intimate atmosphere makes it a perfect spot to enjoy Morby's music. Be sure to arrive early to secure a good spot and take advantage of the bar service. Remember, all guests under 18 must be accompanied by a guardian.
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Free parking is available at The Argo, but it can fill up quickly. Arrive early to secure a spot, or consider nearby street parking as an alternative.
Kevin Morby delivers a richly layered, introspective set blending Midwest roots, poetic songwriting, and expansive indie rock sound. For Kevin Morby, the “little wide open” is the big sky, the small lives, it’s his origins in the Midwest, and every duty and modesty and familiarity and isolation: the land, the people, and the parts of that inside him. “There’s something unintentionally musical about the Midwest; cicadas chirping in the trees, a train passing, a tornado siren going off,” explains Morby. “If you listen, there are these almost ominous sounds taking place beneath the wide-open sky—its ugliness and its beauty and how the two are often working together simultaneously. And while the Midwest isn’t technically the badlands, it’s my badlands.” Little Wide Open is the title of Kevin Morby’s eighth studio album, produced by Aaron Dessner. In the summer of 2024, Dessner had asked Morby to support The National at their London show in Crystal Palace Park. Shortly after, Dessner—who was on a hot streak, having produced albums for Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and Gracie Abrams—reached out to Morby to say he’d love to produce his next album. They began recording at Aaron’s Long Pond Studio in Stuyvesant, NY, early in 2025 and finished in September of that year. The album, which includes a host of contributors such as Dessner—who plays multiple instruments across it—Amelia Meath, Andrew Barr, Justin Vernon, Katie Gavin, Lucinda Williams, Meg Duffy, and more, has been described by Morby as the third in a trilogy of releases, following 2020’s Sundowner and 2022’s This Is a Photograph, which catalogued his time in the Midwest after moving back to Kansas City. This time out, Dessner’s production elevates Morby’s recordings while never losing focus of the songs themselves. There’s a newfound confidence and clarity in both Morby’s writing and Dessner’s production that recalls Tom Petty’s 1994 classic Wildflowers. Now primarily living in LA, the atmosphere that runs through Little Wide Open has changed somewhat from its predecessors. As Rachel Kushner writes of Morby in the album’s accompanying essay: “It’s about time, about feeling like he has shifted from nostalgia and the losing game, losing but beautiful, of holding onto the past. He has accepted that time is ceaselessly flowing, and you can’t stop it. Instead, he feels like he’s riding it. He’s riding passenger with time.”
