{"id":93860,"date":"2026-06-16T02:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=93860"},"modified":"2026-06-16T12:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:04:31","slug":"dana-and-alden-papas-boat-tour","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/event\/dana-and-alden-papas-boat-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana and Alden: Papa\u2019s Boat Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Grey Eagle and Worthwhile Sounds Present<\/p>\n<p>Dana and Alden: Papa\u2019s Boat Tour<\/p>\n<p>Jazz duo Dana &amp; Alden have always had a wanderlust, something they credit to their maternal grandfather. Affectionately known as Papa, he was the kind of person others naturally gravitate towards. It was a photograph from one of his trips to Asia that inspired the Eugene, OR duo\u2019s new album Papa\u2019s Boat. In the image Papa is looking out across the horizon and stood next to his boat S\u0175n y M\u00f4r (Welsh for \u201cSound of the Sea.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think so much of what Alden and I are doing comes from just watching him live his own unique life,\u201d says Dana. Alden agrees. \u201cHis emboldened, passionate personality gave us permission to be our own selves, to be unconventional and draw outside of the box.\u201d<br \/>\nRecorded with Malcolm Catto in London in March 2025, Papa\u2019s Boat combines all their childhood love and global experience to create an ecstatic sound built on Dana\u2019s saxophone and Alden\u2019s drums. Recorded with the duo\u2019s backing band, Ebba Dankel (vocals and keys), Andrew Mitchell (bass), Eli Torgersen (vocals and guitar) and Salim Charvet (sax and synths), Papa\u2019s Boat is rooted in jazz but pulling influence from indie, pop, rap, bossa nova, and beyond. A hypnotic combination of sax and buzzing synths on \u201cLighthouse\u201d sets the tone for an album that uses water as both a reflective surface and a body to get lost in. Elsewhere there are collaborations with Mei Semones, Melanie Charles, and legendary Brazilian songwriter Marcos Valle, a hero figure to the band who appears on \u201cEl Gaucho\u201d and \u201cFriendship Is A Boat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout its runtime Papa\u2019s Boat sails purposefully between memories of the past and visions of a brighter future. It doesn\u2019t just commemorate their Papa as a beloved character, but shares him with the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grey Eagle and Worthwhile Sounds Present Dana and Alden: Papa\u2019s Boat Tour Jazz duo Dana &amp; Alden have always had a wanderlust, something they credit to their maternal grandfather. 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