30-Minute Music Hour

The Urban Hillbilly Quartet

High school English teacher by day, roots rocker by night, Erik Brandt will bring both skill sets with him as his Urban Hillbilly Quartet leads off our production day. UHQ has played together for over a decade in Minneapolis theaters and bar rooms. The band has a loyal, un-combed fan base of hipsters, scenesters, and grad students who crave old-school country music but who aren't averse to lyrics that carry the listener past the obligatory bender, break-up and murder. Brandt owns an accordion and he isn't afraid to use it and likely will in a set that will feature rousing tunes from UHQ's most eclectic album yet, the brand new Bring in The Sails.

Recorded Nov. 16, 2008