Washington, DC-area duo Brian K & The Parkway, Brian K. Pagels and Stephen Russ, will be back on tour this fall to promote their debut album Killing The Bear, out March 29, 2024, and will play their first-ever Nashville show at The Underdog on October 19. Tickets are available here.
“Wherever you go in Nashville, there are insanely good musicians playing with their hearts,” the duo said in a press release. “It’s one of our favorite cities where anything can happen.”
The nine-song collection is guitar-based, roots-oriented rock, infused with a healthy dose of soul and R&B. Their brand of “indie heartland rock” draws heavily on ’70s rock influences and has been compared to Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, John Mayer, Elvis Costello and Drive-By Truckers. Music critic Joshua Kirk named Killing The Bear one of his 15 best albums of 2024, along with new releases from Waxahatchee, Vampire Weekend and Brittany Howard.
Pagels and Russ formed Brian K & The Parkway in 2021. Pagels is from Springsteen’s hometown of Freehold, NJ, Russ from the Carolinas. Both have a deep connection to The Boss and are heavily inspired by him. Although the guys affectionately refer to the band name as “very Jersey,” it refers to Pagels’ name and the fact that the George Washington Memorial Parkway connects the route between their homes in Northern Virginia; Pagels lives in Alexandria, Russ lives in Arlington.
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