Solo music by the frontman of Slowdive and Mojave 3

One night while in the studio with Neil Halstead a friend questioned him as to what kind of music he played. Neil’s extremely thick beard turned into a smile as he said “Nylon Rock” before laughing and turning back to his beer. In the late 1990s Neil fronted a band called Slowdive, and after a couple of really good records they split. From there Neil formed his current band Mojave 3, who have released four records to date. At the core of those bands was Neil and his songwriting, and nowadays his main medium is a nylon-string guitar and a couple of shakers. Neil writes songs that are very personal to him, and he invites everyone to take their own meanings away from his lyrics (“Go skies and thrones and wings. And poetry and things” from the song “Elevenses”). Neil Halstead is an old soul and his newest solo record is exactly who he is: welcoming, warm, clever and kind. Philadelphia songwriter Jim Hanft opens.