Cory Hanson

Like a sweet spring breeze after a long, cruel winter, Cory Hanson's blowing through town again. And like the wind, I Love People comes from parts unknown. Need a ride? Long as you're ready to find yourself wherever it dies down, jump on! Despite all the complications of life here in Central Casting 2025, Cory and the boys are happier than ever to be playing music at its most beautiful for ALL the people: eminent hipsters bellied up to the bar alongside the ropers, riders and all the other jokers for whom freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose or do. Followers of Cory's twin arcs as solo singer and Wand member will be intrigued to learn that the lineup here is the same band that recorded last year's Vertigo. Yep, Wand - their Masters of Unbounded Space robes traded in for Wrecking Crew trucker's caps, as they reel out licks both tasty and smooth, like chopsmeisters of yore. That's Robbie Cody co-producing behind the desk, Evan Backer playing bass and arranging strings and horns, Evan Burrows on drums and percussion and Cory on piano, guitars and voices and songs.    

Support from Cole Berliner & Max Jaffe

Cole Berliner is a guitarist originally from San Francisco, CA, now living in Los Angeles. Though recognized as one half of California band Sharpie Smile (formerly Kamikaze Palm Tree), Cole now dives into the world of his solo material, which features fluid, shape-shifting, acoustic-electric arrangements and lineups ranging from stripped down folk, to chamber ensemble, to jazz combo. Simultaneously an experimentalist and a traditionalist, his multifaceted styled calls upon multifaceted influences; the likes of Bert Jansch, Philip Glass, Elizabeth Cotten, Jim O Rourke, and Marc Ribot make their way in. Throughout his career as a session musician, he has worked with various artists such as White Fence, Zsela, PAINT, Stephen Brown (of Tuxedomoon), Angel Deradoorian, & more