Singer-songwriter JJ Niceley calls her music “mystical country.” “It describes the sound, the frequency and the mythopoetic place I am always in search of, within my work and on my life journey itself,” she explains in a post on her Substack of the same name. Niceley’s country is not country in a 21st-century context, but rather music that is actually born of and connected to rural life. She was born on a farm and has always had a deep connection to nature, which is reflected in her lyrics. Musically, her material straddles folk and acoustic pop with ambient country touches in her arrangements. Her voice is special. It has an ethereal quality that reinforces the “mystical” part of her art. Niceley’s “mystical country” will be on the bill Friday night in the Low Volume Lounge at Eastside Bowl. She will be accompanied by Feathered Mason (Eric Davis) on baritone guitar, Jason Goforth on pedal steel and harmonica, Ron Eoff on bass and Robert Crawford on drums. Niceley plans to play two sets of material from her extensive catalog — seven LPs and three EPs — including “a chunk of Not Lost,” her excellent 2024 full-length. She’ll also perform some new songs from her forthcoming album to be released later this year.
8 p.m. at the Low Volume Lounge at Eastside Bowl
1508A Gallatin Pike S., Madison
