Sean Pratt with Megan Siebe and Sequoia
Sean Pratt is an American folk guitar player and singer-songwriter from Nebraska by way of the Dakotas. Pratt played in Omaha punk and noise acts for the better part of a decade before developing a fascination with the songcraft of the likes of Van Zandt, Prine and Chilton. Occasionally, unearthing a set of original compositions at one of Omaha's many dark corner bars. In the still of the pandemic, Pratt found himself focusing deeply on acoustics and how to color a space without amplification. In December of 2023, following a debut set of new material at the preeminent Grapefruit Records, friend and collaborator Simon Joyner encouraged Pratt to record the songs from that night "quickly, while everything is still new." Three weeks later, on New Year's Day, recording began at Another Recording Company with James Schroeder (Rosali, David Nance and Mowed Sound) at the board. Over the next three days Pratt, Megan Siebe, Colin Duckworth and James Maakestad recorded what would become 'Prairie Whistle Call'. All tracked live, leaving time to breathe and never forcing it. Prairie Whistle Call arrived July 18th, 2025 on Worried Songs (UK). "Having spent some considerable time in Nebraska over the last few years, I've come to know and love the region and can attest that the sound on Prairie Whistle Call that is very much of that place. There's a timelessness to Pratt's songs that belie Omaha's railroad heyday with a wispy shadow of Midwest indie rock. The performances and arrangements are played with the ease of old friends having conversations, keeping the pace steady and close. The energy that lives in these songs conjure distant memories and warm nostalgia that I am not sure belongs solely to me. Perhaps it's the raw intimacy I hear in Pratt's tender spoken sung delivery sweetly nestled into the gentle and sparse instrumentation that recalls the feeling of driving through the grasslands, staring towards the relentless bright blue sky as the stories we live circle the clouds." - Rosali Middleman "Sean is a consummate Midwestern songwriter; keenly aware that our lives are more honestly depicted through impressionistic understatement than gross exaggeration. The strength of his songs lies in giving us as much of a story as we need to truly care about the characters - to wonder where these people came from and to imagine we know where they are headed." - Simon Joyner "Sean Pratt's prairie blown folk songs are ambling yet arresting - moving with the worn-in certainty of a trusted friend. Gorgeously frayed harmonies and delicately spun strings are all brushstrokes in the Midwestern landscapes that populate Pratt's songs. It's music that feels rooted in a place but beams outward, a flickering porch light at the bend in a road." - Lou Turner (Styrofoam Winos) Sequoia is a songwriter living in Portland, Oregon. Primarily raised in rural Vermont, with its nice colored leaves and pretty rivers, New England will always be part of him. Having a spread out family has meant living in several places along the East Coast throughout his childhood. Eventually, he moved to Los Angeles, and took a deeper interest in American Folk, Blues, and Country music. Until recently Sequoia lived in Richmond, Virginia where he’d fallen into a vibrant community of songwriters, and performed frequently for drink tickets and pool table quarters. His music is influenced by a transient life, and exposure to the vast American landscape in an exploration of melancholy, anxiety, and hopefulness.Folk, Americana, Singer-SongwriterPT2H2026-04-23Sean Pratt with Megan Siebe and Sequoia"Sean Pratt with Megan Siebe and Sequoia"live event, live musicShowtimes
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