Daniel Rodriguez

Moes Alley Presents Daniel Rodriguez

Daniel Rodriguez (formerly of Elephant Revival)! Tuesday, May 27th Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm $15 in advance / $20 day of the show 21+ *Tickets on sale Friday, March 7th at 10am PT*

DANIEL RODRIGUEZ

Whether it was personal heartbreak or the seismic shift in his daily life when exiting his longtime band, Elephant Revival, Daniel Rodriguez's latest album, Harboring Pearls, is a snapshot of a singer-songwriter simply trying to navigate the choppy waters of existence to the best of his ability. I preserved my own sanity. I preserved my own integrity, Rodriguez says. There’s something about not being comfortable, knowing my integrity and ethics, knowing my path and where I'm headed. I'm fueled by not choosing to be comfortable.

Captured by producer David Baron at his Sun Mountain, situated atop a ridge amid the ancient Catskill Mountains of Woodstock, New York, Harboring Pearls was co-produced by Wesley Schultz, lead singer for indie-folk juggernaut The Lumineers.

Now it's just me and the storm, Rodriguez says. All the chips are in on this one piece of art. Am I crazy? Do I trust myself? What I am doing? It's this lingering feeling that I have no idea where it's headed, but I need to go wherever it's headed.

Core of Harboring Pearls

That internal, more so existential quest of self, of purpose and pursuit, lies at the core of Harboring Pearls. Numbers like El Dorado, Anything and Everything, and Graduation paint vivid indie-folk pictures of Rodriguez's journey unfolding in real time. It's about transcendence, and that's been such a wild process, Rodriguez says. There's been this pressure cooking with the songs. A lot of coal being compressed into diamonds.

And what resulted was this steadfast platform of trust and radiance offered by Schultz, one where Rodriguez felt comfortable standing on, the culmination of those sessions being this cultivation of truth and sacrifice that lies within each selection of Harboring Pearls. You're on your own and these are your pearls, Rodriguez says of this latest batch of tunes. And you've been harboring them for so long. It's time to pass them out.

Event Details

This event is 21 and over. Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that they are at least 21 years of age will not be admitted to this event and will not be eligible for a refund.