breethefest: a day of music benefitting the cystic fibrosis foundation

For its inaugural event, breethefest: a day of music benefiting the cystic fibrosis
foundation, will be happening LIVE on the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station on Sunday, May 22nd!

The lineup will feature incredible bands covering roots, Americana, and soul — including YARN,
Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics, Keep Left, Eleanor Underhill, and Heather Sarona! All proceeds will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, passionately working towards a day when
CF stands for Cure Found!

Doors open @ 3PM and the music starts @ 4PM. FREE ON-SITE PARKING! Root Down will be serving their delicious twist on Southern Soul food PLUS we will have our FULL bar open for you to enjoy!

This is a General Admission, all-ages show! Kids under 12 are FREE! Tickets are now on sale ($40 ADV; 45 DOS).

Today, prospects are growing brighter. There are new medications that actually correct the cellular defect, however, at least twice daily treatments still must be done, along with other medications, and there is still no cure. By purchasing a ticket today YOU are helping the CF community move one step closer to a cure! Thank you so much!

CDC guidelines + band requirements + our venue policies are subject to change daily, so please keep your eyes on https://salvagestation.com/covid-policy/ for updates. We do not issue refunds based on our Covid-19 policies and reserve the right to change them at any time. Check out our FAQ page here to learn about parking options (FREE on-site parking available for this event), what you can and cannot bring inside the venue, and MORE!

Listen to the breethefest Spotify playlist:

Listen to Yarn:

About Yarn:

You might expect a band that calls itself Yarn to, naturally, tend to spin a yarn or two.
“that’s what we do, we tell stories, live and in the studio, truth, and fiction”
singer/songwriter Blake Christiana insists. “We don’t always opt for consistency. There’s
a different vibe onstage from what comes through in our recordings. There’s a difference
in every show as well, you never know what you’re going to get.”
It was with that in mind that Yarn released a series of singles that were digitally released
on the 13th of every month beginning in January 2018 and continuing throughout the
year. Each “single” included an “A side”, a “B side” and an exclusive alternate version of
one of the songs. Naturally, there’s no better name for the project than “Lucky 13.” 24 of
those tracks are now available on the albums, Lucky 13 Vol. 1 and Lucky 13 Vol. 2, just
released on June 13, 2019.

“These are essentially road stories,” Christiana says. “There’s an overriding theme that
links these songs in a very broad sort of way, but again, the stories are not to be taken
literally. The intention was to share the feeling of what it’s like to spend time traveling
from city to city, with all the unlikely experiences that can be encountered along the way.
“People always ask us to tell them road stories,” singer-guitarist Rod Hohl adds. “While
this batch of songs aren’t exactly literal road stories, most deal with some degree of
adventure and adversity as inspired by our tours and treks around the country. Yet like
any good story, there’s an imaginative element to it as well. That’s why we’ve decided to
release alternate versions of some of the tracks, to provide a glance at the oddities that
exist just beyond sight…” The titles of these tracks summarize the stories at a glance. Hohl describes “Sioux City,” “Road Less Traveled” and “Hurricane” as adventure stories as seen from the perspective
of the road. “Too Young” re-imagines that road as an analogy, the highway of life.
“Weary,” as the title implies, describes the toll taken by that seemingly endless journey.
However, there’s also hope on the horizon; “Heaven in You” suggests that there is an
oasis out there somewhere. “Promised Land” and “American Dream” offer reasons why
one might choose to embark upon that sojourn in the first place.

Yarn has never been content to simply ride a wave and see where it takes them. Their
last album, This Is the Year, was celebratory in tone and boldly optimistic. A seamless
blend of vibrant, inspired, back porch melodies and narrative, descriptive lyrics, it
detailed the challenges one faces when life is jolted off its bearings and, in re-evaluating
relationships, tough choices must be made that sometimes skirt the rules. It was
recorded in the aftermath of real-life challenges that left the band splintered and unsure of
their forward trajectory.

“We were dealing with real-life issues,” Christiana said at the time. “Broken
relationships, a sense of having to regroup and put some things — and people — behind us.
That’s what I was writing about lyrically in the new songs and it became kind of a catharsis. Nothing was
contrived. We didn’t have to relate to it in the third person. We were living in these
circumstances, and that gave us the impetus and inspiration to share our sentiments.
Ultimately those setbacks and difficulties led to new opportunities and allowed a little
light to shine through.”

Yarn’s ability to persevere ought to come as no great surprise, especially for a band that
spent two years honing their chops during a Monday night residency at the famed
Kenny’s Castaway in New York’s Greenwich Village. In effect, it allowed them to
rehearse onstage, mostly in front of audiences that often ranged in size from five to a
hundred people on any given night. Five studio albums followed — Yarn (2007), Empty
Pockets (2008), Come On In (2010), Almost Home (2012), and Shine the Light On (2013).
The band then took to the road, playing upwards of 170 shows a year and sharing stages
with such superstars as Dwight Yoakam, Charlie Daniels, Marty Stuart, Allison Krauss,
Leon Russell, Jim Lauderdale, and The Lumineers. They performed at any number of
prestigious venues — Mountain Stage, Daytrotter, the Orange Peel in Asheville, the Fox
Theater in Boulder, the 9:30 Club in D.C, South by Southwest, the Strawberry Festival,
Rhythm and Roots, Meadowgrass, Floydfest and more, eventually surpassing 1,000
shows, half a million miles and performances in nearly every state. They’ve driven
nonstop, made countless radio station appearances, driven broken-down RVs and
watched as their van caught fire. They’ve paid their dues and then some, looking forward
even as they were forced to glance behind.

Indeed, the accolades piled up quickly along the way. They have landed on the Grammy
ballot 4 times, garnered nods from the Americana Music Association, placed top five on
both Radio and Records and the AMA album charts garnered airplay on Sirius FM,
iTunes, Pandora, CNN, and CMT, and also accorded the “Download of the Day” from
Rolling Stone. Shine the Light On found shared songwriting credits with John Oates (the
Oates of Hall & Oates fame), and when audiences expressed their admiration, it brought
the band a populist following of diehard devotees, popularly known as “the Yarmy.”
As odd as that might seem, it’s proof positive that the Brooklyn and Raleigh based band -which is currently comprised of Blake Christiana, Rod Hohl, bassist Rick Bugel, and
drummer Robert Bonhomme — have made their mark, and in dealing with their emotions,
scars and circumstances, they find themselves in a position to share those experiences
with others who have juggled similar sentiments. Then again, one needn’t take them at their word. When one unravels Yarn, it’s best to add one’s own interpretations.

Listen to Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics: