North Carolina band Sarah Shook & The Disarmers is bringing country back to its roots. The band’s music is about love and the bittersweet growing pains of youth, all filtered through a veil of uncompromising anger and humor. Sarah Shook has a low alto voice with a warm, Southern drawl that makes her sound older than her years — she resembles Johnny Cash with her vulnerable humility and sarcastic rebellion.
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers will perform on Monday, August 20, at Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 7 p.m. $10. abilenebarandlounge.com; disarmers.com.
This article appears in Aug 15-21, 2018.
