Ryan Blotnick and Eliot Cardinaux present their new albums May 21st in a joint concert at the Anchor House of Artists. *The Furies* is a solo project by poet/pianist/composer Eliot Cardinaux featuring new compositions alongside older music, woven through with poetry written during the last two years. The music is surreal and impressionistic, providing an eerie counterpoint to the "quiet, clear brush-stroke perfect songs" (poet David Need) and "somber and retrospective wandering" (poet Andrew Mossin) of the lyric poetry and elegy threaded throughout. Available on CD and as a digital download on Bandcamp only through Cardinaux's own label and publishing house, The Bodily Press. "*The Woods* presents Blotnick working in a restrained, acoustic-centred setting, using spacious arrangements and slow‑unfolding themes to foreground tone, harmonic detail and ensemble interplay. The material leans on modal shapes, folk‑inflected motifs and unhurried rhythmic cycles, with the group’s dynamics kept deliberately low to emphasise texture and room sound. Improvisations develop through small variations rather than overt climaxes, giving the record a cohesive, contemplative character that reflects its woodland framing and the close‑mic’d, intimate production approach.”  - World of Jazz, Bob Osborne Guitarist and composer **Ryan Blotnick** has long balanced a searching intelligence with a natural lyricism, whether navigating open improvisation, writing for film, or sculpting finely wrought original tunes. His quartet—featuring **Tyler Wood** on keyboards, **Adam Chilenski** on bass, and **Otto Hauser** on drums—extends that sensibility into a collective conversation that’s as fluid as it is grounded. Their music, spacious yet deeply rooted, thrives on close listening and collective interplay. **Blotnick** first emerged in New York’s modern jazz scene, praised by *Jazz Times* as “one of the bright lights” of his generation, and has since built a career that bridges jazz, world music traditions, and cinematic soundscapes.  His playing—at once lyrical and daring—has graced stages from Copenhagen to New York and found its way into award-winning films at Sundance, SXSW, and DOC NYC. Now based in Maine, he continues to compose and perform widely, exploring new sonic terrain with his quartet and local groups such as SOULBENDERS, Katherine Perkins and Danny Fisher-Lochhead’s Large Ensemble. **Wood**, originally from Presque Isle, Maine, has carved out a multifaceted career as a musician, producer, and recording engineer. After early forays into piano, trumpet, and drums, he landed in Brooklyn, where he toured and recorded with artists such as Luke Temple, Glass Ghost, Chester French, and Joan As Police Woman. A co-founder of the indie-soul project Oh My Goodness, Wood also works internationally as an audio engineer, capturing folkloric traditions around the globe with Remix Culture. **Chilenski** brings a deep groove and inventive sensibility honed in New York’s vibrant scene, where he has performed with the exotica band Kolumbo, Groove Collective, and songwriters such as Jonah Smith, Luke Temple (Here We Go Magic) and Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco). **Hauser**, a versatile and sought-after drummer, has worked with an extraordinary range of artists—from folk icons Vashti Bunyan and Michael Hurley to rock luminaries like Jeff Tweedy and The War on Drugs. With over a hundred albums to his credit, his drumming is celebrated for its nuance, imagination, and depth of feel. Together, the quartet creates music that is nuanced, melodic and spontaneous—drawing from jazz, folk, rock, and improvised traditions.