Keller Williams is one of the most consistently surprising performers working today. The Virginia multi-instrumentalist has been solo-looping his way through the jam circuit since the early ’90s — building entire band sounds live on stage, layer by layer, until the room is locked into something that shouldn’t be possible for one person to create.
No band. No backing tracks. Just Keller, a loop station, and an arsenal of instruments — guitar, bass, keys, voice — that he assembles in real time. The results range from foot-stomping bluegrass to deep funk to acoustic folk to full electronic excursions, sometimes within the same song. It’s as much performance art as it is a concert.
His sets don’t repeat. The spontaneity is the whole point. If you’ve seen him before, this is a different show. If you haven’t, prepare for something you won’t easily explain to someone who wasn’t there.
Buffalo Iron Works fits him well — the room’s energy is conversational enough for the quiet passages and loud enough for when things get weird. Doors at 8:00 PM. 18+ show. Tickets on Ticketmaster.