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Heading out on the road shortly for some spring shows and errands. Would love to see you there. More to come…

March 21 Tulsa, OK @drifterstheater w/ @amarillohighway
March 22 Fayetteville AR @pearlsbooks w/ @onthemapshows @grodyogre
March 26 Asheville, NC @ayurpranalisteningroom w/ @soundaroundme_
March 27 Knoxville TN - Big Ears festival w/ @acrossthehorizonshow
March 28 Knoxville TN - Big Ears festival w/ @maryoverthere
March 29 Knoxville, TN - Big Ears festival solo set
April 2 Orlando, FL - @timucuaarts
April 3 Gainesville, FL - @hipptheatre w/ @grggkowalsky
April 4 Somewhere in the swamp, FL no-see-um fest
April 12 New Orleans, LA - Captains House sunset on the levee
May 1 Brooklyn, NY - Long Play Festival
May 14 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church w/ @jjjjjeromeellis
May 17 Saxapahaw, NC - @hawriverballroom w/ @settingsounds
May 28 Salt Lake City - @yardworkpresents

video by @cfwein from @livingearth.la LA River performance by @waltmcclements

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7 months ago

Very excited about this show Sept 26 @coaxialarts
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing @johnny.bell.sounds perform many times in New Mexico and am so excited he’s coming to town - his music is beautiful and special. And with @harpistemology and @kelbyclark it’s really going to be a lovely evening. Yall should come!
15$ notaflof
Xoxo by @waltmcclements

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15 days ago

⊹ ࣪ ˖🂱 L̶U̶C̶K̶ ̶O̶F̶ ̶T̶H̶E̶ ̶D̶R̶A̶W̶ ③⊹ ࣪ ˖🂱
 At the start of the night, 10 improvisers puts their name into a hat
Names are drawn to form ensembles in real time: 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘵 → 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰 → 𝘥𝘶𝘰 → 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 with everyone coming together for one final set

⁽ˡᵉᵃᵛᵉ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᶠᵃᵗᵉ ᵗᵒ ᶜʰᵃⁿᶜᵉ⁾

🃜🃚🃖🃁🂭🂺

Saturday October 3
doors at 7:30pm | show at 8:00pm
FREE - RSVP link in bio

⚀ Pauline Lay: violin
⚁ Zaq Kenefick: sax
⚂ Walt McClements: accordion
⚃ Grace Dashnaw: cello
⚄ Eli Klausner: piano
⚅ Nev Wendell: trumpet
⚂ ⚃ Nelle J. Anderson: voice
⚃ ⚃ Miller Wrenn: bass
⚃ ⚄ Jaz Jendersee: voice
⚄ ⚄ Mike Meanstreetz: drums

𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐠𝐠
939 Maple Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90015

ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴏʀᴀᴄʟᴇ ᴇɢɢ’ꜱ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴏʀᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ

@paulinelay
@zaqkenefick
@waltmcclements
@artofgrac
@55ruecerat
@nevwendell
@nellejanderson
@millerwrenn
@jazmycelium
@mmzblast taken in Los Angeles, California by @waltmcclements

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Very excited to be joining Sari Lightman this Sunday at @healingforcerecords to celebrate her gorgeous new record. Don’t miss it! I’ll be playing some new material and some@old. Ticket link in bio.
@the_lightman_sisters by @waltmcclements

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Chicago! Another reminder I’ll be playing the amazing @sound_and_gravity festival the first weekend of September. The lineup is great, you can buy passes, or individual venue tickets at the link in my bio. Hope to see you there. by @waltmcclements

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2 months ago

@devnshaffer is back in town! to offer our love and gratitude for the depth of art that she brings into this world, both through her music and work with @americandreamsrecords (wendy eisenberg, patrick shiroishi, claire rousay), we’re gathering within the courtyard of our beloved neighborhood @audubon_debspark to sit in reverence underneath the big sky at sunset.

devin will be sharing solo songcraft this eve and performing intimate arrangements from her most recent album ‘patience’. she’s invited the absolutely astonishing accordionist @waltmcclements, our friend & one of our all time favorite musicians in this brilliant city, to set the tone for the eve. come early to sit with us and listen in ~ walt’s performances are a true gift to the spirit, he’s been on tour for months, and we’re so appreciative of him being with us for the eve!

bring a blanket, a friend, a picnic.
tea will be here for you upon arrival.
all ages & no one turned away.
music begins around 6:30p.

🦉

a gentle reminder: please leave your adorable pups at home this afternoon as to not disrupt the audubon center’s ongoing habitat restoration efforts. taken in Audubon Center at Debs Park by @waltmcclements

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3 months ago

LA Saturday
Join us, let’s go deep 🌀 taken in 2220 Arts + Archives by @waltmcclements

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4 months ago

A few new shows / date changes and old favorites

May 9 - Warren Maine - Fox Den w/ @gregjamie
May 14 - Philadelphia - First Unitarian Church w/ @jjjjjeromeellis @r5productions
May 15 - DC (Tacoma Park) - Tonal Park w/ Sarah Hughes
May 17 - Saxapahaw, NC - Haw River Ballroom w/ @settingsounds
May 21 - Columbus, OH - Rambling House w/ Lisa Bella Donna and Mike Shifflet
May 22 - Columbia, MO - Birdies w/ Dousing
May 27 - Salt Lake City - Utah Museum of Contemporary Art w/ Ian Hazel by @waltmcclements

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5 months ago

yardwork presents x @kuaaradio x @utahmoca
present:

Walt McClements
Ian Hazel
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
Utah Museum Of Contemporary Art
20 s West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT
7:00pm
suggested $15 donation
notaflof

@waltmcclements
Whose music has spanned genre and defied sonic gravity, creates not only an incredible soundscape in his performances, but creates a sonic landscape in which we can wander, wonder, marvel, reminisce, be still, process and integrate. His music reaches down into the earth and rises to the sky. “If you ask a poplar about redwoods, they’ll probably start talking something about faith”

Walt McClements is an accordionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. His solo compositions focus on processed accordion, creating patient and emotional meditations that nod to drone and ambient music. His debut record, “A Hole in the Fence” was released in 2021 on American Dreams, and utilized a minimal palette of accordions processed through pedals to create glacial soundscapes and odes to hidden worlds. On his latest record, and first for Western Vinyl, “On a Painted Ocean”, he expands his sonic tools to include lush synths, droning pipe organs, and spirited horns, creating a vibrant journey from solitary stillness to community exuberance. The record also follows last year’s “Rain on the Road”, a collaborative album with harpist Mary Lattimore, released on Thrill Jockey.

Prior to releasing music under his own name, McClements had been a touring member of Weyes Blood, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Dark Dark Dark, as well as leading New Orleans art-punk brass ensemble Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? and one man band Lonesome Leash.

Ian Hazel
you may recall a lot of Ian’s presence in our music community maybe best remembered from his work in folk punk band Bombs & Beating Hearts, Bramble or the hardcore band Trebuchet. Navigating sincerity, raw energy and composition, Ian has re-emerged a fully composed composer, bringing in all his inspirations from classical, punk, waltz, folk, and blending them into some kind of authentic, generous and singular voice for accordion. Not to be missed

flyer @passivetourist by @waltmcclements

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5 months ago

SHOW (AND LIFE CHANGE) ANNOUNCEMENT!

My dear friend Walt McClements is bringing his gorgeous sounds to the DMV, playing a set at Tonal Park on Fri May 15 with the incomparable Sarah Hughes opening, so thrilled to get these two angels in the same room!

This will be a farewell party of sorts as I am leaving Tonal Park as a full-time staff engineer and have joined the crew at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in downtown DC, doing production, mastering and restoration work for the label full time.

Come hang and celebrate! show flyer with text in orange blocks over intensely close blue fake leather macro lens shot: walt mcclements - voluptuous accordion soundscapes - sarah hughes- transcendent reeds, sonic spells -Friday May 15 at Tonal Park, doors at 7, first set at 7:30 - $15 - $25 sliding scale - address is 7014-C Westmoreland Ave - Takoma Park MD - please enter at WOWD /Allyworld by @waltmcclements

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We are DELIGHTED to share the news that accordionist, multi-instrumentalist, & ambient/drone composer @waltmcclements will be joining the bill of our special seated show with @jjjjjeromeellis in the Side Chapel on May 14th.

You may recognize Walt as a member of @weyesblood & @hurrayfortheriffraff, or know him from his amazing collaborative album with @maryoverthere, but anyone familiar with last year's solo record on @westernvinyl & evocative live performances know how lush, vibrant, and emotional his work is. Will be a v special night, we suggest you get your tickets! taken in First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia by @waltmcclements

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