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Julien Baker & TORRES

presented as part of 2025 OHIO Music Industry Summit

Thursday, March 27, 2025, 8 PM
Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium

Tickets:
First 10 Rows - $60
Remainder of Floor - $45
Balcony - $25

"Send A Prayer My Way" is the long-awaited collaboration between critically acclaimed artists Julien Baker and TORRES (Mackenzie Scott), blending their distinctive lyrical styles into a country album that embraces the raw, defiant spirit of the outlaw tradition. Born from an impromptu conversation after a Chicago show in 2016, this album explores themes of struggle, addiction, regret, and resilience. It's the soundtrack for anyone facing life's toughest moments鈥攚hether dealing with a dead-end job, battling addiction, or grappling with personal demons. These songs channel the kind of defiance and radical empathy that have always defined the heart of country music, offering a companion to those navigating their darkest hours.

At its core, "Send A Prayer My Way" is a reminder that music can be both a refuge and a call to action. With its gritty, working-class ethos, the album refuses to ask for forgiveness or permission, mirroring the unrelenting spirit of past outlaws like Lucinda Williams and Loretta Lynn. The tracks pulse with humor, defiance, and a deep, soul-searching vulnerability, tackling themes of shame, love, and second chances. As TORRES and Baker deliver their most personal work yet, they create a space for listeners to confront their own stories, finding solace and strength in their unapologetic honesty.鈥�

About Julien Baker

A native of Memphis who began playing music in church as a child, Julien Baker shot to worldwide attention in 2015 with her show-stopping debut, Sprained Ankle. Recorded in only a few days, it was a bleak yet hopeful meditation on identity, addiction, faith, resilience and redemption. An intense and immersive performer, her live shows were described by The New Yorker as 鈥溾��. hushed, reverential. The only sounds you hear between songs are her fingers as she tweaks the tuning on her electric guitar, scattered whispers between friends, and the rustling as the crowd waits patiently for Baker to start strumming again."

Baker's acclaim grew with 2017's Matador debut Turn Out the Lights and the following year's self-titled debut EP with boygenius, the trio she formed with fellow era-defining artists Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. With the release of her 2021鈥檚 solo album Little Oblivions, Baker cemented herself as "one of the leading female singer/songwriters of her generation, both for her music鈥檚 muted grandeur and lyrics that seem to dive headlong into emotional chaos" (Rolling Stone). The album was met with worldwide critical acclaim and supported with performances on Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Late Show with James Corden and CBS This Morning鈥檚 Saturday Sessions.

Baker reunited with boygenius in 2023 for their first full-length, the record, which won three Grammy Awards and was supported by the biggest tour of the musicians' collective careers -- including sold out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl.
 

About TORRES

TORRES is the pseudonym of Mackenzie Scott. She was born January 23, 1991, and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her wife Jenna, stepson Silas, and puppy Sylvia. She has been releasing albums and performing as TORRES since 2013.

What an enormous room is TORRES鈥� sixth studio album (her third with Merge). It was recorded in September and October 2022 at Stadium Heights Sound in Durham, North Carolina. It was engineered by Ryan Pickett, produced by Mackenzie Scott and Sarah Jaffe, mixed by TJ Allen in Bristol, UK, and mastered by Heba Kadry in NYC. The album contains 10 songs. Mackenzie wrote all of them. Sarah played bass guitar, synths, drums, organ, and piano. Mackenzie sang vocals, played guitar, bass, synths, organ, piano, and programmed drums. Additional synth bass, tambourine, and shakers were played by TJ Allen.