GRAND RAPIDS — S. (Sean) Carey is a busy guy.
When he's not playing massive venues as the touring drummer for Justin Vernon and Bon Iver, you can find him producing, playing with breakout group Bizhiki and maintaining a prolific solo career with his most recent album Shadowlands arriving in 2023.
"Sometimes the S. Carey side gets pushed to the side a little bit, which is something I probably need to work on," Carey said on Headwaters. "But I feel super fortunate just to be able to do music for a career and I think in this day and age, it's sort of important to be able to do a bunch of different things.
Carey takes the stage in Grand Rapids this Friday, May 9, for the arts collective Fire in the Village's opening week celebration of their new Room 203 space. He will perform as a solo artist, albeit with support from Jeremy Boettcher on bass and Ben Lester on pedal steel and synth.
The performance will be an intimate "living room" style show, something that Carey is drawn to for the connections it allows between performers, hosts and attendees.
Annie Humphrey and Shanai Matteson are hosting on behalf of the Fire in the Village art collective, which is celebrating the grand opening of Room 203.
Events begin all week at 6 p.m., with bingo on Monday, game night on Tuesday, movie on Wednesday, karaoke on Thursday and the concert on Friday.
Listen to the full conversation above for more on Carey's production work and his role in the trio Bizhiki.
