FITZGERALDS SIDEBAR PRESENTS: ANI MARI Singer-songwriter Ani Mari’s debut album, girlfriend, explores the ambiguities of coming of age in a beautifully precarious world. Across ten warmly combative tracks, her songs fight for grace and connection amidst the anxieties, desires, heartbreaks, and oftentimes wearying joie de vivre of being young in America’s heartland. Though just having graduated college, Ani Mari has been performing solo, with her backing band, and with her folk duo, Ani & Kora, around her home state of Michigan for almost a decade, along the way sharing stages with James McMurtry, BettySoo, Amelia Day, The Accidentals, May Erlewine, and Joshua Davis, among many others. On tracks like “whitefish bay” and “the prettiest things,” listeners will hear echoes of the forests and waters of the Upper Peninsula where she was raised, and the bluegrass and folk musical influences she grew up around. While the title track, “girlfriend,” might triangulate Ani Mari’s current temperature somewhere between Liz Phair, Waxahachee, and Ratboys, comparisons ultimately fall short. Compelling, alive, humming, and hungry, her indie-folk songwriting is 100% original, and definitely not to be missed. When not traveling and performing, Ani Mari lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her sophomore album is set to release this August! FREE SHOW! Click “Book Now” to RSVP for guaranteed entry.   Grab dinner before the show at BABYGOLD BARBECUE   ***PARKING*** There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw.     ***AGE RESTRICTIONS*** 21+, Minors admitted with guardian