The Wildwoods//Jonathan Evergreen

The Quilcene Lantern is proud to present The Wildwoods!

$15 advance//$22 at the door

6pm doors//7pm support (tba)//8pm Wildwoods

all ages, bar w/ ID

The Wildwoods, hailing from Lincoln, Nebraska, continue to bring sonic beauty and simplicity to today’s increasingly complicated and cluttered musical landscape. With Dear Meadowlark, the band’s fourth full-length album released on April 11, 2025, The Wildwoods have once again taken the hallmarks of the folk-Americana sound and dressed it in indie sensibilities a la heroes Nickel Creek and Gillian Welch as well as genre mainstays Bon Iver and Mumford & Sons.

And yet, at its core, Dear Meadowlark is about three 20-something musicians celebrating the emotional allure of familiarity and comfort. “The main lyrical theme of the album is the appreciation for our home state of Nebraska and the homesickness that can come with long periods spent on the road,” says Noah Gose.

The Wildwoods are Noah Gose on vocals, acoustic and electric guitar; his wife, Chloe Gose on vocals and violin; and longtime friend Andrew Vaggalis on vocals and upright bass. Their delicate embrace of the past, present, and future has transformed The Wildwoods into a potent entity. Recently, The Wildwoods were finalists in the 2024 Rocky Mountain Songwriter Contest in Red Lodge, Montana. In 2023, the trio enjoyed being finalists in two high-profile band competitions – FreshGrass Music Festival and VHS “Gems in the Rough.” Also, their songwriting strengths have been recognized by semi-final placements in the International Songwriting competition with tracks such as “Untitled” and “Way of Train.”

Jonathan Evergreen is a folk singer-songwriter from the Olympic Peninsula, where he and his family keep bees, raise ducks and chickens, and are building a tiny house by hand on their homestead. His songwriting is deeply inspired by the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the pace of living on the land: slow, thoughtful, steady storytelling rooted in folk and Americana traditions. His music feels both novel and nostalgic, fusing jazz-influenced chord progressions and a modern folk feel. In 2026, he recorded his debut studio album, To Be Seen, on analogue tape at Sage Arts Recording in Arlington, Washington, with songwriting and vocal collaborations from his wife and creative partner, Jenise. The album also features the lush string arrangements of Abby Gundersen and production by Jordan Cunningham and Jordan Campbell. It is set to be released in the spring of 2027.