JJ Slater travelled to Taos, NM in the summer of 2022, taking up residence in an adobe casita and writing a batch of songs that became the narrative album "The Silver Key". Weaving folk songwriting, blues guitar, and jazz/funk rhythms, he and his collaborators crafted an album stuck out of time and place, but still warmly at home. The languid grooves come to life with spontaneous improvisation, storytelling lyrics and dips and dives on his Telecaster. He'll be playing the album in its entirety, along with new songs forming its spiritual sequel.