San Cha at the Audubon Center (photo by Glen Han)
Devin Shaffer is back in town. To show our love and gratitude for the depth of art that she brings into this world, both through her music and work with American Dreams, weāre gathering within the courtyard of our beloved neighborhood Audubon Center to sit in reverence.
Devin will be sharing solo songcraft this eve and performing intimate arrangements from her most recent album Patience. Sheās invited the absolutely astonishing accordionist Walt McClements to set the tone for the eve, so come early to sit with us and listen in.
Bring a blanket, a friend, a picnic.
Tea will be here for you upon arrival.
All ages & no one turned away.
Music begins around 6:30p.
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a gentle reminder: please leave your adorable pups at home this afternoon as to not disrupt the Audubon Centerās ongoing habitat restoration efforts.
Devin Shaffer is a New York-based musician and artist fusing folk music, ambient experimentations, field recordings and archival audio. After releasing a string of EPs under the moniker Yarrow, she first gained attention with her debut LP In My Dreams I'm There (2021), becoming a rising figure in the experimental folk scene and sharing stages with artists such as L'Rain, Rachika Nayar, Bing & Ruth, Steve Hauschildt, and Nailah Hunter.
Her latest album, Patience (2025) - a radiant minimalist folk record woven with piano, harp and delicate percussion - confirms her place at the forefront of the new avant-garde folk scene.
Walt McClements is an accordionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. His solo compositions focus on processed accordion, creating patient and emotional meditations that nod to drone and ambient music. His debut record, A Hole in the Fence was released in 2021 on American Dreams, and utilized a minimal palette of accordions processed through pedals to create glacial soundscapes and odes to hidden worlds. On his latest record, and first for Western Vinyl, On a Painted Ocean, he expands his sonic tools to include lush synths, droning pipe organs, and spirited horns, creating a vibrant journey from solitary stillness to community exuberance. The record also follows last yearās āRain on the Roadā, a collaborative album with harpist Mary Lattimore, released on Thrill Jockey.
Prior to releasing music under his own name, McClements had been a touring member of Weyes Blood, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Dark Dark Dark, as well as leading New Orleans art-punk brass ensemble Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? and one man band Lonesome Leash.
For 20+ years the Audubon Center at Debs Park has been a beacon for how conservation organizations can work within our cities to cultivate a deeper relationship between people and place. Through monthly hikes, restoration days, bird walks, field trips, movie nights, community festivals, and hosting gatherings like these each and every month, the Audubon Center at Debs Park has played an essential role in building a more diverse and inclusive conservation movement here in Los Angeles.
Weāre so grateful for the humans of the Audubon Center, the advocacy that they champion in dialogue with local culture and native ecology, and it is an absolute honor to gather here together on the 3rd Saturday of (almost) every month.