Better on iPhonemodern · classicSign inThe Dead Tongues has no upcoming Boston-area shows listed. They last played September 23, 2026 at City Winery Boston.
When Ryan Gustafson finished recording Transmigration Blues, his fourth and bestalbum under the nameThe Dead Tongues, in the summer of 2019, he slumped into a month-long haze of depression. For two decades, Gustafson—a preternaturally sensitive soul, interested in the mystic but grounded by his love of quiet woods and open deserts—had made many albums with various bands and under assorted guises. This one however,had left him wounded, momentarily empty.
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The Dead Tongues has played Boston once on foobos since September 2026.
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