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The Willard Grant Conspiracy performs "Crush"

Willard Grant Conspiracy is a loose collective that revolves around singer/songwiter Robert Fisher. Formed in Boston in the early 1990s, the concept of Willard Grant Conpiracy came about when Fisher and friends worked on some songs while trying out a friend’s new home studio. As the studio was located on the corner of Willard and Grant Streets, the group became known as the Willard Grant Conpsiracy (WGC). Since then, over 40 “members” of the band have contributed to their recordings, and live shows have contained between one to fourteen people onstage, adding viola, saw, mandolin, cello and various other instruments to the standard guitar, bass and drums mix. Over the course of six albums, various EPs and limited releases, WGC has charted a territory of rural gothic folk intertwined with rock, country and experimental sounds. While one may find their music sad and downbeat, it is ultimately some of the most beautiful music you will ever hear. Opening the evening’s show are Tracy Morrow and the Magi Chippie and Ellen West. Come hear why Britain’s Uncut Magazine (among others) routinely hails Willard Grant Conspiracy’s recordings as some of the best they’ve heard all year.

Sunday, May 27 at 8pm. Mohawk Pl., 47 E. Mohawk (855-3931) www.mohawkplace.com. $7