Columbia singer-songwriter and guitarist Lang Owen will celebrate the release of his debut album Welcome to Yesterday with a performance party at Tapp’s Art Center, 1644 Main Street, Columbia, on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, 7 – 9 p.m. The occasion also celebrates the singer’s 60th birthday.

Owen is a storyteller, performing all original songs on a Martin acoustic guitar, with lyrics that offer intimate perspectives of everyday people and places. Welcome to Yesterday‘s songs take listeners on a journey of looking back: an aging handyman reflects on “Gravity;” a driver on U.S. Route 301 passes by the small towns that used to be thriving before the Interstate was built, in “All Of These Places;” and an aging woman is “running out of decades fast” in “Emily’s Poems About Love.”  The seven-song album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Zach Toman in Columbia, South Carolina.

For video and audio of Lang Owen performing, and more information, visit Facebook.com/LangOwenMusic, or visit langowenmusicepk.blogspot.com.