#half moon light

[poprocklyrics]

What if life is all about Giving back the love we found?

Dried Up River, The Lone Bellow

[thebowerypresents]

The Lone Bellow Triumphantly Return to Brooklyn

The Lone Bellow – Music Hall of Williamsburg – November 15, 2025

The Americana trio the Lone Bellow formed in Brooklyn in 2012 at a now-shuttered Park Slope diner, cementing their place in the New York City music canon. Band leader Zach Williams and close friend Brian Elmquist joined singer Kanene Pipkin to record their self-titled debut album at the now-shuttered Rockwood Music Hall. Although they relocated to Nashville, Tenn., in 2016, the core of what was birthed here remains. That’s certainly demonstrated with their string of singles released this year, from a cover of the Killers’ “When You Were Young” to “Night Goes Black” — which dropped on Halloween — culminating in last week’s release of their OurVinyl Sessions EP. The former local band returned for a homecoming at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday night.

Hitting the skins and tinkling the keys, drummer Jon Truman and keyboardist Tyler James descended onto the stage before the main trio opened the set with “Honey,” from 2022’s Love Songs for Losers. The room was rocking on “Count on Me,” off 2020’s Half Moon Light, and even the sound guy emphatically sang along to the chorus. With an album in the works, the band offered lots of recent material, including “No Getting Over You,” upcoming single “You Were Leaving” and last month’s “Night Goes Black.” Williams revealed he’d been crying for the past few days, and it was due to feeling everything around him as of late. He took the moment to stress the importance to “feel alive together tonight.”

The Lone Bellow didn’t disappoint when they played a classic from their self-titled debut, “Teach Me to Know,” with the crowd chanting, “Carried away, carried away.” It didn’t feel like we were in Brooklyn as the rollicking barn burner “Heaven Don't Call Me Home” had everyone hooting and hollering as if they were in a Nashville honky-tonk. Truman and Geertsma briefly exited the stage to give the threesome an acoustic interlude around a ribbon microphone. Each member took a turn introducing a song.

First, Williams detailed penning the chorus of “Homesick” shortly after the passing of John Prine, and then Elmquist shared that he wrote “Watch Over Us” for his wife. His son, Cecil, who turned 10, wished to celebrate in New York City, so the crowd couldn’t help but sing “Happy Birthday” to him in the rafters. Pipkin rounded out the acoustic session with “Call to War,” which was more a reminder of kismet and how she found herself in a band with Williams and Elmquist after originally coming to NYC to be a pastry chef. In an ultimate birthday for the ages, Cecil hit the stage for the set closer, “Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold,” joining his father and the band. —Sharlene Chiu | @shar0ck

Photos courtesy of Ken Grand-Pierre | www.kenamiphoto.com

[the-blind-assassin-12]

What is the night for but calling? What is a star for but falling? What is the moon for but pulling the tide?

Built my love on forever, I should have known better, what is love for but making you cry?

[the-blind-assassin-12]

Saw that bird up in that tree Where you carved our names so deep Feel the warmth inside it speak Try my best to hear you breathe

We should've been enemies We should've been enemies

Break the bones of something dead Feel it hold on to what is left Let the earth it's on give way Try to bury what we've made

[musiconspotify]

#TheLoneBellow Wash It Clean

[musiconspotify]

The Lone Bellow

Half Moon Light (2020) … their best to date …

#LoneBellow

[lovise]

“I’m writing you a letter that I will never send you I need something to hold onto”

— The Lone Bellow, Wonder

[nodepressionalbum]

The Lone Bellow Craft a Bright Masterpiece on ‘Half Moon Light’

The Lone Bellow have never been strangers to letting their personal lives saturate the music they create. In fact, Zach Williams first began writing songs as a way to cope with the paralysis his wife was left with following a horseback riding accident.