An intimate singer-songwriter evening at Var Gallery featuring two artists who write from very different perspectives but tell stories the same way: from the inside out. Cullah’s 2022 record Firebird won the 2023 WAMI Album of the Year. His music has been placed in over 10,000 productions, from The Expendables 4 to UK television. He carries a primal vocal lineage from the Wolff Family Band, the largest family band in American history. Jon Worthy brings the road in with him. Four albums deep, with 400+ sync placements on Netflix, Hulu, NBC, and FOX. Worthy has stamped passports in twelve countries this past year alone. His songs land somewhere between Nirvana and The Lumineers. Milwaukee meets Nashville. One night at Var. Friday, August 7, 2026 · Var Gallery, Milwaukee.
Cullah (Milwaukee)
Radio Milwaukee calls him “The Beck of Milwaukee.” Seventeen open-source albums released every April 27 since 2006, with Firebird winning the 2023 WAMI Album of the Year. Folk-acoustic textures over electronic production, anchored by a primal generational vocal: his grandfather played fiddle in Erin, Wisconsin bars to make rent, and his mother was one of seventeen children who together formed the Wolff Family Band, the largest family band in American history. He has opened for RJD2 and Method Man/Redman at The Rave, played Summerfest, Mile of Music, Chill on The Hill, Cactus Club, and Rockwood Music Hall in NYC, and toured Dublin, Barcelona, and Berlin. His music has been placed in over 10,000 productions including The Expendables 4 (Millennium Films) and Channel 4’s Beaver Falls. Most recently he scored Danse L’Intervention for the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Project Wonder, a multimedia piece re-enacting his mother Ginny’s stroke, scored for string ensemble and filmed at Froedtert Hospital. Cú Chulainn II preorder is open now ahead of an April 27, 2027 release. Learn more at cullah.com.
Jon Worthy (Nashville)
Four albums deep with 400+ sync placements on Netflix, Hulu, NBC, FOX, and MLB. Currently mid-international run through Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Argentina, and Chile, with Denmark, Germany, and Poland next. He calls his sound “as if Nirvana had a baby with The Lumineers.” Learn more at jonworthythebends.com.
