Cory Hanson

Like a sweet spring breeze after a long, cruel winter, Cory Hanson is blowing through town again. And like the wind, I Love People comes from parts unknown. Need a ride? As long as you’re ready to find yourself wherever it dies down, jump on! Despite all the complications of life here in Central Casting 2025, Cory and the boys are happy to be playing music for all the people: eminent hipsters bellied up to the bar alongside the ropers, riders and all the other jokers for whom freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose or do.

Followers of Cory’s twin arcs as solo singer and Wand member will be intrigued to learn that the lineup here is the same band that recorded last year’s Vertigo. Wand — their Masters of Unbounded Space robes traded in for Wrecking Crew trucker’s caps — reel out licks like chopsmeisters of yore. That’s Robbie Cody co-producing behind the desk, Evan Backer playing bass and arranging strings and horns, Evan Burrows on drums and percussion, and Cory on piano, guitars, voices and songs. Cory Hanson plays at Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, on 1 October 2026 at 6:30 pm.