16 Horsepower

16 Horsepower bring their spare, American folk-rock with post-punk edges to AB&B - Amager Bio in Copenhagen on May 19, 2026. Formed in Denver around singer and multi-instrumentalist David Eugene Edwards with Pascal Humbert and Jean-Yves Tola, the band blends rural folk, country and bluegrass impulses with a taut, minimal drive. Lyrics draw on biblical imagery and the weathered tones of Appalachian tradition, setting an intimate mood that can turn raw and insistent on stage.

From the stripped contours of Sackcloth ’n’ Ashes to the denser Low Estate, then the acoustic tilt of Secret South and the traditional reworks on Folklore, their catalog sketches a clear bridge between roots music and independent rock. Hoarse, captured largely in Europe, also shows how the group’s songs gain momentum in concert.

On this date, 16 Horsepower focus on tension and release: murmured ballads, grainy twang and a steady rhythmic pulse carrying Edwards’s voice forward. The set homes in on songs that feel direct and unadorned, where each break, drone and chord shift serves the narrative at the core.