When fans of Noah Kahan come to see one of the shows on his We’ll All Be Here Forever North America Tour—assuming they can get tickets to this largely sold-out trek visiting stadiums, arenas, and amphitheaters across North America between March 26 and July 19—they’ll see six musicians on stage. What they’ll hear, though, in addition to Kahan’s folky-pop melodies and piercing lyrics, are literally dozens of instruments.
“Everyone plays like 15 instruments each,” laughs tour monitor engineer Clark Wright, being only slightly hyperbolic. “One person plays a fiddle, 12-string guitar, mandolin, and banjo, and everyone is just constantly swapping instruments. Aside from drums, I think the minimum that someone plays is three instruments and the most is seven or eight. This really is a band of multi-instrumentalists.”
Managing that matrix of musicians and instruments would be a huge challenge under any circumstances, especially on a tour whose stops include large iconic venues like...
