Yeller Tooth
Joe's Pub425 Lafayette Street, New York 10003
Yeller Tooth brings its folk project to Joe’s Pub for a duo performance by Sahar Milani and Cameron Scoggins, the husband-and-wife pair behind the name. Their set draws on tales and mythologies from the Carolinas, a shared history that sits at the heart of the project. It is music shaped by memory and story, with the pair’s connection providing the through line.
Milani and Scoggins first knew each other in middle school in Greensboro, North Carolina. Nearly 20 years later, after reconnecting as working artists in New York City, they formed Yeller Tooth. Joe’s Pub describes the project as folk music influenced by the mythologies of their shared childhood in the Carolinas, fusing musical heritage with raw emotional chemistry. In the venue’s words, the result is “a sound that feels inherited and immediate at the same time.” Available information does not name instruments, collaborators, or independent reviews, but it does make clear that Yeller Tooth’s songs grow from the duo’s long personal history and the regional stories they carry with them.
The stage is set in a converted library space with a striped bar and photos of legends like Leonard Cohen and Amy Winehouse lining the walls. You'll find yourself seated on velvet couches or at candle-lit tables, close enough to hear every note from the back. The sound, engineered by technicians who've worked with John Legend and The Notorious B.I.G., is consistently ranked among the best in New York. Three shows a day, dinner and drinks served throughout, and a menu ranging from Italian small plates to craft cocktails; it's a place where music and conversation flow together, and where both rising stars and legends have made their U.S. debuts.