OLIVER HAZARD

While Oliver Hazard settled into the green room for their biggest D.C. show to date, waves of raindrops assaulted the Wharf's boardwalk. The flood did, indeed, not wait. A brave clan of umbrella-wielding folk fans scurried into the alley, past the bar, and down the Union Stage stairs, gathering in the photosynthesizing glow of a roomful of tiny lamps. What started as a bit of a joke between bandmates, lamps have become a mainstay of an Oliver Hazard show, both literally and

There is a town in northwest Ohio called Waterville. A few thousand people live there, pressed against the Maumee River, far enough from Toledo to feel like its own thing. Most people have never heard of it. Photo: olihazard.com Oliver Hazard has spent the better part of a decade making sure that changes. The trio of Michael Belazis, Devin East, and Nate Miner play indie folk that sounds like home, and the name of their current tour makes the connection literal: The Watervill