Award-winning singer-songwriter Heather Aubrey Lloyd is a former member of the Baltimore-based band ilyAIMY, where she learned to play the African djembe and attack her acoustic guitar with a similar percussive style. In 2008 Lloyd toured with Dar Williams as a percussionist, while today she is known for her powerful soulful tenor voice that flies […]
The Rough & Tumble's progressive folk style is rooted in acoustic bluegrass, with lyrics that are both provocative and sensitive. This dynamic duo, comprised of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler, has been captivating audiences with their unique blend of dumpster-folk and thrift-store Americana for over a decade. The Pennsylvania-born Graham and Central California's Tyler have […]
Alice Howe and Freebo present a unique study in contrasts -- think 1970s rock / Laurel Canyon songwriters with real instruments, no autotune, and a genuine folk soul. These collaborators present a study in contrasts with one a rising voice in Americana music and the other a venerable rock, folk, and blues icon. Compelling performers […]
Dana Cooper’s lifelong passion and devotion to music began in Kansas City at age two. His earliest memory is of his father taking him to the Calico Cat, popping a coin in the jukebox, and singing along with Hank Williams and Ernest Tubb. Fast forward to age 20, when a move to L.A. resulted in […]
Mary Gauthier is a Grammy-nominated American country/folk singer/songwriter and critically acclaimed author whose dark atmospheres and tales of marginalized people draw on her early experiences with addiction and recovery and growing up gay in southern Louisiana. Each song on Gauthier’s 2019 Grammy-nominated tenth album Rifles & Rosary Beads delivered a gut punch: deceptively simple and […]
It is always a great pleasure when Woodstock area musical icons come together to perform. Marc Black and Jeff Entin are two of those icons. Marc Black says that being a songwriter is not just something that he does, it's who he is. Since his teens, he’s been using songwriting as a way to make […]
PHOENICIA PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS production of Always…Patsy Cline “Created and originally Directed by Ted Swindley – based on a true story“ Based on the true story of a pen-pal friendship set to the soundtrack of country’s most vibrant voice Always…Patsy Cline is a true story about Cline’s friendship with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger, […]
Hubby Jenkins is an acclaimed soloist who explores the history of Americana music through the lens of the African-Americans who helped create it. A talented multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, banjo, and bones, and sings with a rich tenor voice, Jenkins was an integral part of the Grammy award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops from 2010 to 2014. […]
Voted best Hudson Valley band of 2022 by Chronogram Magazine, Slambovian Circus of Dreams will perform in a rare unplugged trio performance by the acclaimed band’s founding members. Charismatic front man Joziah Longo, whose vocals have been described as “bewitching,” will be joined onstage by bandmates Tink Lloyd (accordion, cello, mandolin, flute) and the extraordinary […]
Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrument who was born on a small goat farm near Syracuse, NY. As a teen, he traveled throughout the Catskills and Adirondacks performing classical piano. He won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music, where he discovered his songwriting ability and was selected to collaborate with […]