June 5th ~ Sweet Meg
Sweet Megg is a genre-blending vocalist and songwriter, weaving jazz, country, and blues into a sound that feels both timeless and fresh. Originally from NYC and now based in Nashville, she has traveled the world honing her craft everywhere from Parisian jazz clubs to Southern honky-tonks.
Her last studio album, *Never Been Home* (#23 on the Americana charts and #1 on the Alt-Country Radio charts), showcased her signature writing style through 12 eclectic original Americana songs. She is currently writing her next original album and, in the meantime, releasing a new jazz album, *Massive Negroni*.
June 19th ~ Florencia & The Feeling
Blending upbeat funky rhythms, heartfelt songwriting, soaring four-part harmonies, with jazz and Latin flair, Florencia & the Feeling create a sound uniquely their own. Fronted by Florencia Rusiñol (lead vocals) alongside Andrew Kramer (guitar), Isaac Ratliff (keys), Nick Castro (bass), Austin Herron (drums), Alexi Leo (trumpet), and Nathan Hargis (trombone), the band draws from funk, jazz, Nu Soul, jam, pop, and disco influences. Radio Bristol praised their “tight rhythmic jams and groovy guitar riffs,” while Glide Magazine called them “deeply infectious & brimming with energy.”
July 3rd ~ Firecracker Jazz Band
The Firecracker Jazz Band revitalizes jazz, transforming it into the people’s music once again. Our jubilant and vigorous performances pay homage to early 20th-century jazz pioneers, including the spirited sounds of Dixieland and New Orleans. We proudly carry the torch lit by legends like Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Bix Beiderbecke, ensuring that the legacy of pre-war jazz heroes continues to shine brightly.
Our dynamic approach not only honors the past but also brings jazz to a new generation of enthusiasts. Each performance by Firecracker Jazz Band is a celebration of music and joy, making every show an unforgettable experience. http://www.firecrackerjazz.com/
July 17th ~ Lillie Syracuse
Pulling from a well of folk- rock, soul, and jazz inspiration Lillie has formed a genre bending artisity and writing style deeply and uniquely her own. With a voice often likened to Norah Jones, Bonnie Raitt and Eva Cassidy, Lillie sings to the fullness that is being alive with a razor sharp focus on the heart of each person in the room with her. Lillie has just released her self produced sophomore album Big New Heart.
Lillie will be joined by Jeff Sipe (drums), Chris Rosser (keys), Rich Nelson (guitar), and Jake Wolf (Bass) to bring you the songs and stories from her newest body of work, Big New Heart
August 7th ~ The Get Right Band
The Get Right Band is a psychedelic indie rock power trio committed to relentlessly following their muses to honest self-expression, to whatever excites them and pushes them into unexplored territory, to capturing some version of truth. American Songwriter writes that the Asheville, NC based group, “filters 60’s/70’s psychedelia and 90’s alternative rock through a modern lens–as if Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Nirvana co-wrote an album produced by Danger Mouse and Dan Auerbach.”
The Get Right Band formed in 2011, built around the musical brotherhood that guitarist/singer/songwriter Silas Durocher and bassist Jesse Gentry have formed playing music together since middle school. Durocher, who is a trained composer and has been commissioned to write for symphonies and chamber groups, has guitar chops that can soothe or rage, with a charismatic swagger as frontman and singer. Gentry’s virtuosic bass playing “catapults from elastic to nasty” (The Mountain Xpress). Completing the team is drummer extraordinaire Jaze Uries, who is also a singer, songwriter, producer, photographer, and DJ, and keys legend Chuck Lichtenberger, whose incredible playing has been a staple of the Asheville music scene for years. GRB has defined their sound through constant evolution, building to the hook-driven, synth-heavy pop/rock/psych band they are today. The Huffington Post writes, “their songs are infectious and take you immediately to a place. The lyrics are smart and bear weight.” https://thegetrightband.com/
August 21st ~ Love Letter – Peggy Ratusz pays TRIBUTE TO BONNIE RAITT
Love Letter, A Tribute to Bonnie Raitt will celebrate Raitt’s legacy and her music. For more than 10 decades, she’s inspired generations of female musicians with her unsurpassed prowess as a singer, guitarist and songwriter. We celebrate that her ethics and passion for music are used in the name of justice and civil rights, for peace and earthly harmony. We’ll celebrate the undisputed fact that she is a renaissance woman of the ages.
From Blues, Folk, Roots, Americana, Pop, Rock and Soul, she changed the face of music. And she did it with class, gusto, style, wit, grit and grace. Her recent Grammy award for Song of the Year proved that she’s not done yet and her robust touring schedule, year after year gives every generation since she started this illustrious path, a chance to experience her musical genius.
Love Letter will be a powerful, exciting, nostalgic combination of some of her classic hits and my favorites. Love Letter is from all of us to Bonnie Raitt!
On slide, electric and acoustic guitars and backing vocals will be Jonathan “JP” Pearlman and Kelly Pierce Jones. Zack Page will be on bass, Kevin Sanders on keys and backing vocals and Justin Watt on drums. Mark your calendars now because you will not want to miss Love Letter, A Tribute to Bonnie Raitt featuring Best in Blues vocalist, Peggy Ratusz.