Chris Bittner w/ Zac Covington, Charlton Provatas, & Eli Wittmann

Chris Bittner is a saxophonist and composer based in New York City. Originally from North Carolina, Bittner has performed with groups all over the east coast, in styles ranging from jazz to R&B, folk, gospel, and country. Bittner has performed in some of New York City’s most well known jazz clubs such as Fat Cat (now Cellar Dog), Dizzy’s Club, Smalls, Blue Note Jazz Club, Ornithology, The AMAN, Zinc Bar, and many more. He has also performed internationally with his quartet at the Bern Jazz Festival in Bern, Switzerland, as well as Los Cabos in Mexico and Mullsjö, Sweden. A recent Juilliard graduate, he has had the opportunity to play alongside and learn from jazz greats such as Jimmy Heath, Bill Charlap, Herlin Riley, Jon Faddis, Rodney Whitaker, Etienne Charles, Aaron Diehl, Donny McCaslin, and many more. He is currently working on composing new material to perform with his own quartet and is busy with numerous other projects.

Del Ward with Taylor Aaron Parker Williams

Del Ward is a singer/songwriter from Greensboro, N.C who is flipping the Bedroom Pop genre on its head with his producer, Lacy. Originally an acoustic singer/songwriter Del takes his intimate form of songwriting coupled with powerful vocals and a full sound to give his audience a fresh and exciting listening experience.

SUSTO (solo)

A season of drastic change is what brought SUSTO frontman Justin Osborne to the band’s fifth full-length LP, My Entire Life [New West Records]. There was a divorce, difficulties re-building his band after the pandemic, and the pain and helplessness of witnessing family members struggle with addiction and mental illness. Despite these challenges, Justin ultimately found himself in a new landscape, with new love and a deeper perspective, all of which is masterfully projected into My Entire Life. While navigating some major life changes, Justin understandably experienced a surge of creative energy. He channeled this into writing and recording with the people closest to him, even as the tides of his personal life continued to shift. Primary collaborators included longtime producer Wolfgang “Wolfy” Zimmerman, SUSTO Co-founders, Johnny Delaware and Marshall Hudson, and his fiancé/co-writer Caroline Foyle. Much of the album was recorded at The Space, in Charleston, SC, but major sessions also took place at Echo Mountain Recording in Asheville, NC, and Chase Park Transduction in Athens, GA. Johnny had moved to Mexico shortly after work on the album began, so some tracking was done at his home studio in Mexico City. The band also took a “recording pilgrimage” to the Mexican town of Tepotzlán (mythical birthplace of mesoamerican deity Quetzalcoatl), where they turned an airbnb into a remote recording studio, with help from members of Mexican Institute of Sound. The combined result of these efforts is a compelling blend of rock, folk and psychedelia, with vivid country-esque storytelling. It’s as raw and real as anything the band has done so far and everything you’d hope for from a modern rock ‘n’ roll record. The album’s namesake and lead single, “My Entire Life” is melodically tearful, with an urgency “to keep living.”

Into The Fog (Fog Tuesdays series)

Into The Fog:Winners of the 2021 MerleFest Band Competition, Into The Fog is a genre-jumping string band based out of Raleigh, North Carolina. With its members having various backgrounds ranging from bluegrass, country, rock, to funk, Into The Fog creates a musical melting pot of sounds in an acoustic/newgrass setting. The band is made up of Brian Stephenson(Acoustic guitar, Vocals), Winston Mitchell(Mandolin, Vocals), Derek Lane(Bass, Vocals) and Connor Kozlosky (Electric guitar, Vocals).Music & merch: http://www.intothefogmusic.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/IntothefogmusicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothefogmusic/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/intothefogmusicSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4MkQOCVIxI6ya8OsIzCzjk…

CONTACT: Electronic. Art. Dance.

CONTACT: Electronic. Art. Dance.ft. Brennan Fowler, Brydecisive, Axnt, and Footrocket.

Will Easter And The Nomads With Chris McGinnis And Mawmaw’s Angels

Coming of age in a hardworking, musical family, living in harmony with the land and the river, Will Easter’s passion for music may have been a given, but his talent and lyricism is what has him sharing the stage with acts like Jim Avett, David Childers, Time Sawyer, Brooks Forsyth, and Danger Muffin. Will’s album, Carolina Home, will take you on a journey from growing up to love lost and found, working hard while finding peace in the everyday, always culminating on the winding road leading home.

Dark Moon Hollow

Since the winter of 2017, Dark Moon Hollow has begun to see solid traction in the Bluegrass State. A band that started from improv jams in kitchens, livingrooms, etc. playing late into the Lexington nights found a cast of players around original member “Trigger” Trey Reinhart who saw both studio records through. With the help of JD Thomas (Building Rockets, Charlie Woods and Deep Hollow), Ishi Wooton (Restless Leg String Band, Bloodroots Barter), Riley Logan (Forrest), and Thomas Keathley (Dillon Carmichael, Moonshine District), the band’s current lineup brings together a mixture of honky tonk, traditional bluegrass, and both psychedelic and southern rock. The eclectic group can only be described as high energy, no matter the tempo. Noted for powerful harmonies, their goal is to make the best music that speaks not only to themselves but one another and their fanbase as well.

Drew Foust’s Wheelhouse with Joel Henry And Friends

A natural soul singer and blues musician, Drew Foust’s music sounds like it’s made between the bleary hours of a rock bar’s last call and a southern preacher’s early morning prayer. Hand made, self-made and arranged in dramatic structure, the music is lyrical and rhythm driven, always pushing a feeling forward. His latest release, “Good Thing,” is inspired by the Memphis soul music from the 60’s and 70’s.

Sam Burchfield And The Scoundrels

Sam Burchfield’s latest record ‘Scoundrel’ begins a new saga. The record dives into 11 tales of greed, betrayal, desire, heartache, despair- and redemption. “We recorded these songs on my friend’s farm in South Georgia, tracking live in the same room. It felt right,” Sam recalls of the pre-pandemic recording sessions. “It’s nice to finally have this record out. It’s sort of a marker of a new chapter for me. A new sound, a new direction, and a return to my roots really.” Ironically, the album artwork is an early 1900s photo of ‘Sam Burchfield, a veteran moonshiner of the Appalachians.’ A very distant Great-uncle, Burchfield claims.   Sam grew up in Seneca, South Carolina, with roots in eastern Tennessee and western Carolina. Burchfield was raised on the mountains, and it’s an evident theme throughout his two EPs and two full length records. Reconnecting to the earth, and reconnecting to each other is the underlying passion that pushes the young songwriter to carry on. Sam is now settled in Jasper, GA with his lovely wife (artist Pip the Pansy) and newborn son.   Catch Sam Burchfield & The Scoundrels (aptly named) on tour in a city near you.

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