Songs From The Flat Iron Ft. Rod Abernethy, Louisa Branscomb, and Jeffrey Dean Foster
A songwriters in the round
Sam Frazier And The Side Effects
Sam Frazier and The Side Effectsdoors at 7pmshow at 8pm$10
Rodes Baby w/ Canine Heart Sounds
Rodes Baby w/ Canine Heart SoundsLive at Flat IronThursday March 30, 20238pm$10Rodes Baby is a North Carolina based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Blending folk influences with 90s-esque indie rock, Rodes Baby crafts powerful yet vulnerable music full of earworm hooks and gut-punch phrases, painting a picture of the raw and visceral experience of young adulthood. Their debut full-length album All Of My Friends is produced by Alex Bingham (Hiss Golden Messenger, The Dead Tongues) and features collaborations with Skylar Gudasz, members of American Aquarium, and Mipso. All Of My Friends strikes a chord deep in the heart, creating reverberations that resonate long after the first listen. Their vision is tear-blurred, but absolute, and as colorful as the tenacious kind of imagination that makes it out of childhood alive.Canine Heart Sounds are a Durham North Carolina music quartet, originally formed in Duluth Minnesota in 2007. The group draws heavily upon influences of progressive rock, jazz, soul & experimental new music. For example, only one of their members actually likes Phish, & two of them went to college, but all of them like Keith Jarrett. Okay, A typical live performance often finds the group AB-SO-LUTE-LY shambling from improvisational instrumental pieces to traditional song-forms with multi-part vocal harmonies. Canine Heart Sounds released their third full length album, Sun Size Guitar in 2022 & are preparing to record an album of original instrumental music at Betty’s Studio in 2023.
Hustle Souls with The Up And Up
Hustle Souls is an Asheville, NC based soul/rock band who fuse nostalgic soul aesthetics with modern sensibilities; recently named one of “Music Connections” Hot 100 Live Unsigned Artists & Bands. With relentless touring, sold out shows and major festival appearances the band has earned a reputation as one of the East Coast’s most promising acts. “Their blend of jazz, pop, and rock is inventive and captivating. Their lines are on point and their sound is tight, creating space for Billy Litz’s rabbit hole musicianship. And you can f***ing dance to it. Friday night was a revelation, I’m already looking forward to the next one.” – Caleb Calhoun “The debut album by the Asheville, N.C., quartet Hustle Souls, “Color,” is 10 tracks of supple, groove-centric soul rock….It’s hard not to start bobbing your head to a collection of tunes that sounds like it could’ve come from Willie Mitchell’s Hi Records recordings in the early 1970s in between Mitchell’s Al Green productions.” – Vincent Harris Greenville Journal (read full article)
Chuck Mountain with Long Relief
Like the first sip of a cold beer fresh from the tap, Chuck Mountain is a refreshing blend of blues, grunge, and Southern rock. The Greensboro-based band is on a mission to bring their passion for entertaining to breweries across North Carolina’s “Craft Beer Alley,” turning friends into drinking buddies along the way. Influenced by The Black Keys, Aerosmith, and Gary Clark Jr., Chuck Mountain’s hard-hitting trio will be sure to make you want to order another round. The band was born in 2017 when vocalist/guitarist Beau Wigington met drummer Sammi Printz while working at a local burger spot. After a short time playing together after work, the two started performing at a local open-mic night where they would meet bass player Jeff Wysosky, the final piece of the puzzle. Since then, they have played venues in Nashville, Charlotte, and every bar and brewery in-between.
Tom Mackell w/ Chris Wilcox
Charleston-based singer-songwriter Tom Mackell brings with him a warm, easygoing presence everywhere he goes, and that same presence is reflected in his music. He has made a name for himself in the Southeast with his open, honest songwriting that incorporates tasteful bits of pop, rock, and Americana and leaves plenty of room for a soulful groove. Growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Mackell started writing songs at a young age and before long he found himself traveling along the East Coast, playing shows in bars and making plenty of friends on the way. Soon he formed roots in Charleston, SC, where he became part of the city’s budding music community and wrote some of his early releases. In 2015 he began a stint in Nashville, and spent a few years poking around the scene there, networking and carving out his own corner of Music City that will always welcome him and the crowd he brings with open arms. Tom Mackell’s life on the road has led him to share the stage with artists such as Pat Benatar, Ryan Montbleau, Sister Hazel, Tony Lucca, Charlie Mars, SUSTO, and more. Now he is back in Charleston, with a bag full of new songs and a deeper appreciation for the people around him. His latest EP, Unplugged, includes acoustic versions of songs from last two EPs A Life I Once Knew and Hearts Wide Open as well as an unreleased song titled “Restless Heart”. Tom enters 2023 with his brand new single “Dark Star Rising” released on January 13th. Chris Wilcox is a singer songwriter based in Nashville, TN. Born and raised in Baltimore, MD and having lived five years in Charleston, SC, Chris’s musical influence has no boundaries. His unique sound blends his East Coast roots with his Southern experience as an artist. After spending a year on the road together, Chris recorded an album at Coast Records with his band “the Boys.” Made up of Aaron Utterback, Paul Chelmis, and Matt Zutell (Human Resources) and Peter Clark (from Ohio). Chris and the Boys experimented with full band live recordings to inject that energy into the album. His country influence is still prevalent, but this release paved a new path for Wilcox away from that country sound and into Rock n’ Roll territory. The release of “Old Shore Troubadour,” exemplifies that shift along with a shift in Wilcox’s life. Recorded at Echo Mountain Run Asheville (Band of Horses, Susto, Manchester Orchestra) the stellar sound of the studio is amplified by keen mixing from drummer/producer Matt Zutell, who deftly explores modern filters while still maintaining a classic Americana sound captured so thoroughly in one of America’s iconic studios. Why Struggle?
Jamaal Cody: Future Audio Tour
Jamaal Cody (American Drummer/Producer) is known for his production and touring the world behind drums with some of today’s biggest artists’. Originally from Cleveland Ohio, at age 26 you could have found Cody working with acts such as Tai Verdes, 98 Degrees, Nick Lachey, Bahari, Arin Ray (Musical Director), Felix Pastorius , Kymani Marley , Asher Roth, Kevin Ross, Lola Lennox , Fred Hammond, Sammy Wilk (Musical Director), Major Myjah (Musical Director) & many more. More recently , Jamaal has decided to create his own music since moving to Los Angeles in 2013 building his brand, and landing a publishing deal early 2019 with “Rock Mafia” . There’s no real comparison to the work or character behind the artist but he’s influenced by many artists which heavily reflects in his instrumental music. Such as “J. Dilla, Coldplay, Jay Z , Michael Jackson, Prince, Chick Corea, Dave Weckl, etc.
Brandon Tenney
Brandon Tenney is performing with his full band on Wednesday, April 26th! Come celebrate his 21st birthday with his full band show at Greensboro’s home for original music! He’ll be releasing a new single along with his guitarist, Codey Pollard will have a couple new songs as well.See you on Wednesday April 26th for Brandon Tenney!
Abigail Dowd, Laurelyn Dossett, & Caroline Cotter
Abigail Dowd is known for her storytelling and command of an audience. Her soulful voice and unique classical guitar style combined with the edgy bass of Jason Duff caught the attention of Acoustic Guitar Magazine, which described their latest album Not What I Seem as having “the guitar-driven introspective folk of the 1970s [as] a touchstone, but so are blues and roots rock ’n’ roll…Here, Dowd steps outside her own experiences to inhabit characters, and catapults past the personal to the universal.” Currently, the North Carolina-based duo are working on their third album, this time with Grammy nominated mixer/producer/engineer Jason Richmond (Steep Canyon Rangers, Dom Flemons).***Singer/songwriter Laurelyn Dossett lives and writes in the piedmont of North Carolina, and her songs tend to reflect the stories of the region, both traditional and contemporary. One of the most sought-after voices in creative collaborations, she co-founded Polecat Creek with singing partner Kari Sickenberger in 1997. Laurelyn is a frequent performer at regional music festivals such as Merlefest and has been a guest on the radio show Prairie Home Companion. She has toured with folk legend Alice Gerrard and songwriter Diana Jones, and premiered composer Kenneth Frazelle’s song cycle, “Songs in the Rear View Mirror,” in 2010, and has toured with the North Carolina Symphony in 2009 and 2011 and 2013.***With a captivating soprano voice and award winning songwriting, Caroline Cotter’s travel inspired songs take listeners all over the world and into the depths of the human heart. Since her debut album, “Dreaming as I Do”, released and reached #5 on the Folk DJ Charts in 2015, Caroline has performed over 500 shows in 43 states and 12 countries. Currently touring to support her second major release, “Home on The River”, No Depression calls it “sweet and smooth, and downright refreshing… raising spirits with one song, calming them with another.” Tom Wilk of Icon Magazine writes, “Her well-constructed songs bring to mind the early work of Mary Chapin Carpenter.” “Today’s folk scene has a new champion, one who encapsulates the sweetness, serenity and sophistication that has always made the genre so affecting in such a timeless manner. In that regard, ‘Home on the River’ is an absolutely essential record.” (Lee Zimmerman/Country Standard Time)
Holler Choir w/ Wes Collins Band
Artist from Western North Carolina Holler Choir out now!Relying heavily on vocal performance, stringed instrumentation and the use of Appalachian tonalities, Holler Choir was produced by Mike Ashworth of the Grammy Award Winning Steep Canyon Rangers. “I see this EP as a shift towards my strengths, which is the human voice and mountain music,” says Roberts. His experiences and influences from growing up in Western North Carolina near the Pisgah Forest bleeds into every track on Holler Choir. “The instruments played are ‘old familiar friends’ to me and I know how to arrange them in a way that is authentic.”
