Tiffany Thompson
Tiffany Thompson is a singer, songwriter, and experience designer who uses music to bring meaning through beauty into our world. Songs are her way of building bridges with people and between listeners to create a spirit of communion in a divided age.Originally from Iowa, Tiffany Thompson’s artistic journey has been quite the adventure.The daughter of a preacher, Tiffany, and her family moved from Iowa to Russia in the early 1990s and then over to Austin and Chicago in the 2000s. She launched her singer/songwriter career in Northern Virginia before spending 3 years in Nashville, New York City, and now calling North Carolina home.Tiffany’s single “We Are the Dreamers” was featured on one of the most popular segments of the Lifetime TV series “Dance Moms,” and the video from the show garnered over 2 million views and 300K streams. The cinematic strings and electronic production provided a unique sonic background for her angelic voice and hope-filled lyrics.Through the years, Tiffany has acquired a unique musical ear, dynamic stage presence, and creative spirit. She recorded music floats between genres—her voice and lyrics serve as the anchor.
SLOW TEETH + NO ONE MIND
Hailing from the NC Triangle, Slow Teeth Is Robert Chamberlain, Justin Ellis, and Jeremy Haire making original cinematic music inspired by Radiohead/The Smile, Pink Floyd, Sigur Ros, and many more. The band first started playing live in March 2022 and has since extensively toured all over the East Coast. Slow Teeth has shared the stage with such acts as Xiu Xiu, Holy Fawn, Camp St. Helene, and Merci. Notable venues and events played include Berlin (NYC), Pie Shop (Washington DC), The Cat’s Cradle (Carrboro NC), The Pinhook (Durham NC), Asbury Park Yacht Club (Asbury Park NJ), the North Carolina State Fair and the Carrboro Music Festival. 2023 will see Slow Teeth release music recorded with Sumner James Phillips (Bombadil, David Wax Museum) and more touring.
Griefcat + Brittany Ann Tranbaugh w/ Special Guest: William Hinson
Griefcat is an all-women musical comedy duo hailed as “local favorites” by Washington City Paper in their hometown of DC. Often referred to as “Tenacious Double D’s” due to their musicality and hilarious lyrics, their sequin studded shows have been referred to by attendees as “the most fun [we’ve] had since Lizzo.” They recently finished recording their 2nd studio album, “late stage capitalism,” with singles expected in Spring of 2023. A live clip of one of their upcoming singles, “Revolution (Poop at Work), ” recently garnered over 1M views on Instagram and counting. Brittany Ann Tranbaugh is a singer songwriter hailing from Philadelphia. Her queer country song “Kiss You” won Song of the Year in the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and she regularly tours with Carsie Blanton. In October, she recorded a 5 song EP in LA with Grammy-nominated producer Tyler Chester, and will be releasing a single every 6 weeks beginning in March.
Bobby Sparks w/ Karen Briggs
EIGHTEEN time Grammy Award Winning, Corsicana, Texas born SPARKCHILD, Bobby Sparks II, is a multi-talented artist, musician, and producer who boasts a long list of career accomplishments. Having recorded and traveled the world with Prince, Tower of Power, Snarky Puppy, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles, Nelly Furtado, Marcus Miller, Kirk Franklin, St. Vincent and a host of other notable artists and celebrities, his influence on music and personalities is far reaching.“Bobby Ray Sparks II brings a compelling style of story telling and lyrical clarity to the organ that inspires me to create more spaces for him.” -Lizz Wright“Bobby Sparks is one of the greatest [musicians] of this era,” -Don Was (President of Blue Note Records)******Karen Briggs is an American violinist. Briggs joined the Virginia Symphony Orchestra while still in college, but grew discontented with performing classical music and left the orchestra after four years. Since then, she has performed predominantly in the jazz and contemporary instrumental genres.Best known for spending thirteen years on tour with contemporary instrumental musician Yanni, Briggs received the “Lady in Red” moniker while featuring as a soloist on Yanni’s Live at the Acropolis tour. After parting with Yanni in 2004, she toured with other groups including the short-lived jazz fusion group Vertú. Briggs has performed at such locations as Carnegie Hall and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and has performed or collaborated with Dave Grusin, Diana Ross, the Wu Tang Clan, En Vogue, and Chaka Khan.
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra w/ Elora Dash
You’ve heard this before, but the whimsically named Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is really tough to describe. Veering from in-your-face, jaw dropping chops and passion, to those quiet moments when the background noise disappears and you hold your breath to take in a soundscape of solitude, the power trio of electric bass(E’Lon JD), drums (Maison Guidry), and steel pans (Jonathan Scales) combines elements of jazz, classical, and progressive rock, peppered with Latin rhythms and soulful outbursts of funk. From club and festival stages across North America and Europe, and tours of Africa, Southeast and Central Asia as a Cultural Ambassador for the US Department of State, to their NPR Tiny Desk Concert featuring Béla Fleck, the Fourchestra’s live shows make even the most jaded listeners forget where they are… even if just for a precious moment.This may seem an odd thing to say, but on the verge of releasing their eighth studio recording, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is only now truly embracing their identity as a group. For many years, Jonathan’s live band was a fluid lineup of top-notch musicians, and even included an “all-star” version with bassist MonoNeon (Prince, Nas), drummer Sput Searight (Snarky Puppy, Snoop Dogg)and percussionist Weedie Braimah (Trombone Shorty, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah), as well as a number of other marquee players. Now, however, the Fourchestra is a decidedly indivisible band, and Jonathan is writing for the trio, not just the pans.w/ Elora Dash: Blending elements of contemporary R&B, classic soul, and jazz fusion, Elora Dash is an exciting up-and-coming artist from Chapel Hill, NC. Elora is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who is breaking into the regional neo-soul scene.
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.
