Abigail Dowd, Dawn Landes, and Jess Klein

Dawn Landesis a singer-songwriter based in Chapel Hill who’s penned original songs for TV, film, and musical theater (ROW on Audible). Landes has toured internationally and supported artists like Jose Gonzales, Mary Chapin Carpenter and many more. Her newest album The Liberated Woman’s Songbook was produced by Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman) and highlights women’s activism throughout history. 

www.dawnlandes.com

Jess Klein came to this world to pull firebrand power and childlike joy from our darkest shadows. Her acoustic-driven, hook-laden story songs revel in the polychrome of human experience – joy, rage, sensuality and resilience. The New York Times calls her “A songwriter with a voice of unblinking tenacity.” Jess has toured the globe, performing in pin-drop listening rooms, cozy theaters and on raucous festival stages.  She is currently based in Hillsborough, NC by way of Boston, New York City and Austin, TX. Jess has toured nationally and internationally supporting Arlo Guthrie, Josh Ritter, Damien Dempsey, John Fullbright and Jonathan Byrd and has opened for such legends as Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle, and Alejandro Escovedo.  She has appeared on Good Morning America and NPR’s All Things Considered and has performed at the Newport, Winnipeg, Falcon Ridge and Philadelphia Folk Festivals as well as Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. 

Abigail Dowd 

Our fearless host who still enjoys music most when it’s embedded in real life, sitting around a fire or every third Tuesday night at the Flat Iron. Each month Abigail invites musician friends to fall into space with her and the audience for what she describes as an evening in her adopted living room. They collaborate, share new songs, play old favorites, make things up, make you cry, make you laugh and most of all make you glad you came