Singer Songwriter Series (hosted by Abigail Dowd) ft: Abigail Dowd, Tanner Bingaman, and Dustin Gaspard

Tanner Bingaman -Tanner Bingaman is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, and producer from rural Pennsylvania. He spends his time foraging writhing folk art from the hills of Appalachia. Tanner’s songs are an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink gumbo, with explorations ranging from poignant punk melodies to rapturous and uncanny instrumental meditations, oftentimes finding himself perplexed by the task of coming down from yet another improvisational meandering. He prefers barefoot walking and once saved the family dog from a rattlesnake.

Tanner has been happily featured on NPR stations throughout Pennsylvania, and he has shared stages with some of his favorite songwriters including Charlie Parr, Darrin Hacquard, and Sam Bailey. In 2021, Tanner was awarded Emerging Artist of the Year by the Susquehanna Folk Music Society, and in 2023, Tanner played his first international feature with his New Zealand family of musicians, raising funds for flood-relief efforts on the North Island. He is currently playing shows all over the Lower 48. Tanner is an active member of the duo Tanjo & Crow, as well as fronting his live performance and recording project Tanner Bingaman’s Pretty Big Garden. The debut record from Tanner Bingaman’s Pretty Big Garden, Everything & Nothing is slated for release this 2024.

After 10 years of performing throughout the deep Southern Gulf Coast of the USA, Gaspard released his full length debut album “Hoping Heaven Got A Kitchen” in March 2022. His blend of Americana, Soul, Folk and Roots gained Grammy consideration for: Best American Roots Performance, Grammy American Roots Song and Best Americana Album. Written for his grandparents, the record is a “prayer to his home” and delivers an intimate insight into the Cajun native’s varying influences. Gaspard’s latest project “Avec Le Courrant” is a banjo driven bilingual story album detailing the journey of his Acadian ancestors and their exile. This all new original work will once again combine Americana with varying genres including traditional folk, blues and contemporary songwriter elements, while heavily utilizing the Cajun French language. It is his intent to tour up the coast of North America at the end of Summer 2024 and return the songs to their original place of origin Nova Scotia.

singer/songwriter/guitarist AND host of the songwriter series, Abigail is grew up under the longleaf pines of North Carolina and comes from a long line of musicians. Known for her storytelling and command of an audience, she has been called “a writer of the highest caliber” (All Scene Eye).  Her soulful voice and unique classical guitar style have been described by Acoustic Guitar Magazine as “The guitar-driven introspective folk of the 1970s is a touchstone, but so are blues and roots rock ’n’ roll.”