2020 July Virtual Series
Event Performers
Hannah Paris
Hannah Paris
Hannah Paris is a London born, British Country-Pop Artist. This talented singer-songwriter has a sound that fuses many elements of Pop and Rock with heavy influences of Country Music.
Kate Van Dorn
Kate Van Dorn
Kate Van Dorn is a singer, songwriter and front woman of her New York based Alt Rock band. She tours throughout the US and is set for a debut release under Sixth Circle Record Co. in 2020.
Carolyn Miller
Carolyn Miller
Long Island's own emerging country artist Carolyn Miller has been performing professionally since the age of eight. A graduate of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music, Miller’s background is in theatre, film and TV, as well as voice-overs and commercials. Influenced by country music artists like Carrie Underwood and Faith Hill, along with pop icons Kelly Clarkson and Adele, Miller has used her big, powerful voice to create her own style that captures the true essence of country-pop. She released her debut EP Unbreakable in 2018 independently, which peaked during pre-order at #7 on iTunes Country charts. Since then, Carolyn has opened for artists such as Chase Rice, Ashley McBryde, Walker Hayes, and most recently, kicked off NY’s Country 94.7 Stars and Strings event at the Barclays Center starring Sam Hunt, Dustin Lynch, Chris Janson, Runaway June, and more. Carolyn released her highly anticipated single, “What You Can’t Have” in 2019, and the track was named one of the Top 15 Songs at CMA Fest 2019 with features in Hollywood Life, Celebuzz, Whiskey Riff, among others. Her current single, "Summer Time" was recently released to critical acclaim, with features in Taste of Country, The Boot, Sounds Like Nashville, and the music video was added into rotation on The Country Network. Carolyn has been named "One to Watch" by the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and was recently named a Next Up Now artist by CMT. This "NY Entertainer of the Week" (UpFront NY) and "Artist to Watch" (NashVegas) is currently in the studio working on new music, selling out shows around her home state, and opening for major label artists nationwide.
Aqua Cherry
Aqua Cherry
Aqua Cherry has shared the stage with Everlast, The Spin Doctors, Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens, BadFish, Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer, The Scofflaws, Junior Marvin and The Wailers, Perro Bravo, Murphy's Law, The Toasters, Corky Lang and The Mind Thieves, and Wonder Mike from The Sugar Hill Gang.
Frankel Sisters
Frankel Sisters
The Frankel Sisters is an original band, combining unique three-part arrangements of catchy original pop music that makes crowds sing along.
Tuatha Dea
Tuatha Dea
Tuatha Dea is a progressive Americana band with a Rock edge, a Celtic-Appalachian influence and a fearless attitude for pushing the boundaries of modern roots music. Their music thrives on a perpetual energy backed by expansive vocal ranges, steady, driving percussion, electric instrumentation and the melodic sounds of acoustic instruments like fiddle, guitar, penny whistle, bagpipes and even didgeridoo. Tuatha Dea, RATED #2 Appalachian Celtic Alternative Rock group world wide by Reverbnation! Based in Gatlinburg IS touring extensively about the US and Canada.
Walter Parks & Swamp Cabbage
Walter Parks & Swamp Cabbage
Northeast Florida is its own kind of weird. Go there with Swamp Cabbage and let your jaw drop, smile and dance.
MOTU
MOTU
International Blues-Americana Recording Artist MOTU has performed world-wide, is a winner of TWO BILLBOARD Music Awards, and a past SemiFinalist Winner of the International Blues Challenge (IBC). MOTU has a growing Global Fan Base that can also be demonstrated from over 450,000+ Indie CD & DVD sales, over 215,000+ (and growing) Followers on facebook, and by the over 7.9 Million Views of his live videos on YouTube!
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Drop the 4 [formerly-Ladies Drink Free]
Drop the 4 [formerly-Ladies Drink Free]
Drop The 4 is a New York-based ensemble that brings together all things funky for an unforgettable live performance that’s never the same twice. The band’s unique sound and charismatic live energy comes together to keep people dancing.
Kate Usher and The Sturdy Souls
Kate Usher and The Sturdy Souls
"Kate Usher & the Sturdy Souls are a soul-pop-rock duo and band formed in Montauk, New York. You don't want to miss this up-and-coming group who has shared the same stage as Paul Simon, Sublime, Wyclef Jean, and many others."
Nicole Stella
Nicole Stella
With a careful balance between acoustic music and rock, warmth and grit, Nicole Stella, with the help of jazz and rock guitarist Claudio Benvenuto, constantly challenges her artistic identity, crossing the boundaries of genres and languages. With her peculiar sound, on the edge between classic songwriting and rock, she has delivered three albums so far: New Day (2015), Something To Say (2017), and Canzoni Per Vivienne (2018). On stage, Nicole and Claudio take inspiration from their main influences (Joni Mitchell and Thin Lizzy) to deliver a personal "folk'n'roll" sound.
J K. Hodge
J K. Hodge
Mr. Hodge’s Chopin-inspired contemporary classical compositions have earned him much acclaim as a New York-based concert pianist. Mr Hodge has also pioneered piano renditions of pop hits from the decade of glam rock and synthesizer and found a unique quietness to stadium filling songs.
Lovechild
Lovechild
Lovechild is an emerging psychedelic Americana band from New York City. With songwriting influences spanning Dylan and Neil Young to Frank Ocean and Kendrick Lamar, the band's music has been praised as "the kind of musical poetry we've been missing."
