Big Richard
2022-09-21 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Bluegrass from Colorado

Big Richard is a collaborative band of musical experts driven by sisterhood, harmony, and humor.
Formed in 2021, these gals smash the status quo and deliver high quality, celebratory bluegrass shows that leave joy in the hearts of listeners.
Instrumental and vocal prowess mixed with charismatic stage presence create an opportunity for live music that should not be missed.

Willy Tea Taylor and Dylan Nicholson
2022-10-11 19:00 - 21:00
Two Singer-Songwriters
Willy Tea Taylor

His remarkable ability to sing about profound subjects in a simple way makes his songs a great place to lose yourself.
Willy grew up in Oakdale, California, known as “The Cowboy Capital of the World.” There, he developed a love of story and baseball, which led naturally to devoting himself as a folksinger.
As a young man he was convinced of his path after seeing Greg Brown at Strawberry Festival where years later he would play main stage in 2015. Since then he has recorded two albums, “4 Strings” and “Knuckleball Prime,” with increasing accolades.

Dylan Nicholson

Dylan is the guitar player and vocalist from the California Duo The Turkey Buzzards. The bare authenticity of his songs sweeps up listeners and takes them on a wandering journey.
Dylan will open with a solo set then play with Willy for the main set.

Don’t miss this special collaborative show featuring two real-deal timeless songwriters.

Cary Morin Duo
2022-11-18 19:00 - 21:00
Native Americana Fingerstyle Blues

Described as “one of the best acoustic pickers on the scene today,” Cary Morin brings together the great musical traditions of America like no other. With deft fingerstyle guitar and vocals that alternately convey melodic elation and gritty work-weariness, Morin crafts an inimitable style often characterized as roots-infused Native Americana with hints of bluegrass, folk, blues, and rock. He has performed at renowned venues across the globe, including The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center, and is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades. David Bromberg remarks, “Cary Morin is a unique and brilliant guitar player, songwriter and singer. As a guitar player, I have huge respect for Cary’s style and technique…If you haven’t heard him yet, you should. Try to remember that it’s only one guitar.”
Along with his life partner, Celeste Di lorio, together they form the Cary Morin Duo. Cleste has her own history in the world of performance, having been involved in dance, theater, and music for many years. She is a vocalist and, as she would say, “a strummer on guitar.” Celeste has played and sung with Cary for over 11 years.
Tickets $15

Tony Furtado
2023-01-18 19:00 - 21:00
Americana Roots Master
Very few musicians of any stripe so personify a musical genre as completely as Tony Furtado embodies Americana roots music.
Tony is an evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist adept on banjo, cello-banjo, slide guitar and baritone ukulele. He mixes and matches sounds and styles with the ?air of a master chef (he’s also an accomplished sculptor, but that’s another story). All of the music of America is in Tony’s music. Relix hit the nail on the head when writing of Tony: “True talent doesn’t need categories.”
A native of Pleasanton, California, who now makes his home in Portland, Oregon, Tony Furtado took up the banjo at age 12, inspired by the Beverly Hillbillies television show and a sixth-grade music report. He ?rst attracted national attention in 1987, when he won the National Bluegrass Banjo Championship in Win?eld, Kansas. Soon after Tony was collaborating with such master musicians as Laurie Lewis, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien, Stuart Duncan, Kelly Joe Phelps and Mike Marshall.
Beginning in the late 1990s – in?uenced by such musical heroes as Ry Cooder, David Lindley and Taj Mahal – Tony added slide guitar, singing and songwriting to his musical toolbox and began leading his own band. He is a tireless road musician who performs in a dizzying variety of formats.
Tony has performed throughout the world at top venues and appeared at such prestigious music festivals as the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Jazz Aspen, Kerrville Folk Festival, Strawberry Music Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Sisters Folk Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival and countless others.
Don’t miss this Americana music virtuoso playing a long-awaited show at The Martin Hotel.

Eddie 9V
2023-02-23 19:00 - 21:00
Cathartic Blues from Georgia
Eddie 9V

Join us for some cool retro-blues, served up hot. Eddie 9V (9 Volt) began making waves in the Atlanta, Georgia roots and blues club circuit at the early age of 15. His debut album, Left My Soul in Memphis, was an acclaimed break out record in the Blues and Rock music scene. In 2021, Eddie V released his latest album Little Black Flies at the fresh age of 25. Rock and Muse Blues publication describes the sound.
“Rolling horns, shuffling drums, melodic keys, guitar and, above all, Eddie’s extraordinary vocals mix to create a hypnotic wonder which oozes authenticity. His delivery has an unfettered, semi-improvised vibe, the voice itself astonishingly expressive, with a classic blues rawness and charming ingenuousness.”
Don’t miss a chance to see Eddie 9V, young talented roller spreading his raw, soulful, and surely electric vibe!

CANCELLED: David Jacobs-Strain
2023-03-09 19:00 - 21:00
This show has been cancelled due to mountain road closures

Unapologetically Eclectic
David Jacobs-Strain
David Jacob-Strain is a striking slide guitar player and song poet from Eugene, Oregon. His deep love of blues and roots music is evident in every one of the songs he writes. He studied masters like Robert Johnson, Taj Mahal and Jackson Browne, but plays his own sound, his own song, with a virtuosity that is uniquely his. David began playing on street corners and at farmers markets as a teenager, and bought his first steel guitar with the quarters he saved up. Before he dropped out of Stanford to play full time, he had already appeared at festivals across the country, often billed as a blues prodigy, but he had to fight to avoid being a novelty act: “I wanted to tell new stories, it just wasn’t enough to relive the feelings in other people’s music.”
David Jacobs-Strain has appeared at Merlefest, Telluride Blues Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly, Bumbershoot, and Blues to Bop in Switzerland. On the road, he’s shared the stage with Lucinda Williams, Boz Scaggs (more than 60 shows), Etta James, The Doobie Brothers, George Thorogood, Robert Earle Keen, Todd Snider, Taj Mahal, Janis Ian, Tommy Emmanuel, Bob Weir, T-Bone Burnett, and Del McCoury.

Eilen Jewell
2023-04-14 08:00 - 17:00
Provocative and soulful
Eilen Jewell

American Songwriter describes Eilen Jewell as “one of America’s most intriguing, creative and idiosyncratic voices.”
The Boise, Idaho songwriter leads a tight quartet that blends influences of surf-noir, early blues, classic country, folk, and 1960s era rock ’n’ roll. From Boston to Boise and Madrid to Melbourne, playing large festivals, theaters, rock clubs, and coffeehouses, the group has shared stages with the likes of Lucinda Williams, Loretta Lynn, Mavis Staples, Wanda Jackson, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, and Blind Boys of Alabama. Eilen’s fans have marveled at her warmth and onstage humor alongside her beautiful songs and fiery performances.
In addition to six of her own full-length albums, Jewell has released two albums with her country-gospel side-project, the Sacred Shakers; a tribute album to Loretta Lynn titled Butcher Holler; and an album of rare blues covers, Down Hearted Blues.
In 2023 Eilen will release Get Behind The Wheel, an album of originals on Signature Sounds Recordings, produced by Will Kimbrough.

The Turkey Buzzards with Jade Brodie
2023-05-17 19:00 - 21:00
Local Gem Opening up for Americana Duo
A lovable duo, The Turkey Buzzards, serve up a mix of Americana folk, country, and just plain heartfelt songs. They were once not long ago from Morro Bay California but have recently relocated to North Carolina. Their songs conjure all of that space and history in-between in powerful original Americana songwriting and harmony. Their songs are heartfelt, relatable, and very sharp in vision-much like their namesake.
Dylan Nicholson, on guitar and vocals, has graced our stage before with Willy Tea Taylor. His teammate Eric Patterson on upright bass and vocals, joins him for this show.
Opening the show will be Jade Brodie. Jade is a local songwriter who sings honkey-tonk country songs about work and love and her horse. She will be playing with the talented multi-instrumentalist Kirk Fortin.
Don’t miss out. Get tickets today!

A Poetry Reading by Gailmarie Pahmeier
2023-05-25 18:00 - 19:00
Join us for and evening of poetry with Nevada Poet Laureate
This event is free and open to the public.
Gailmarie Pahmeier
GBAE is pleased to welcome Gailmarie to the backroom of the Martin Hotel to share her poetry, passion, and love of Nevada with us. She is currently serving a two-year appointment as the Poet Laureate of the state of Nevada. Her project Nevadan to Nevadan:What I Need to Tell You invites residents to share their Nevada voice and experience with each other.
Gailmarie Pahmeier, now Emeritus faculty, taught creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno. Widely published, she’s the author of three chapbooks and three full-length collections of poetry, the most recent being Of Bone, Of Ash, Of Ordinary Saints (WSC Press, 2020) which was nominated for the High Plains Book Award. In 2015, she was appointed Reno’s first Poet Laureate, in 2016 she was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame, and in 2017, she was selected as Outstanding Teacher in the Humanities. In 2021, the governor of Nevada, Steve Sisolak, appointed her Poet Laureate, State of Nevada. In 2022, she was selected as a Laureate Fellow, Academy of American Poets.

Where Do You Go from Tonopah?
Gailmarie Pahmeier

Because the Mizpah Hotel has claw foot tubs,
this is where you stop. This place has its own
ghost, a good story about The Lady in Red.
It’s said she was murdered here, discovered
by her husband in the arms of her young love.
She’d have lived to wear her lace and heels
if it hadn’t been for the train being late,
her husband missing his connection, stopping
in for a cold drink, seeing her, seeing him
ascend the steep stairs. In Nevada,
it’s always about trains, drinks, connections
missed and made and wholly imagined.
Because, you’re told, Tonopah is for those
with a thirst for adventure, you venture
into the Long Shot Bar, order steaks,
a fine red wine and, arguably, the best
margarita between Reno and Las Vegas,
listen to some old man chat up the young
couple from Henderson who say this is
the farthest north they’ve been, exploring
their new state, transplants from Atlanta.
The old man says this is the real Nevada,
but suggests they also make Elko, Winnemucca,
decent towns he’s fond of, would live in, given…
And because you love books and the beauty
of dust, you’ll spend hours wandering
the dense aisles of Whitney’s Bookshelf,
where paperbacks are a dollar hardbacks, two.
What you’ll take home is a first edition,
hardback, John Gardner’s On Moral Fiction.
Inside is a personal inscription, June 1978.
Bob, it says, keep writing in NYC. Thanks
for all your help these two years in Tonopah.
Best of luck. I’ll miss you here. Love Jack.

This event is made possible by support of Nevada Arts Council and funds donated in memory of Aliceann Doyle.

Claude Bourbon
2023-06-09 19:00 - 21:00
Global Virtuoso Fingerpicker
Claude Bourbon grew up in Switzerland and lives in the UK and has toured widely on both sides of The Atlantic. A classically trained musician, with a unique blend of classical Spanish, blues and folk, and jazz. His songs are deeply layered and transformative. Don’t miss out!
Friday, June 9th, 7pm

Carin Mari
2023-07-20 19:00 - 21:00
Singer Songwriter from the Mountains of Colorado

Inspired by the mountains of Colorado where she was born and raised, Carin Mari is a songwriter from the heart who is passionate about sharing her stories and playing her unique brand of music. In 2001, Country music quickly became her passion when friend and mentor, Michael Martin Murphey, suggested Carin learn “I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart.” After nineteen years of continued dedication, her talents as a guitarist/singer/songwriter have won her numerous awards, including 2009 Entertainer and Songwriter of the year from the NACMA, Female Vocalist and Female Entertainer of the year for South Plains College, and eight Colorado Country Music Awards. Carin toured in the early nine years of her career with her two brothers as the band, “Carin Mari & Pony Express,” winning numerous awards and playing formidable venues. While still pursuing her own career, Carin is also thrilled to be the lead guitar player in, Michael Martin Murphey’s, Rio Grande Band. After recording her sixth album, “Miles Per Hour,” in August of 2015, Carin fell in love with the creative atmosphere in Nashville and went back in 2017 to record her album, “Rambling Daughter.”In 2019 Carin once again returned to Nashville to record and release her album, “Queen of the Mountains.” The album has a unique sound she has been striving to find that showcases her songwriting ability and her creativity as a songwriter. 2021 brought new and exciting things to Carin’s life, including her brand new album, “Home,” which released in August.
Thursday, July 20, 7pm

The Hipocrats and Amber Russell
2023-08-26 19:00 - 21:00
The Hipocrats
Based out of Seattle, WA, The Hipocrats are an Americana daydream that blend hair-raising harmonies over melodies sure to stick in your head for days. Their spunky lyrical imagery, and mood-bending fiddle parts don’t discriminate who’s ears they choose to captivate with their sound. Fans of all genres of music will find something to appreciate with their striking spin on classic Americana music.

Opening up for The Hippocrats is Amber Russell
Portland Based Fingerstyle guitarist Amber Russell, has had a diverse platform of musical outlets during her 20 years of composing music. Now based out of Portland, Oregon, Amber continues to develop her craft and shares her talents with students. She has a 30 lesson guitar course available through Jamplay.com. She is a Percussive fingerstyle teacher and Co-Founder at Rose City Guitar Company with her wife Samantha Russell. The school has been extremely successful since it began in 2020, bringing in guest instructors in the fingerstyle community such as Yasmin Williams and Adrian Bellue.

Saturday, August 26th, 7pm

David Jacobs-Strain with Bob Beach
2023-09-20 19:00 - 21:00
Unapologetically Eclectic
David Jacobs-Strain with Bob Beach
David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach are a multigenerational, bicoastal duo who have been performing together since 2010. They currently perform between 70 and 100 shows a year on both east and west coasts, delighting and bewildering roots music lovers.
David Jacob-Strain is a striking slide guitar player and song poet from Eugene, Oregon. His deep love of blues and roots music is evident in every one of the songs he writes. He studied masters like Robert Johnson, Taj Mahal and Jackson Browne, but plays his own sound, his own song, with a virtuosity that is uniquely his. David began playing on street corners and at farmers markets as a teenager, and bought his first steel guitar with the quarters he saved up. Before he dropped out of Stanford to play full time, he had already appeared at festivals across the country, often billed as a blues prodigy, but he had to fight to avoid being a novelty act: “I wanted to tell new stories, it just wasn’t enough to relive the feelings in other people’s music.”
David Jacobs-Strain has appeared at Merlefest, Telluride Blues Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly, Bumbershoot, and Blues to Bop in Switzerland. On the road, he’s shared the stage with Lucinda Williams, Boz Scaggs (more than 60 shows), Etta James, The Doobie Brothers, George Thorogood, Robert Earle Keen, Todd Snider, Taj Mahal, Janis Ian, Tommy Emmanuel, Bob Weir, T-Bone Burnett, and Del McCoury.
Bob Beach plays harmonica with calm fierceness. A mouth-harp maestro who swaggers into a solo like The Marlboro Man, then quietly leaves the set while the rest of us wonder what just happened and how such a tiny instrument could possibly sound like that. Bob has been a working professional musician for more than 40 years bringing harmonica, flute, and vocals to a broad scope of genres.

Mike Beck
2023-10-12 19:00 - 21:00
Mike Beck is an engaging acoustic solo artist who regularly performs in the United States and Europe. He is a regularly featured performer at The National Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering. Mike has seven albums under his belt with original songs that have been recognized as some of the finest compositions on Western Americana out there.
The Western Horseman magazine recently picked “The 13 Best Cowboy Songs,” and included two compositions by Mike, putting him along side other writers such as Ian Tyson, Tom Russell, Lucinda Williams, and Gene Autry.

Todd Albright
2023-10-28 19:00 - 21:00
Twelve String Country Blues

Todd Albright is a country blues, twelve string guitar player and vocalist based in Detroit, Michigan. Grounded in the pre-war era of the blues tradition (1880-1939), Todd is a mindful purveyor of blues history. His repertoire upholds musical pillars such as Blind Willie McTell, George Carter, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leadbelly. His life’s work continues the distinguished tradition of the very roots of American music as told by the African American musicians who created it.

Todd’s vigorous, gritty and soulful performances are accompanied by stories of the masters and a deep intuitive sense of respect for craft, providing audiences with a meaningful experience while creating a transcendent moment. One of the top blues guitarists in the world, Todd is the only contemporary twelve string player in his genre.
Todd began playing the blues while still a teenager, some twenty-five years ago. Initially, he was drawn to the sound of the finger-picked style and has since immersed himself in the foundational music and narratives of American culture. Over the years, Todd has shared the stage with artists such as Roy Book Binder, Charlie Parr, Paul Geremia, and Dakota Dave Hull.
Todd’s first full-length LP, Fourth Floor Visitor, was released by Jett Plastic Recordings out of Detroit, Michigan (2017). His latest album, Detroit Twelve String: Blues & Rags, is out now on Third Man Records (2017).

Loud As Folk-Spike McGuire Album Release Tour
2023-11-17 19:00 - 21:00
Loud As Folk founder Spike McGuire will be celebrating the release of his new album Caught In The Wild (Live). The project was funded in part by a grant from Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment For The Arts
. The 10 song collection was recorded in Reno, NV in front of a live audience at Good Luck Macbeth Theater earlier in the year. The album will be available as a premium 12″ vinyl record and limited edition cassette, as well as a CD/DVD combo. This special evening is one of several dates at
historic venues across Nevada and will also include performances from Loud As Folk Vice President Greg Gilmore and fan favorite Rachael McElhiney.

Spike McGuire is an internationally touring musician that has performed in 16 states and 5 countries as well as a GraphTech Guitar Labs endorsed artist. Spike spent the last decade and a half drawing parallels between the ethos of punk rock and the spirit of folk music by building community and engaging listeners with his message.
Founded in 2011, Loud As Folk has become a hub of the west coast songwriting scene focused on highlighting emerging artists with distinct approaches to all genres of American roots music. In the process of bringing these acts together to perform, a beautiful community naturally formed with artists and audience members alike. Now LAF is a global network of songwriters who collaborate, tour, and record in ever changing combinations.

Jeffrey Martin and Anna Tivel
2023-12-05 19:00 - 21:00
Affecting Singer-Songwriters
Jeffrey Martin returns to delight and devastate our eager ears and hearts with his thoughtful and poetic songs. Once a high school English teacher, Martin turned to writing songs and touring full time, continuing his love of words and stories. Now, with three intensely lyric-driven albums under his belt, two of which were released on the Portland indie-label, Fluff & Gravy Records, Martin has developed a loyal and growing audience, both domestically and abroad.
Jeffrey Martin writes music that probes the depths of the human experience and doesn’t shy away from its darkest corners. His songs can feel like short stories from literary giants like Steinbeck, Burroughs, or Cormac McCarthy and possess a raw intensity that comes from seeing his subjects up close. All the struggle, hurt, strife, and heartbreak that comes from living in this world are laid bare and unvarnished, yet somehow, Martin manages to mine and make space for what beauty remains. Jeffrey’s latest album Thank God We Left the Garden was released last month.
Jeffrey will be joined by Anna Tivel.
Oregon based songwriter Anna Tivel’s newest album ‘Outsiders’ starts with a lens so wide we’ve left the planet to look back from a great distance at the turmoil and beauty of our shared humanity. From there the lens pulls close and unfolds in a gripping collection of stories so often ignored. Tivel’s flawed and honest characters move through a landscape of hurt and loss, of small triumph and big love. In eleven songs full of recognition, veracity, and hope, Tivel’s watchful and empathetic eye details the undeniable ache of living.
Throughout her work, Tivel has emphasized storytelling and this album is no exception, building on the strength of her ability to observe and reflect with a clear-eyed empathy. Inspired by authors from Steinbeck to Morrison, Didion to Dubus, she imbues her songs with attentive detail and a dreamlike quality that leaves the ordinary feeling both palpable and poetic. “Tivel’s characters are common but unforgettable,” NPR’s Ann Powers writes, “Her images linger, and become populated with the energy of the real.”

Alash Ensemble-Tuvan Throat Singers
2024-01-23 19:00 - 21:00
ALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit remain decidedly Tuvan. Trained in traditional Tuvan music since childhood, the Alash musicians studied at Kyzyl Arts College just as Tuva was beginning to open up to the West. They formed a traditional ensemble and won multiple awards for traditional throat singing in international xöömei competitions, both as an ensemble and as individuals. At the same time, they paid close attention to new trends coming out of the West. They have borrowed new ideas that mesh well with the sound and feel of traditional Tuvan music, but they have never sacrificed the integrity of their own heritage in an effort to make their music more hip. Alash first toured the U.S. under the sponsorship of the Open World Leadership program of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts. Since then they have returned many times, to the delight of American audiences. The Washington Post described their music as “utterly stunning,” quipping that after the performance “audience members picked their jaws up off the floor.”

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Laurie Lewis and The Right Hands
2024-02-09 19:00 - 21:00
Multi-GRAMMY nominee Laurie Lewis is a forebear and contemporary of so many blue-grass, old-time, and folk greats. Over more than fifty years in music she has established herself as a truly singular voice, instrumentalist, and frontwoman in genres that lionize tradition, “authenticity,” and emulation. She’s won IBMA Awards, sung and recorded with Linda Ronstadt, set poems by Wendell Berry to music – at his request. She’s influenced and inspired folks like guitarist phenom Molly Tuttle, who’s just one example of an entire generation of pickers and singers who can call her a mentor. All in all, Lewis has carved out a unique, superlative niche in American roots music occupied by almost no other musicians and creators.
Her brand new album, Trees, finds Lewis’s music-making rooted in the natural world – as on many past recordings – with a measured and often melancholy view of life, loss, and grief that’s resplendent and complicated. An avid walker, Lewis is both an urban explorer and a wilderness wanderer – plus a self-taught naturalist and conservation ac-tivist. Her skillset in songwriting and recording is usually looking outward, text-painting to evoke the landscapes she adores and to relay their speaking to us. On Trees, Lewis looks inward instead, utilizing all of the literary and naturalist skills at her disposal to ob-serve and process seasonal, organic, inevitable life changes. Video Links: Live

Men of Worth-Celtic Folk Duo
2024-03-14 19:00 - 21:00
The folk-music duo, Men of Worth, was formed by James Keigher of Ireland and Donnie Macdonald of Scotland in 1986. Together Men of Worth blend their voices with harmony and support their collection of songs with their varied selection of instruments. They have a very simple approach to their presentation, and in keeping with tradition, remain true to the music and story. Their show is a unique combination of humor, exciting tunes, and soulful, heartfelt ballads.

Casper Allen
2024-04-30 19:00 - 21:00
Americana and Dark Country Rising Star
Texas-born songwriter Casper Allen is known for a raw, raspy sound reminiscent of Tom Waits and a songwriting style reminiscent of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. His songs tell stories of struggle and redemption. Come see Casper in his first performance in Winnemucca.

High Desert Habit with The DD
2024-05-15 19:00 - 21:00
Local Band Special with Regional Guests
High Desert Habit is a Winnemucca-grown country-rock band that plays a variety of covers and original songs about their experiences in Northern Nevada. These three friends picked up instruments in 2017 and haven’t looked back. Starting with local bars and restaurants, grinding through regional tours, and starting their own festival, the band has earned a wide fan-base and honed their honky tonk craft. Recently they have been churning out noteworthy originals that our audiences will really enjoy. A 7-song Live Ep entitled “Honky Tonks and Tattoo Shops” was released in 2023. They are currently working on their follow-up album “Sage Colored Glasses.” Bring your tapping shoes and be ready to have a good time with these local gems.

Opening up for HDH will be The DD, a duo from the Virginia City area. Doug Sandall and Dale Poune have been writing and performing songs for 3 years. Together they give audiences colorful stories, humor and original songs.

The Witch and the Burro and Winnemucca Brown
2024-05-23 19:00 - 21:00
Creative Folk Musical Collaboration with a Local Act Opener
Join us for an evening of artistic expression with melodies and story-telling from a special collaboration between Vic Ruggiero and Lauren Napier. Vic hails from the well-known International ska band from New York, The Slackers. Lauren is a writer, artist, model and singer-songwriter from Tacoma Washington. Together they have created folksy songs, stories, short-films and other artistic expressions of contemporary Americana.

Opening for the night will be local gem Winnemucca Brown with his own set of entertaining and reflective folk punk songs. A talented songwriter and musician, Jerry has been bringing musical projects and creative collaborations to our town for many grateful years. You’ll be glad to know him and his songs more.
Buy tickets now for this special evening of collaboration, creativity, and awesome tunes.
Tickets are $15 and are available online or at The Martin Hotel.

The Coffis Brothers
2024-07-17 19:00 - 21:00
West Coast band, The Coffis Brothers, will return to Winnemucca for a show on July 17th to share their Americana roots rock summertime vibe. This California sibling duo and bandmates put on a great show that you don’t want to miss.
“It’s all American Music,” says the Coffis Brothers’ frontman, Kevin Coffis “There’s rock, blues, acoustic folk, and country in there. As music fans, we go all the way back to the beginning — to pioneers like Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers — but we also look to artists like the Eagles and Tom Petty for influence. That’s our playbook.”

John R Miller
2024-08-07 19:00 - 21:00
Essential Singer-Songwriter
John R Miller is a true hyphenate artist: singer-songwriter-picker. Every song on his thrilling upcoming debut solo album, Depreciated, is lush with intricate wordplay and haunting imagery, as well as being backed by a band that is on fire. One of his biggest long-time fans is roots music favorite Tyler Childers, who says he’s “a well-travelled wordsmith mapping out the world he’s seen, three chords at a time.” Miller is somehow able to transport us to a shadowy honkytonk and get existential all in the same line with his tightly written compositions. Miller’s own guitar-playing is on fine display here along with vocals that evoke the white-waters of the Potomac River rumbling below the high ridges of his native Shenandoah Valley.
His latest album Heat Come Down is an celebration expression of craft and has garnered much attention. NPR writes, “On his new album Heat Comes Down, the West Virginia-raised, Nashville-based artist intimately narrates his sleepless nights and nostalgic daydreams, existential dread, and nuanced observations of the troubled world around him. But while a number of its songs convey a certain unease, Miller endlessly imparts the kind of lovely reassurance that can only come from shared catharsis.”
Do not miss this one friends. $20 tickets available at The Martin Hotel or online at gbae.org.

For more artist information
Visit Official Website of John R Miller

EDDIE 9V
2024-08-15 19:00 - 21:00
Join us in welcoming back Eddie 9V for some cool retro-blues, served up hot in Winnemucca. Eddie 9V (9 Volt) began making waves in the Atlanta, Georgia roots and blues club circuit at the early age of 15. His debut album, Left My Soul in Memphis, was an acclaimed break out record in the Blues and Rock music scene. In 2021, he released the album Little Black Flies. Their latest release is the album Capricorn which adds to their soulful and expressive music that is both innovative and classic.
“Good Gawd amitey! This is soul, man — the real deal.” – No Depression
“Every song has energy, separation & musicianship that drips cool.” – Americana Highways
Don’t miss a chance to see Eddie 9V, young talented roller spreading his raw, soulful, and surely electric vibe!

Tickets are $20 and are available at The Martin Hotel and online at gbae.org
For more information about the artist go to eddie9volt.com

The Horsenecks
2024-09-07 19:00 - 21:00
Old Time Music
The Horsenecks play hard-hitting and heartfelt, traditional and original roots music. Their sound is centered around the pairing of the signature rhythmic Appalachian fiddle style of Oregonian Gabrielle Macrae and the inspired guitar and driving yet subtle banjo playing of Liverpudlian Barry Southern. Gabrielle’s playing style is the result of being raised in the Old Time music hotbed of Portland, OR and being exposed to the fiddle traditions of the Southeast US through years of traveling to festivals and learning from some of the greatest players in the genre. Her love of traditional music brought her to North Carolina as a teenager where she fully immersed herself in the music of the region and gained notoriety in the Old Time Music world as a clawhammer banjo player after releasing an album with the Macrae Sisters in 2008 that received glowing reviews and became one of the iconic Old Time albums of it’s generation. Barry’s banjo playing ranges from thrilling and high-octane to moody and captivating, and his versatility shines whether playing clawhammer or driving three-finger banjo. Also an accomplished guitarist, Barry has been consistently active in Liverpools music scene for over 20 years, playing lead guitar with cult heroes Tramp Attack ( Must Destroy Records) and on into the UK Old Time and Bluegrass scene, playing with multiple groups. Harmony singing and thoughtful song writing bring The Horsenecks to the stage with a compelling take on the music that moves them; foot-stomping dance tunes, innovative fiddle-banjo compositions and heartfelt and inspired lyrics and harmony singing. Whether they are singing centuries-old ballads, their own songs, or getting you up and dancing with a barn-burning fiddle tune, they remain firmly rooted in tradition, paying homage to the depth and richness of the music they have immersed themselves in for the last two decades.

Tiffany Christopher and Mollie Fischer
2024-10-11 19:00 - 21:00
Gooey Austin-based cellist, Mollie Fischer, joins singer-songwriter & loop princess, Tiffany Christopher for a summer tour of organic beats and undeniably fun music.
These two passionate artists met at an all women’s music festival in 2022. Austin-based cellist, Mollie Fischer, and touring singer-songwriter, Tiffany Christopher performed in multiple acts that weekend together and quickly became fans of each other’s musicality. Within a few weeks TC was inviting Mollie to jump in the sprinter and join her on tour around the Southwest.
There is something so deep and honest about the energy these two humans manifest together on stage. It’s heavy like the mountain, yet as fluid and playful as the ocean. Multi-instruments, loops, improv, harmonies…somewhere between folk/rock, hip-hop and americana this duo is coming to move you.
Tickets now on the website or at The Martin Hotel. $20

In Conversation with Nevada Poet Laureate Shaun Griffin
2024-10-24 19:00 - 20:00
Shaun Griffin’s soulful poetry and engagement with Nevada communities make him one of the state’s most well-loved literary figures. He is the author of This is What the Desert Surrenders, Bathing in the River of Ashes and Woodsmoke, Wind and the Peregrine, among others. Recurring themes in his poetry are “… family, landscape and work for justice in the larger world.”Griffin entered the Nevada Writer Hall of Fame in 2014 and received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1995 and was awarded the Silver Pen as an “author of promise” from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1998. He was the co-founder and executive director of Community Chest, a rural and social justice agency since 1991. In the early 1980s, he began offering creative writing workshops for prisoners at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. He is the editor of Razor Wire, an annual poetry journal, that grew from that effort. He is the Chair of the Nevada Humanities Board of Trustees.
Shaun has two new publications that he will share at his book tour stop in Winnemucca. First, a memoir about cycling 1200 miles through the west with his two sons- River Ask Me Why: Into the West on Two Wheels and his latest collection of poems No Charity in the Wilderness.
This literary event is made possible by The Nevada Arts Council and Great Basin Arts and Entertainment in memory of Aliceann Doyle.
This is a FREE Event. RSVP is optional.

Forrest VanTuyl
2024-11-22 19:00 - 21:00
Forrest VanTuyl is a songwriter and poet from Goldendale, Washington. His work is based on years spend packing mules and cowboying in the remote alpine and canyon country of Eastern Washington and Northeast Oregon. He has performed at The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, toured with Margo Cilker and been published in the New York Times.

Tickets available online at gbae.org and at The Martin Hotel. $20
