Music at the Martin

Eilen Jewell
2019-08-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
American Songwriter describes Eilen Jewell as “one of America’s most intriguing, creative and idiosyncratic voices.”
Music at the Martin Hotel – Winnemucca
7:00 PM Tuesday, August 13, 2019
The $15.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online just below.

With a voice of soulful clarity, Eilen Jewell delivers treasures of roots music well-embedded in her crown as the “Queen of the Minor Key”. Her success as a songwriter and performer draws from her deep appreciation and knowledge of Americana music and her style covers a range from folk, country, gospel, and blues; with occasional rockabilly and surf sounds. Her 8th album is expected out this month. This new album of originals, Gypsy, is claimed to be her favorite album yet. “New sounds. Old sounds. Electric guitar driven rockers. Classic country. Tender ballads. A Pinto Bennett cover. A protest song.” Other items in her discography include several albums of original material, one of Loretta Lynn covers, as well as her recent collection of blues, Downhearted Blues.
Eilen has returned to her home state of Idaho after years of being a vital part of the roots music scene of Boston. Audiences do not want to miss her first show in Winnemucca, which is part of a world tour with her first-class band. 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.
A jewel from the Gem state-don’t miss this precious music experience. Buy your tickets NOW!

Nevada Humanities Presents Author Willy Vlautin
2019-09-13 19:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Great Basin Arts and Entertainment is acting as the local host for this event which brings the Nevada Humanities’ Nevada Reads project to Winnemucca. We have hosted Willy and his band Richmond Fontaine several times for Music at the Martin, and we’re very excited to bring him back for this special literary event.
Willy Vlautin in Concert and Conversation
7:00 PM Friday, September 13, 2019
at the Martin Hotel
The evening is free of charge and open to all ages.
Willy will read selections from and discuss his novel, Don’t Skip Out On Me, a moving story about a young man’s search for belonging. Events include a Q + A, a book signing, and even some music.

Nevada Humanities will welcome author Willy Vlautin at a series of events throughout northern Nevada during the month of September. Mr. Vlautin is the author of Don’t Skip Out On Me, a 2019 pick for Nevada Reads—a statewide, public book club offered by Nevada Humanities. Nevada Reads invites Nevadans to read selected works of literature and to come together in their communities to share ideas and perceptions inspired by the book club selections.
“Nevada Humanities is thrilled to welcome this author of the enthralling novel Don’t Skip Out On Me back home to Nevada,” said Christina Barr, Executive Director of Nevada Humanities. “If you live in northern Nevada, we invite you to join us at one of these upcoming events to engage in what will certainly be lively and enlightening discussions.”

Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Willy Vlautin started playing guitar and writing songs as a teenager and quickly became immersed in music. It was a Paul Kelly song, based on Raymond Carver’s Too Much Water So Close to Home, that inspired him to start writing stories. Vlautin has published five novels: The Motel Life (2007), Northline (2008), Lean On Pete (2010), The Free (2014), and Don’t Skip Out On Me (2018). He is also the frontman of the band Richmond Fontaine, whose many albums include Post to Wire, and more recently founded The Delines. He now lives in Portland, Oregon.
About Nevada Humanities, Nevada Reads, and Nevada Center for the Book:
Nevada Humanities is one of 56 independent, nonprofit state and territorial humanities councils affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. With offices in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada Humanities creates public programs and supports public projects statewide that define the Nevada experience and facilitate the exploration of issues that matter to the people of Nevada and their communities.
Nevada Reads and Nevada Center for the Book are programs of Nevada Humanities that are made possible with support from Nevada State Library, Archives, and Public Records; the Institute of Museum and Library Services; and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Library of Congress’ Center for the Book promotes books and libraries, literacy and reading, and poetry and literature.
To learn more about Nevada Humanities, Nevada Reads, and Nevada Center for the Book, visit nevadahumanities.org.

Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands
2019-10-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
“One of the contemporary acoustic music scene’s most skilled and enduring performers.” — Acoustic Guitar
Music at the Martin Hotel – Winnemucca
7:00 PM Friday, October 18, 2019
The $15.00 tickets are on sale now online just below. Tickets are also available at our walk-up outlets.

For fiddler, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and Grammy-winner Laurie Lewis, the traditions of bluegrass and folk aren’t so much tools in her hands, but burning sources of inspiration that have driven her through a 30+ year career at the forefront of American roots music. A pioneering woman in bluegrass, Laurie has paved the way for many young women today, always guided by her own love of traditional music and the styles of her heroes that came before.
Since her debut in 1986, Laurie has recorded over 20 albums. She’s been a founding member of the Good Ol’ Persons and the Grant Street String Band, twice been voted IBMA’s Female Vocalist of the Year, her classic rendition of Kate Long’s song, “Who Will Watch the Home Place?” won International Bluegrass Song of the Year, and her latest album with her band the Right Hands, The Hazel and Alice Sessions, was nominated for the Best Bluegrass Recording Grammy in 2017.
Laurie’s upcoming album, …and Laurie Lewis, is due out later this year and features intimate duets—among others—with Molly Tuttle, Mike Marshall, Nina Gerber, Tom Rozum, Tatiana Hargreaves, and Todd Phillips.

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms
2020-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
7:00 PM Friday, February 28, 2020
The $15.00 seats are on sale now at the bottom of this page. Tickets are also available at our walkup outlets, The Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner and Global Coffee in Winnemucca.

Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms, one of the finest traditional music duos working today, return to the back room of The Martin Hotel for a special show! Singing both original and classic Americana, their voices throw audiences back in time and into their feelings. Caleb’s lyrical mandolin and Reeb’s driving guitar deepen the musical delivery of timeless American roots songs.
The latest recording from the duo, Innocent Road, features hardy originals as well as heartbreaking renditions of classics such as Buck Owens’ 1957 classic, “There Goes My Love”. They tour regionally and internationally bringing a pure and honest sound to both the Foghorn Stringband and the Caleb Klauder Band. They have been featured on NPR Music, A Prairie Home Companion, and their albums get played on radio stations around the globe.

Check out these recent song performances.

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms
2021-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
7:00 PM Saturday, July 17, 2021
Online tickets are sold out, but a limited number of tickets may be available at the door.

Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms, one of the finest traditional music duos working today, return to the back room of The Martin Hotel for the first show of the season. Singing both original and classic Americana, their voices throw audiences back in time and into their feelings. Caleb’s lyrical mandolin and Reeb’s driving guitar deepen the musical delivery of timeless American roots songs.
The latest recording from the duo, Innocent Road, features hardy originals as well as heartbreaking renditions of classics such as Buck Owens’ 1957 classic, “There Goes My Love”. They tour regionally and internationally bringing a pure and honest sound to both the Foghorn Stringband and the Caleb Klauder Band. They have been featured on NPR Music, A Prairie Home Companion, and their albums get played on radio stations around the globe.

Check out these song performances.

Jade Brodie and An American Forrest
2021-07-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
7:00 PM Friday, July 30, 2021

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This came together on short notice from a wish to share our best with 700 souls in town for a two-week go throwing horseshoes.
JADE BRODIE
Jade Brodie once described herself as a railroading songstress from northern Nevada, but this year, she’s spent more time punching cows than riding rails. Drawing inspiration from the blue collar hero and away-from-home lifestyle of itinerant workers, she writes songs with a heavy train beat, strong will, and simple poetry.
Originally from the near coastal towns of Sonoma County, California, she boomed around until she found a better life in Winnemucca, NV, she says.
Here’s some recent work:

An American Forrest
Forrest Van Tuyl was born on a small western Washington farm. He drifted, working on farms, boats, and kitchens, until he found the wild northeastern corner of Oregon, where he runs a pack string and writes songs.
In the winter, Van Tuyl performs his cowboy songs and poems under the stage name An American Forrest. He has opened for Corb Lund (!) and warmed up crowds for Dave Stamey and John Craigie. He appears regularly at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, alongside legends like Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and Ian Tyson.
From that long-ago pre-covid world of 2019:

We thank our willing performers and each of you able to pivot into the seats for this one. It’s going to be memorable.

TICKETS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

Free Video Screening: National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
2021-10-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Humboldt Museum, 175 Museum Avenue, Winnemucca, NV, 89445, United States
6:00 PM Saturday, October 9, 2021
Experience highlights from past Cowboy Poetry Gatherings through an outdoor video screening presented in partnership with the Humboldt Museum and the Western Folklife Center, the organization behind Elko’s National Cowboy gathering.
NCPG in your town – Winnemucca
This special event takes place on the patio in front of the Humboldt Museum (click for a map/directions from Google Maps). It is free of charge.
The evening will kick off with song performances and poetry readings from Winnemucca locals, including a reading from Nevada Silver Pen recipient Carolyn Duferrena.
Don’t miss this special night of celebrating stories, poems, and songs about living in the West.

Jeffrey Martin with Kassi Valazza
2022-03-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
7:00 PM Wednesday, March 30th, 2022

We are looking forward to having a show at The Martin Hotel after a long break: a double booking from two amazing singer songwriters from Portland, Oregon. Hope to see you there.

Jeffrey Martin

Jeffrey Martin delivers brilliantly crafted songs that are emotive and devastating. Highly recognized for his songwriting skill, he continues to create hard-hitting portraits and stories on his latest albums One Go Around and Dogs in the Daylight.

Kassi Valazza

Another talented songwriter, Kassi’s songs are airy and alluring, much like the Southwestern lands she hails from. Her twangy yet sophisticated songs describe relatable lonely stories sung with a sweet voice. Listening is like watching a tumbleweed covered in honey roll across the valley. Her album Dear Dead Days was released in 2019.

Ramblin' Jack Elliot with Paul Knight
2022-04-12 07:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Tuesday, April 12, 7PM

One of the last true links to the great folk traditions of this country, with over 40 albums under his belt, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is considered one of the country’s legendary foundations of folk music. Long before every kid in America wanted to play guitar – before Elvis, Dylan, the Beatles or Led Zeppelin – Ramblin’ Jack had picked it up and was passing it along. From Johnny Cash to Tom Waits, Beck to Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder to Bruce Springsteen, the Grateful Dead to The Rolling Stones, they all pay homage to Ramblin’ Jack Elliott.
In the tradition of roving troubadours Jack has carried the seeds and pollens of story and song for decades from one place to another, from one generation to the next. They are timeless songs that outlast the musical trends of any given day. He wrote one of the first trucking songs-Cup of Coffee-recorded by Johnny Cash, championed the works of new singer-songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and Tim Hardin; and became a founding member of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue. He continued the life of the traveling troubadour influencing Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Tom Russell, The Grateful Dead and countless others.

Ramblin’ Jack is a two-time GRAMMY winner, National Medal Of Arts recipient, and in 2016, received a Folk Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award. Featured in the recent Rolling Thunder Revue film by Martin Scorcese and also in the early 2019 PBS release of the Woody Guthrie All Star Tribute Concert Center, Ramblin’ Jack is an icon of American roots and folk music. A lover of storytelling and veteran troubadour style musician, on tour he is in his element and known for telling the tales gathered along his magnificent journey through the roots of Folk, Blues, Americana and Cowboy music and poetry. His permanently enshrined seat at Woodie Guthrie Center Theater in Tulsa, OK., sits among other greats, including Lead Belly, Cisco Houston and Pete Seeger.
“Nobody I know—and I mean nobody—has covered more ground and made more friends and sung more songs than the fellow you’re about to meet right now. He’s got a song and a friend for every mile behind him. Say hello to my good buddy, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott.” -Johnny Cash, The Johnny Cash Television Show, 1969.

Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs
2022-06-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Wednesday, June 1, 7 pm

From the big sky country of Bozeman, Montana, Lainey Lou and the Bird Dogs are a 5-person Americana band that weaves together songs with the exuberance of Bluegrass with modern folk songwriting. With rock-and-roll drive and four-part harmonies, their infectious songs invite audiences to joyously ride along.

Their most recent album, Through the Smoke, was recorded in 2021. Through the Smoke brings energy to the darkness, and proves that resilience can get us through the hardest of times. Just what the doctor ordered.

Join us for this special show. Get tickets now and dust off your tappin’ toe shoes.

The Coffis Brothers
2022-07-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Wednesday, July 13, 7PM

West Coast band, The Coffis Brothers, will be here for a show on July 13th to share their Americana roots rock summertime vibe. This California sibling duo are on tour with a newly released studio album Turn My Radio Up.

“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.”

Margo Cilker and Ismay
2022-08-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Friday, August 19th 7pm
Two Singer-Songwriters: Margo Cilker and Ismay

Margo Cilker
“Margo Cilker’s weathered voice, an instrument that conjures up visions of wide-open spaces and wanderlust, has quickly made her one of (Oregon’s) linchpins.” -NPR Music
Eastern Oregon songwriter Margo Cilker, who NPR calls one of “11 Oregon Artists to Watch,” has split her time between the road and various outposts across the world, from Enterprise, Ore. to the Basque Country of Spain, forging a path that is at once deeply rooted and ever-changing.

Her hard work during the pandemic has paid off with recognition in both the rural western scene and across the globe. Her latest LP, Pohorylles, produced by NW Indie-Rocker Sera Cahoone, is racking up well-deserved praise. Being compared to Lucinda Williams, Margo delivers beautifully arranged meaningful songs with vivid lyrics and keen observations.
Don’t miss a chance to come see this up and coming star.

Ismay
“Every song weaved around the sights, sounds, and feel of the surrounding land and guided gently by Ismay’s meticulous guitar and delicately captivating vocals.” -American Songwriter
Ismay’s songwriting connects deeply to the land. Melding the experience of taming wild horses, escaping wildfires, and birthing lambs with the mystical soundscape that nature inspires, Ismay has sharpened their musical craft over the last decade while living and working on their family ranch in Northern California.

Songs of Sonoma Mountain, their debut full length album, was recorded in the family barn and released in 2020, to rave reviews. Ismay represents the collaborative work driven by singer-songwriter Avery Hellman, who grew up backstage at their grandfather’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, where they were inspired early on by artists such as Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, and Hazel Dickens.

Big Richard
2022-09-21 19:00 - 21:00 | 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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
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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