T Sisters
2017-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
“Sassy Sister Folk – Beautiful Voices and Wonderful Harmonies”
Friday, October 13, 2017
7:00 PM at the Martin Hotel
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The T Sisters are an Oakland, mostly acoustic, Americana sextet built around the vocal harmonies of sisters Erika, Rachel and Chloe Tietjen. With one foot steeped in old-time bluegrass tradition and the other stepping forward, blazing their own stylistic path.
The T Sisters, born and raised in California and now based in the creative hub of Oakland, embody harmony. It’s in their blood, bones, and history. Erika, Rachel and Chloe have been singing and writing music together since childhood, and the lifetime of practice shows.
The three sisters’ inventive songwriting is supported by their own acoustic instrumentation as well as upright bass (Steve Height), mandolin/guitar (Andrew Allen Fahlander), and drums (Marlon Aldana). Their sound represents a continuum of music, from traditional to pop influences, moments of breathtaking a cappella to swells of energetic indie Americana.
In the last two years, they’ve been honored to support such acts as Amos Lee, The Wood Brothers, Todd Rundgren, The Waybacks, Laurie Lewis, ALO, Elephant Revival, The California Honeydrops, and more. Notable performances include Merlefest, Kate Wolf Music Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (support role), Sisters Folk Festival, Strawberry Music Festival, Americana Music Association Festival, Music City Roots, and Garrison Keillor’s ‘A Prairie Home Companion’.
Following their 2014 debut album Kindred Lines (produced by folk/bluegrass legend Laurie Lewis), the T Sisters released their self-titled full-length album in October of 2016. T Sisters has already received extensive airplay leading to a top position in the Roots Music Reports and continues to climb in the Americana Charts.

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms
2017-12-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
7:00 PM Saturday, December 2, 2017
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Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms form a powerful vocally-driven duo whose sound is lifted by Caleb’s distinctive and lyrical mandolin playing, (he even picks up the fiddle from time to time) and driven by Reeb’s unwavering guitar playing. They perform original songs and tunes as well as their favorite old gems from traditional and country repertoires. Both originally hail from Washington State: Caleb from Orcas Island, and Reeb from the Waterville Plateau. They met at the Weiser National Old Time Fiddle Contest, and after singing a few songs together, knew that they had to keep doing just that.
They tour regionally and internationally bringing a pure and honest sound to both the Foghorn Stringband and the Caleb Klauder Band. Your ears will be ready for the timeless music that these two deliver, rooted in the essence of American roots while bestowing a few new chestnuts to the canon. They have been featured on NPR Music, A Prairie Home Companion, and their albums get played on radio stations around the globe.

Here is a three song playlist.
We just found the first pair, circa 2012, Caleb and Reeb have only recently teamed up, and these performances are stunning. They feature Caleb’s masterful mandolin playing along with Reeb’s rock solid rhythm guitar, then Reeb sings a haunting solo.
The third tune is more recent, from the Pumphouse Session at Pickathon. Have a look and listen.

The River Arkansas
2017-12-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
7:00 PM Wednesday, December 27, 2017
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We’re excited to host Colorado’s The River Arkansas for a show at the Martin Hotel two days after Christmas. They are just starting a West Coast tour and we’ll be the second stop, they play the first night in Park City.
The River Arkansas is a five piece Americana/Roots & Folk/Country ensemble comprised of guitar/banjo/harmonica, upright bass, violin, piano/pump organ, drums and group/harmony vocals. They have two self-released albums out, with a third due to be released in the spring of 2018.
Fronted by Mike Clark, and performing his original tunes, the band delivers a mixture of heartfelt country, blues, folk, and Americana, inspired by the river that flows by his house in Pueblo, Colorado.

Caleb Klauder's Country Band
2018-01-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Easy Rollin’ Old-Time Country
7:00 PM, Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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The Caleb Klauder Country Band represents the best of the Northwest music scene. Caleb has been touring nationally and internationally for over 15 years and has been involved with some of the region’s most iconic bands, such as Calobo and The Foghorn Stringband.
Today, leading with vocals, guitar, and a mandolin, Caleb hosts some of the northwest’s best singers and players creating a honky-tonk band that stands out as a totem in the country music scene. The band performs Caleb’s praised original songs right alongside classics from George Jones, The Louvin Brothers and Dolly
Parton, all at once sounding timeless, fresh, and alive. There is a drive to his music that makes it unique and captivating. This is country music made for people who want to have fun and who want to dance, harkening back to the old dance hall days when people of all walks of life came together to simply dance, socialize, and enjoy
live music.
Band members include Jesse Emerson on upright bass, Ned Folkerth on drums, Reeb Willms on vocals and guitar, Russ Blake on pedal steel and electric guitar, and Sam Weiss on fiddle, all of whom contribute to the vibrant northwest music
scene in various other bands. Raised on Orcas Island, Washington and now living in Portland, Oregon, Caleb is a true north westerner, yet his maternal family roots lay in East Tennessee. His mother, originally from Knoxville, moved her family out west when Caleb was only a year old. These deep family roots contribute to Caleb?s music, tapping into old memories to bring you the strong singing and spirited attitude that give his music an edge that is both cutting and sweet.

Men of Worth!
2018-02-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
7:00 PM Saturday, February 17, 2018
FROM SCOTLAND’S OUTER ISLANDS AND IRELAND’S WEST, SOME OF AMERICA’S MOST AUTHENTIC MUSICAL HERITAGE IS COMING TO WINNEMUCCA.

The folk duo, Men of Worth, who position themselves firmly at the extreme, traditional end of the Celtic music spectrum, will perform at the Martin Hotel on Saturday, February 17.
Men of Worth’s tunes and songs are so authentic, so closely connected to their heritage, that Scotsman Donnie Macdonald sings some in his native Gaelic; while Irishman James Keigher includes time-polished pieces saved from the oral traditions of his native County Mayo.
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“Our music has its history in the crofting life of my Hebridean homeland and James’ western Ireland. It was a part of the fabric of everyday life and it came to America with the immigrants a century ago”, explained Macdonald. “Now, we’re playing it again, to audiences for whom it could only be a generational memory”.
“For us, the irony is we were brought up in Scotland and Ireland, and as boys we listened most eagerly to the music of America, and not especially to the music of own areas. On our radios, we heard Hank Williams Sr. and Jim Reeves. We wanted to see the Arkansas River, not Loch Lomond, and Reeves’ hometown of Carthage, in east Texas, had more romance for me than did the Isle of Lewis”. “Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Crosby, Stills and Nash influenced me greatly”, admitted Keigher, who as a teen was already performing his own songs in the Irish pubs where he learned his wit and humor. “But now I have returned to my own musical bloodlines, too.”
The pair could not escape the emotion and tradition of their homeland song heritage. “We could not grow away from those sounds”, said Macdonald, “so we have preserved them as accurately and authentically as we can, in our performances”. “We entertain people with the real music of our regions; we have an ancient yet fresh musical story to tell”.
Sometimes that music comes from prosaic sources – Keigher wrote one song after overhearing two old ladies gossiping about him in a village market – and sometimes from traditional music passed down the generations. Several of Macdonald’s songs come from his mother’s own poetry and from Hebridean crofters’ airs.
The musicians, who met in California in 1988, each play a handful of instruments, among them mandolin, guitar, concertina and bodhran, a handheld drum. They are both married to Americans and live on the west coast. Keigher lives in Ashland, Oregon and Macdonald lives near Sacramento, California.
They have played concerts across the US, from Alaska to Texas. They also take guided tours to their own musical roots: leading folk fans to the western isles of Scotland and to Ireland’s heartland to hear the real music of the isles in its own home.
If you can’t make that journey, you can hear the music when these talented troubadours bring it to you, February 17.

Nell & Jim Band
2018-03-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Unplugged Blend of Country, Jazz, Folk and Bluegrass
7:00 PM, Saturday, March 31, 2018
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Blending country, jazz, folk, and bluegrass music with a great lineup of musicians, Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally’s Band brings original tunes and classic gems to Music at the Martin. They are old friends and we look forward to their return. Please join us.

The “beloved Bay Area bluegrass stars” (San Jose Mercury News) have been featured on Prairie Home Companion, at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, the PBS series Music Gone Public, Kate Wolf Music Festival and Strawberry Music Festival.
“Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally love the road, and they revel in the adventure of uncovering new corners of this old world that people call home.” — NO DEPRESSION
Nell Robinson has been described as one of the freshest voices in roots music. Jim Nunally is a San Francisco Bay Area-native, a musician, composer, record producer, and teacher. Jim joins master American guitarists Doc Watson and Tony Rice as one of the finest interpreters and performers of bluegrass and traditional music. Jim Kerwin is considered simply one of the best string bass players in the country. Playing with David Grisman for over 30 years, he is featured on all of Grisman’s Jerry Garcia recordings. Jon Arkin is a versatile, gifted percussionist who is known for his performances & recorded work in a wide variety of musical contexts. He has performed with jazz greats such as Lee Konitz, Gene Perla, and Ira Sullivan. Renowned San Francisco musician and accordion player Rob Reich joined the band in 2017 and is best known for his work with Tin Hat, Gaucho, and Circus Bella. This is truly an all-star band!

Stephanie Nilles w/ Thomas Deakin
2018-04-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
It’s hard to say what will happen, and how this will end
7:00 PM, Friday, April 27, 2018
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We met Thomas Deakin in March of 2016 when he appeared at the Martin as part of the wonderfully odd duo Deakin Hicks, with his buddy and mystical music man Lucas Hicks. We had a very small audience that night that experienced this Chromatic Button Accordion and Clarinet duo perform “original compositions and improvisations twisted together in a unique blend of tone, time, and delight”. Do check it out. They sat down on two five gallon plastic buckets, we drew the seats of up close, and we all enjoyed one of the best and most unusual concerts ever featured at the Martin. Sadly Lucas Hicks lost his 14 year battle against cancer last October, Thomas lost his musical partner, and Deakin Hicks was lost to the world.
Thomas Deakin has now joined up with New Orleans based avant-garde jazz keyboardist and singer Stephanie Nilles and we suspect that something highly interesting is going to happen when this duo hits the back room at the Martin. Just give this video a listen, and imagine Mr. Deakin’s clarinet, saxophone, or trumpet, wrapped in and around Ms. Nilles in place of the bass.

Chicago-born jazz/punk/barrelhouse musician Stephanie Nilles has been doin’ Kesey proud one bar at a time since 2008, hustling around the United States, Europe, and Canada (except from 2009-2010 for legal reasons), averaging 150 gigs a year, and captivating unsuspecting listeners with a voice that would make Jelly Roll Morton look orthodox and Ma Rainey look sober.
Having studied piano and cello since the age of six, she was a finalist at the Young Concert Artists’ International Competition, a gold medalist at the Fischoff Competition, and had performed on NPR on three occasions by the age of seventeen. At twenty-two, she had graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a degree in classical piano performance and temporarily relocated to New York City, where she began writing songs and performed regularly on the east village anti-folk scene while making a living working odd jobs as a dog walker, valet parking attendant, Italian coffee bar barista, ghostwriter, and research assistant to a blind bioethicist at an all boys’ Jewish university.
She has since sung with Bobby McFerrin in Carnegie Hall, directed the musical program of a Brooklyn burlesque series, covered Busta Rhymes’ “Break Ya Neck” in the skeletal remains of a bombed-out cathedral in Nuremberg, been invited to perform official showcases at SXSW and International Folk Alliance, and self-released 5 full-length albums, three of which were picked up for European release by German roots/blues label Tradition und Moderne (Taj Mahal, John Fahey).
When Stephanie’s not sleeping in her car, she lives in New Orleans, which might not be the best idea.
Here are eight tracks from Stephanie Nilles:

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Too Slim & the Taildraggers
2018-06-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Rockin’ Blues Power Trio
7:00 PM, Friday, June 15, 2018
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If Tim “Too Slim” Langford only played slide guitar, he would slither around most other blues guitarists and put a ferocious bite on their pride. However, as the sole six-string slinger, songwriter and lead singer of the power trio Too Slim and the Taildraggers, he is a total force of nature when using his home studio equipment for the concerts.
In 2014, Too Slim and the Taildraggers released “Anthology”, recorded in Nashville with Producer Tom Hambridge click to learn more about this production. Anthology was chosen as the #1 Album of the Year by the Blues Matters Writers poll in the UK, and was #4 on the 2014 Roots Music Report Top Radio play for 2014. Too Slim and the Taildraggers 2013 release “Blue Heart” rose to #3 on Billboards Top Blues Album Chart in 2013 and was nominated for Blue/Rock Album of the Year in 2014 at the Blues Blast Music Awards.
Now with 17 albums and countless gigs, he remains as untamed and menacing as ever. Too Slim and the Taildraggers 2012 CD Shiver was nominated for Blues Rock Album of the Year by the Blues Foundation at the 2012 Blues Music Awards in Memphis TN. Too Slim and the Taildraggers last three releases have also charted 20 plus times in the top 10 on Billboards Top Blues Album Charts. Too Slim and the Taildraggers have received Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Awards by The Washington Blues Society, The Cascade Blues Society and the Inland Empire Blues Society. Band Leader Tim Langford has also received numerous Best Band, Best Guitarist, Best Album and Readers Poll Awards from all three Blues Societies and NW Media.
Too Slim and the Taildraggers music have also been featured on MTV’s series, The Real World and Road Rules. Tim “Too Slim” Langford, with his band the Taildraggers, have created an eclectic style of blues and rock that has become a genre all its own. The bands ever evolving musical direction cannot be classified into any box or category. The eclectic nature of the band allows Too Slim and the Taildraggers to easily crossover and appeal to audiences of various musical tastes.
In 2012, Tim Too Slim Langford relocated from Seattle to Nashville Tennessee. Too Slim is backed by the some of the best musicians Nashville has to offer, Eric Hanson on Bass and Jeff “Shakey” Fowlkes on Drums/Vocals.

John Reischman & The Jaybirds
2018-06-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Stylish Contemporary Bluegrass
7:00 PM, Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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Like the powerful mandolinist and composer at its helm, John Reischman and the Jaybirds fashion a stylish take on bluegrass that seamlessly blends original songs and instrumentals with Appalachian old-time music for a truly unique band sound. Now in their 20th year, with seven acclaimed albums and two Juno nominations, the Jaybirds are simultaneously innovative and unadorned, sophisticated and stripped-down, happily old-fashioned and 21st-century contemporary.
Bluegrass Unlimited calls John Reischman “one of the world’s undisputed masters” of the mandolin, famed for outstanding tone and taste. Many of his dozens of original instrumentals have become popular favourites for sessions and covers, such as the jam standard Saltspring. He has three critically-acclaimed solo instrumental albums and has recorded on many other projects, including the Grammy-winning True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe. John also plays Latin-based jazz and choro music with highly regarded finger-style acoustic guitarist/composer John Miller; the duo has released three superb albums.
John began his career in the San Francisco Bay area in the early ’80s with the eclectic Good Ol’ Persons bluegrass band. He was an original member of the legendary “new acoustic” quartet, the jazz-influenced Tony Rice Unit, renowned for highly skilled instrumentals. John moved to Vancouver in the early ’90s and in 1999 formed the Jaybirds. Of their latest album, Folk Radio UK said “On That Other Green Shore showcases an accomplished, experienced band at the peak of their powers, with musicianship of the very highest order.” Peghead Nation called it “one of the most beguiling bluegrass-rooted recordings of 2017.”
Los Angeles, CA-based guitarist Patrick Sauber joined the Jaybirds in 2017. The veteran performer has played with, among others, Doc Watson, Richard Greene, John Jorgensen, Peter Rowan, Tim O’Brien and John Fogerty. He played on the 2016 Grammy-nominated album The Hazel and Alice Sessions by Laurie Lewis, and appeared in the film A Mighty Wind with Christopher Guest. Bluegrass Unlimited describes Patrick’s playing on John’s tune Daylighting the Creek as “a glorious flatpicking solo that hews back to the glory days of early bluegrass guitar.”
Chilliwack, BC-based Trisha Gagnon is portrayed by Sing Out! as “one of the most versatile” and “irresistible” lead vocalists in bluegrass, her strong and distinctive style ranging from “mournful and plaintive” to “hopeful and yearning.” Trisha anchors what Dirty Linen magazine calls “gorgeous three-part harmonies.” She’s also known for songwriting, dating back to her early days with the award-winning B.C. bluegrass band Tumbleweed. Her solo album includes guests Vince Gill and Peter Rowan.
Nanaimo, BC-based Nick Hornbuckle has developed his own voice on the five-string banjo – a two-finger roll unlike other contemporary banjo players. “Nick Hornbuckle’s banjo can be downright spine-tingling,” said the L.A Daily News. His solo album 12×2 (+/-1), was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award in 2015, and Nick is a composer who also digs for rare old-time gems. His sprightly instrumental Wellesley Station on the new Jaybird album “showcases Nick’s sharp picking and sense of melody,” said Green Man Review.
Spokane, WA-based Greg Spatz is hailed as a “world-class bluegrass fiddler” by Fiddler Magazine. Audiophile Audition says Greg’s “virtuosic playing is flawlessly delivered time after time,” while Bluegrass Unlimited says he “lays down some seriously fine bluegrass fiddle” on the latest Jaybirds release. His strong chops have made him a popular fixture down through the years on the West Coast, where he’s played with iconic mandolinist Frank Wakefield, resophonic guitar master Rob Ickes, and many others including Laurie Lewis, Bryan Bowers, and Eli West and Cahalen Morrison. Greg also plays and records with Mighty Squirrel, has a solo album called Fiddler’s Dream and a duo recording with his wife called All Along the Sea, and is an award-winning novelist.

Roy Book Binder
2018-08-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Singer, Songwriter, Storytelling Bluesman
7:00 PM, Friday, August 31, 2018
The $15.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at themartinhotel.com.
Roy Book Binder at the Martin 2008
The great Roy Book Binder is set to play a concert at the Martin Hotel on Friday, August 31. 2018. Something of a national treasure, Book Binder plays blues in the Piedmont style, a very old East Coast tradition based on ragtime and multi-part gospel guitar techniques.
Besides being a musical giant with unexceeded technique, Book Binder is known as a crowd-pleasing entertainer with deft comic timing, an encyclopedic knowledge of American roots music history, and an inexhaustible supply of tales collected over a lifetime of traveling and performing with greats like Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Rock Bottom, Fats Kaplin, Doc Watson, Bonnie Raitt, and Ray Charles.
Book Binder emerged alongside pal Dave van Ronk in the New York City coffeehouse scene of the mid-60s, the beginning of the so-called “folk revival.” And, his repertoire includes “Bookaroo” songs, played in a folk style reminiscent of Rambling Jack Elliot, and Don Edwards.
Book Binder’s real bailiwick, though, is blues in the East Coast or “Piedmont” style, named for the plateau that stretches from Richmond, Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia. The style evolved in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, when ragtime, parlor, and gospel guitar players like Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, and Reverend Gary Davis began applying polyphonic finger-picking technique to the blues. Book Binder perfected his Piedmont technique as Davis’s protégé, working as the blind virtuoso’s driver and side-man during the late 1960s.
Book Binder has recorded eight albums, most in a “hillbilly” blues style that includes plenty of colorful banter between the tracks. Often, the stories and jokes stretch back to Book Binder’s formative years on the road with the Reverend Davis. Though based on old-time techniques, his songs sound fresh and relevant, often featuring original lyrics re-spun to reflect contemporary themes.
Book Binder continues to perform solo shows around the world, the last time we saw him he was about to leave for the Blues Festival in Hell Norway where he appeared along with Ramblin’ Jack and many other greats. He also teaches at MerleFest and the Fur Peace School, and keeps an entertaining travel “blog” on his website, RoyBookBinder.com.
So, if you’re in town over the weekend, don’t miss the chance to see one of the great bluesmen of all time, up close and personal, right here in Winnemucca. The show starts at 7 PM on Friday, August 31, at the Martin Hotel on Railroad Street.

Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons
2018-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
acoustic blues, field hollers, fiddle & banjo breakdowns, and early jazz
7:00 PM, Saturday, November 10, 2018
The $15.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online at themartinhotel.com.

Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons are songster revivalists who perform acoustic blues, field hollers, fiddle & banjo breakdowns, and early jazz that delights audiences in concerts and workshops nationwide. For seven years, their tours have extended their work as teachers and community organizers in their home of Seattle, Washington. With their unique integration of performance, education and modern-day folklore, this duo redefines the role of a songster in the 21st century. In 2016, they earned 1st place in the International Blues Challenge’s solo/duo category. In July, they released a new album with harmonica master Phil Wiggins entitled “Black & Tan Ball.”
Ben and Joe have been playing together for almost 7 years, the last 5 of which sent them to the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival, learning at the feet of the elders of the acoustic blues tradition. They found an affinity in the many branches that tied into the blues and created this duo as a way to explore these branches. Their musical kinship and sense of joy in interpreting this music is evident and was the basis of an invitation from Dom Flemons (formerly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) to tour and record for his album Prospect Hill. Rather than thinking of their music as blues, it’s best to situate Ben and Joe as American songsters. A songster traditionally refers to an artist whose repertoire is much broader than the old blues, and spans many of the genres that Ben and Joe inhabit. Uncle Dave Macon, Robert Johnson, and Charlie Patton are classic examples of songsters. Their music hews to the rough-and-tumble collisions of musical inspirations from the early 20th century; music that paved the way for everything we enjoy today.
In January of 2016, the Washington Blues Society sent Ben and Joe to the 26th annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. There, they were awarded 1st place—out of 94 solo/duo acts representing 16 countries—for their unique blend of a cappella field hollers, fiddle & banjo breakdowns, and duet distillations of early jazz.
In 2017, they toured Europe with Phil Wiggins, released a new album with Phil, “Black & Tan Ball,” and began to put the finishing touches on the new community venue where the trio recorded together, South Seattle’s Black & Tan Hall.

Alash - Throat Singers from Tuva
2019-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
unique sounds from the earth, otherworldly, strange, and beautiful
Music at the Martin Hotel – Winnemucca
7:00 PM, Tuesday, March 12, 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 at themartinhotel.com.

Track from their new record “Achai” : “Let’s Fatten the Livestock”
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Alash is a trio of master throat singers (xöömeizhi) from Tuva, a tiny republic in the heart of Central Asia. The ancient art of throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time, developed among the nomadic herdsmen of this region. Alash remains grounded in this tradition while expanding its musical vocabulary with the subtle infusion of modern influences into their music.
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.”
Alash enjoys collaborating with musicians of all stripes. They appear as guest artists on Béla Fleck & the Flecktones’ holiday CD Jingle All the Way (2008), which won a Grammy. The Denver Post remarked, “As electrifying as the Flecktones’ performance was, the band were nearly upstaged by Alash Ensemble.” Since Alash’s first partnership with the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, they have collaborated with musicians across the spectrum, from country to classical to jazz to beatboxing. Most recently, the jazz CD The Viridian Trio (2017) features Alash in a musical remembrance of the late Kongar-ool Ondar.
Beyond performing, Alash has a passion for teaching and promoting understanding between cultures. Their tours often include workshops where they introduce Tuvan music to students from primary, middle and high schools, colleges, universities, and music conservatories. Children as young as 8 and 9 have learned to throat-sing. As one student exclaimed, “Alash opened my eyes to a whole new world!”
Alash has released four CDs of its own: Alash Live at the Enchanted Garden (2006), Alash (2007), Buura (2011), and Achai (2015, re-released on Smithsonian Folkways in 2017).

The Evie Ladin Band
2019-04-13 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-04-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
neo-traditional kinetic roots trio
Music at the Martin Hotel – Winnemucca
7:00 PM, Saturday, April 13, 2019
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We’re sure going to have fun when Bay Area clawhammer banjo player Evie Ladin brings her trio to town. Evie, a native of New Jersey, grew up immersed in old time and folk music as she accompanied her mom and dad to stringband and folk dance festivals up and down the east coast. She is an amazing talent on the banjo and is now embedded in the old-time music and dance scene in the Bay Area. Her world traveling band is completed by two outstanding multi-instrumentalists, Erik Pearson who we have seen many times with the Crooked Jades, and Keith Terry who keeps the beat with bass, bells, box, and body music.
Expect a highly entertaining show featuring traditional Appalachian tunes and many original songs built on that tradition but now taken to some innovative and quirky places by these rhythm aces. Likely to be some tapping, snapping, dancing, and slapping, some thumping, clicking, and popping, and all other manner of percussion going on at times. Oh yeah, expect some beautiful and interesting singing and voice harmonizing.

Rita Hosking & Sean Feder
2019-05-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
a soulful howl from the mountains
Music at the Martin Hotel – Winnemucca
7:00 PM Friday, May 17, 2019
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Northern California’s Rita Hosking sings of forest fires, culture clash, dishes, black holes and hope. An award-winning and prolific songwriter characterized as “here and now” by The Observer, she’s recently released her seventh album, For Real. Her stories, songs and soul-stirring, country-folk voice are partnered with longtime collaborator and multi-instrumentalist Sean Feder on dobro, banjo and guitar. Together, they deliver what Acoustic Magazine calls “timeless, unhurried elegance.”

Mike Beck
2019-06-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Mike performs his show “The Ponies”
a celebration of the horse in song and stories
Music at the Martin Hotel – Winnemucca
7:00 PM Friday, July 19, 2019
The $10.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online just below.

In Mike’s own words:
My life has been wrapped up in horses and music, so it’s only natural that I have combined both my passions together in one show, The Ponies. The Ponies is a complete evening of songs I’ve written and a few others I love, plus stories of my life’s work in the pursuit of coming together with the horse through a harmonious approach to bring out the best in both horse and human.
Drawing on a life spent with amazing teachers, such as Bill Dorrance, Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt and many others, and a life as a working cowboy where I used the horse to do a job on ranches in the Western United States. Also, all my adventures and experiences conducting Horsemanship Clinics in over 20 states and 6 foreign countries for over 20 years has lead to songs and stories both heartfelt and humorious.
This is in no way just a cowboy show, rather a celebration of the ancient draw and connection between Man and Horse, through song and story.
“Working with the Horse…. Well, it’s really just L.I.F.E. , Mike”
Words Tom Dorrance said to me…..
I love doing this show…. It means a lot to me.
Best
Mike Beck

Pipp Gillette
2019-07-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Martin Hotel, 94 W Railroad St, Winnemucca, NV, 89445
Pipp plays traditional cowboy music on guitar, banjo, harmonica & bones
Music at the Martin Hotel – Winnemucca
7:00 PM Friday, June 7, 2019
The $10.00 tickets are on sale now at the Martin Hotel, Nature’s Corner, and Global Coffee. You can also buy them online just below.

We are very happy to welcome Mr. Pipp Gillette back to our stage in Winnemucca. Pipp has appeared numerous times at the Martin; these had always been shows with his brother Guy, the Gillette Brothers. This will be the first time we have hosted Pipp since the untimely death of his brother in 2013.
Pipp has a deep and very interesting life story. Pipp and Guy grew up in Yonkers, New York, with a father who was an accomplished photographer and a mother who was an aspiring fashion designer. As young boys they would leave this urban environment with their little family to spend the summers on their mother’s family ranch near Lovelady, Texas, where their grandparents started raising cattle and cotton in 1912. It’s not hard to imagine the impact these summers spent as cowboys had on these two young men.
The brothers continued their education in New York, including attending drama school at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in Manhattan. In their teens they formed a band called the Roadrunners that featured a young Diane Keaton as the lead singer. The brothers became musicians accomplished enough that from 1968 until 1983 they traveled up and down the east coast playing the coffee house circuits and touring in the Midwest. During this period they produced two record albums, mostly of their own original tunes.

In the early 80’s their lives took a dramatic turn when they inherited their grandparent’s ranch in Texas. The two decided to move to the ranch, refurbish the family homestead, and bring the land back into productive use. Now with their roots fully planted in this small East Texas community they began to more fully appreciate the culture and rich musical heritage that surrounded them. The brothers began to study the history of the black country blues, cowboy ballads, chuck wagon songs, and old time country music with roots in the Appalachian Highlands. They converted an old pool hall and barber shop their grandfather had owned into the Camp Street Cafe and Store, a music performance and listening room not unlike our space at the Martin Hotel. Over the next several decades they became among the region’s most recognized and celebrated purveyors of the early roots of cowboy music, and preservationists of the traditional cowboy lifestyle.
Pipp and his late brother Guy received the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Traditional Western Album of 2011, and the 2013 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Original Western Composition for their performance of the Waddie Mitchell song “Trade Off.”
Drawing on his lifelong interest in Western history and music, Pipp continues to play traditional cowboy music on guitar, banjo, harmonica and bones. Pipp’s first solo CD, Singing Songs by Waddie and Pipp received the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Traditional Western Album of 2016. His newest CD, Pipp Gillette with Lloyd Wright was released fall 2018.
We hope you will join us for night of storytelling and traditional cowboy music.

Eilen Jewell
2019-08-13 19:00 - 21:00 | 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.
