Gooey Austin-based cellist, Mollie Fischer, joins singer-songwriter & loop princess, Tiffany Christopher for a summer tour of organic beats and undeniably fun music.
These two passionate artists met at an all women’s music festival in 2022. Austin-based cellist, Mollie Fischer, and touring singer-songwriter, Tiffany Christopher performed in multiple acts that weekend together and quickly became fans of each other’s musicality. Within a few weeks TC was inviting Mollie to jump in the sprinter and join her on tour around the Southwest.
There is something so deep and honest about the energy these two humans manifest together on stage. It’s heavy like the mountain, yet as fluid and playful as the ocean. Multi-instruments, loops, improv, harmonies…somewhere between folk/rock, hip-hop and americana this duo is coming to move you.
Tickets now on the website or at The Martin Hotel. $20
Shaun Griffin’s soulful poetry and engagement with Nevada communities make him one of the state’s most well-loved literary figures. He is the author of This is What the Desert Surrenders, Bathing in the River of Ashes and Woodsmoke, Wind and the Peregrine, among others. Recurring themes in his poetry are “… family, landscape and work for justice in the larger world.”Griffin entered the Nevada Writer Hall of Fame in 2014 and received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1995 and was awarded the Silver Pen as an “author of promise” from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1998. He was the co-founder and executive director of Community Chest, a rural and social justice agency since 1991. In the early 1980s, he began offering creative writing workshops for prisoners at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. He is the editor of Razor Wire, an annual poetry journal, that grew from that effort. He is the Chair of the Nevada Humanities Board of Trustees.
Shaun has two new publications that he will share at his book tour stop in Winnemucca. First, a memoir about cycling 1200 miles through the west with his two sons- River Ask Me Why: Into the West on Two Wheels and his latest collection of poems No Charity in the Wilderness.
This literary event is made possible by The Nevada Arts Council and Great Basin Arts and Entertainment in memory of Aliceann Doyle.
The Horsenecks play hard-hitting and heartfelt, traditional and original roots music. Their sound is centered around the pairing of the signature rhythmic Appalachian fiddle style of Oregonian Gabrielle Macrae and the inspired guitar and driving yet subtle banjo playing of Liverpudlian Barry Southern. Gabrielle’s playing style is the result of being raised in the Old Time music hotbed of Portland, OR and being exposed to the fiddle traditions of the Southeast US through years of traveling to festivals and learning from some of the greatest players in the genre. Her love of traditional music brought her to North Carolina as a teenager where she fully immersed herself in the music of the region and gained notoriety in the Old Time Music world as a clawhammer banjo player after releasing an album with the Macrae Sisters in 2008 that received glowing reviews and became one of the iconic Old Time albums of it’s generation. Barry’s banjo playing ranges from thrilling and high-octane to moody and captivating, and his versatility shines whether playing clawhammer or driving three-finger banjo. Also an accomplished guitarist, Barry has been consistently active in Liverpools music scene for over 20 years, playing lead guitar with cult heroes Tramp Attack ( Must Destroy Records) and on into the UK Old Time and Bluegrass scene, playing with multiple groups. Harmony singing and thoughtful song writing bring The Horsenecks to the stage with a compelling take on the music that moves them; foot-stomping dance tunes, innovative fiddle-banjo compositions and heartfelt and inspired lyrics and harmony singing. Whether they are singing centuries-old ballads, their own songs, or getting you up and dancing with a barn-burning fiddle tune, they remain firmly rooted in tradition, paying homage to the depth and richness of the music they have immersed themselves in for the last two decades.
John R Miller is a true hyphenate artist: singer-songwriter-picker. Every song on his thrilling upcoming debut solo album, Depreciated, is lush with intricate wordplay and haunting imagery, as well as being backed by a band that is on fire. One of his biggest long-time fans is roots music favorite Tyler Childers, who says he’s “a well-travelled wordsmith mapping out the world he’s seen, three chords at a time.” Miller is somehow able to transport us to a shadowy honkytonk and get existential all in the same line with his tightly written compositions. Miller’s own guitar-playing is on fine display here along with vocals that evoke the white-waters of the Potomac River rumbling below the high ridges of his native Shenandoah Valley.
His latest album Heat Come Down is an celebration expression of craft and has garnered much attention. NPR writes, “On his new album Heat Comes Down, the West Virginia-raised, Nashville-based artist intimately narrates his sleepless nights and nostalgic daydreams, existential dread, and nuanced observations of the troubled world around him. But while a number of its songs convey a certain unease, Miller endlessly imparts the kind of lovely reassurance that can only come from shared catharsis.”
Do not miss this one friends. $20 tickets available at The Martin Hotel or online at gbae.org.
Join us in welcoming back Eddie 9V for some cool retro-blues, served up hot in Winnemucca. Eddie 9V (9 Volt) began making waves in the Atlanta, Georgia roots and blues club circuit at the early age of 15. His debut album, Left My Soul in Memphis, was an acclaimed break out record in the Blues and Rock music scene. In 2021, he released the album Little Black Flies. Their latest release is the album Capricorn which adds to their soulful and expressive music that is both innovative and classic.
“Good Gawd amitey! This is soul, man — the real deal.” – No Depression
“Every song has energy, separation & musicianship that drips cool.” – Americana Highways
Don’t miss a chance to see Eddie 9V, young talented roller spreading his raw, soulful, and surely electric vibe!
Tickets are $20 and are available at The Martin Hotel and online at gbae.org
For more information about the artist go to eddie9volt.com
High Desert Habit is a Winnemucca-grown country-rock band that plays a variety of covers and original songs about their experiences in Northern Nevada. These three friends picked up instruments in 2017 and haven’t looked back. Starting with local bars and restaurants, grinding through regional tours, and starting their own festival, the band has earned a wide fan-base and honed their honky tonk craft. Recently they have been churning out noteworthy originals that our audiences will really enjoy. A 7-song Live Ep entitled “Honky Tonks and Tattoo Shops” was released in 2023. They are currently working on their follow-up album “Sage Colored Glasses.” Bring your tapping shoes and be ready to have a good time with these local gems.
Opening up for HDH will be The DD, a duo from the Virginia City area. Doug Sandall and Dale Poune have been writing and performing songs for 3 years. Together they give audiences colorful stories, humor and original songs.
Creative Folk Musical Collaborationwith a Local Act Opener
Join us for an evening of artistic expression with melodies and story-telling from a special collaboration between Vic Ruggiero and Lauren Napier. Vic hails from the well-known International ska band from New York, The Slackers. Lauren is a writer, artist, model and singer-songwriter from Tacoma Washington. Together they have created folksy songs, stories, short-films and other artistic expressions of contemporary Americana.
Opening for the night will be local gem Winnemucca Brown with his own set of entertaining and reflective folk punk songs. A talented songwriter and musician, Jerry has been bringing musical projects and creative collaborations to our town for many grateful years. You’ll be glad to know him and his songs more.
Buy tickets now for this special evening of collaboration, creativity, and awesome tunes.
Tickets are $15 and are available online or at The Martin Hotel.
Texas-born songwriter Casper Allen is known for a raw, raspy sound reminiscent of Tom Waits and a songwriting style reminiscent of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. His songs tell stories of struggle and redemption. Come see Casper in his first performance in Winnemucca.
West Coast band, The Coffis Brothers, will return to Winnemucca for a show on July 17th to share their Americana roots rock summertime vibe. This California sibling duo and bandmates put on a great show that you don’t want to miss.
“It’s all American Music,” says the Coffis Brothers’ frontman, Kevin Coffis “There’s rock, blues, acoustic folk, and country in there. As music fans, we go all the way back to the beginning — to pioneers like Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers — but we also look to artists like the Eagles and Tom Petty for influence. That’s our playbook.”
Multi-GRAMMY nominee Laurie Lewis is a forebear and contemporary of so many blue-grass, old-time, and folk greats. Over more than fifty years in music she has established herself as a truly singular voice, instrumentalist, and frontwoman in genres that lionize tradition, “authenticity,” and emulation. She’s won IBMA Awards, sung and recorded with Linda Ronstadt, set poems by Wendell Berry to music – at his request. She’s influenced and inspired folks like guitarist phenom Molly Tuttle, who’s just one example of an entire generation of pickers and singers who can call her a mentor. All in all, Lewis has carved out a unique, superlative niche in American roots music occupied by almost no other musicians and creators.
Her brand new album, Trees, finds Lewis’s music-making rooted in the natural world – as on many past recordings – with a measured and often melancholy view of life, loss, and grief that’s resplendent and complicated. An avid walker, Lewis is both an urban explorer and a wilderness wanderer – plus a self-taught naturalist and conservation ac-tivist. Her skillset in songwriting and recording is usually looking outward, text-painting to evoke the landscapes she adores and to relay their speaking to us. On Trees, Lewis looks inward instead, utilizing all of the literary and naturalist skills at her disposal to ob-serve and process seasonal, organic, inevitable life changes. Video Links: Live
