7:45PM PEG SIMONE
Brash Southern rock with a brooding gothic-blues sensibility, Peg Simone and Her Band tell stories that come from life on the borders – of country, blues and rock and roll, of this time and days past, of living, loving and the in-between.
8:30PM FIRESHIPS
New York’s Fireships patrol the foggy edges of American music: mixing fire and water, tenacity and vulnerability, electrified folk guitar stylings, vocal harmonies, piano pounding, and the martial earnestness of violins and penny whistles approaching at a distance.
9:15PM SAM BISBEE
“Literate but not pretentious, emotional but never cloying, inevitable but never predictable, Bisbee’s songs don’t wilt in the spotlight, but flourish – a testament to the strength and staying power of simplicity.” – Kevin R.Convey, Boston Herald
10PM ELLE KING
Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Elle King may be young, but she’s already got quite a story to tell. Her musical style encompasses country, soul, rock, and blues. Her track “Playing for Keeps” has been chosen as the theme song for VH1’s Mob Wives Chicago series and she has toured with Of Monsters and Men, Train, and Michael Kiwanuka.
10:45PM LUKE RATHBORNE
Rathborne is a band, or a concept, or whatever.
11:30PM CHRIS CUBETA AND THE LIARS CLUB
Chris Cubeta and The Liars Club is a band based in New York City. They have three full-length albums and are working on their fourth this winter. They have toured extensively in the U.S., Germany and Switzerland. The band consists of Chris Cubeta (Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter), John Passineau (Bass/Vocals) and Jeff Berner (Guitar/Vocals). They have a revolving cast of drummers which most recently include Spencer Cohen and Andrew Borger.