Twenty albums, one illustrated book, thousands of live performances, a TEDx talk, a decades-long association with the National Youth Science Camp, opening tours and gigs for luminaries such as Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown, Emmylou Harris and Chuck Prophet, appearances on NPR, an annual autumn tour by bicycle, emceeing festivals, hosting his own Lamplighter Sessions for years in Boston and in Wisconsin... he has built his life's work on collaboration, on an instinct for the eclectic and the vital.

Check him out at petermulvey.com

Prim (Instagram) is the acoustic project of songwriter Prim Pettine. The Philadelphia native writes sprawling kaleidoscopic stories delivered through lilting melodies and gentle guitar accompaniment.

The Gryphon String Quartet is made up of Natasha Colkett, Hannah Nicholas, Tess Varley, and Justin Yoder. They have known each other since they were teenagers, and debuted as a quartet this summer at Hannah's old stomping ground, the Gryphon Cafe. The four perform music from the baroque period to now - Justin is fresh off of Pig Iron Theatre’s “Poor Judge” and Hannah writes her own music. They play with a range of ensembles including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Ballet, Opera, and Chamber Orchestra, and Grammy-winning singer-songwriters.

Ernesto’s Club is a piano and percussion duo which explores the samba and choro traditions of Brazil. Their name is a tribute to Ernesto Nazareth, the turn-of-the-century Brazilian composer who combined Western classical and Afro-Brazilian music to create choro, the roots of samba, bossa nova and Musica Popular Brasileira. Their music is animated, joyful, syncopated, and bubbling with spontaneity. Both pianist Rob Curto and percussionist Gregg Mervine are Americans who learned their craft in Brazil, where they have lived off-and-on since the early 2000s. Rob and Gregg connected in 2023, and have already performed at the Kimmel Center, Johnny Brenda’s and the Perkins Center. Their first EP, entitled Nazareth was released in March, 2024.

Luke Francis is a Seattle-based singer-songwriter. Francis spent the years leading up to 2020 cutting his teeth with Americana band Fretland and living nomadically wherever allowed him to continue honing his songwriting craft – a tent on the Skykomish river, an 1800s log cabin, the spare bedrooms of benevolent lawyers. When Fretland’s touring schedule ground to a halt with the onset of the pandemic, the hiatus provided a silver lining, prompting Francis to begin work on the songs which would comprise a soul-searching solo project.

Philadelphia-based indie folk artist Kristin Daelyn combines intricate fingerstyle guitar with poetic storytelling to create a world of nostalgia and introspection. Her music explores themes of love, longing, and nature through vivid sonic canvases and deep emotional exploration. Grounded in the simplicity and warmth of folk tradition, her sound feels both familiar and unique, evoking quiet moments and a tender space for deep connection.

“Your Jack won’t make you stomp your boots, which is good because he probably already personified the soles. When you let him drive he might take some risks you wouldn’t, but he won’t lose your trust. Just like how one candle doesn’t lose anything by lighting another, Jack has the kind of luck that’ll spread to you if you get close enough. The best parking spot at a funeral kind of luck.

Your Jack plays songs that will have you calling loved ones on the walk home and texting your old mushroom dealer soon after they hang up. Anything but numb is Your Jack.”
-Chase Leland

Through 4 full length albums and 2 EPs Covenhoven has forged a signature style; layered acoustic arrangements that roll with momentum into orchestral peaks, accompanied by lyrics that contrast hard-won wisdom with the inherent hope of the natural world—from Big Sur to his native Colorado.

Covenhoven’s latest album, IV (released in October 2021), is his most collaborative and rock forward to date—taking a producing partner in Ben Wysocki of the Fray, who also performs on the album. IV features over a dozen musicians including Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov, Luke Mossman of Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, and Bluebook’s Julie Davis.

Covenhoven’s live performances capture the spirit of his recordings—whether its conjuring cascading loops in his solo shows or backed by a full band—Covenhoven’s sound fills the breadth of outdoor spaces, auditoriums and club stages.

Regularly touring the United States and Canada, Covenhoven has shared the stage with Grammy winners and nominees S.Carey (Bon Iver), Jose Gonzalez, Gregory Alan Isakov, and John Paul White (Civil Wars). Covenhoven has also performed with genre bending artists Lord Huron, Leif Vollebekk, Joshua James, Blind Pilot, Esme Patterson, Rayland Baxter, John Craigie, Elephant Revival, Daniel Rodriguez, Shook Twins, Reed Foehl, Rainbow Girls, Courtney Marie Andrews, Joan Shelley and host of others.

Jake Klar is an artist based in Turners Falls, MA. His songs showcase an ongoing collection of life’s lyric moments, both the eccentric and the daily. Klar rides on the Americana tradition of storytelling in his work, while bringing in the edge of modern folk/rock-inspired arrangements. Whether Jake is playing solo or with his band - you will leave his shows with his crooning voice and the poetry of his lyrics ringing through your head.

Klar is a veteran of Northeast Festivals such as Otis Mountain Get Down and FreshGrass. His latest release, Driving Home Through The Country, is a follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 & 2020 collection of songs, Witness, and Masquerade.

Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Driving Home Through the Country - New single

Lars is a singer-songwriter and musician from Philadelphia. Their music is a deeply personal journey through the realms of self-discovery and acceptance. Lars weaves together melodic loops that serve as a backdrop for narratives exploring the intricacies of their experience as a black trans person. Through soulful compositions and genre-defying exploration, they invite listeners into a world where themes of identity, spirituality, and resilience intersect. Instagram | Spotify

Bren is a freshly Philly-based singer/songwriter writing cathartic pop tunes from a punk heart. Having moved over 10 times in her life, dropping out of college, ending and starting new relationships, Bren knows a thing or two about unexpected change. Breaking through self-doubt is a common theme throughout her writing. Distilling influences ranging from Elliott Smith to Mitski to the Pixies, Bren’s music shares familiar sentiments of vulnerability and introspection, serving as your companion for feelings you may not have even realized you had. Facebook | Instagram | Spotify

He is known for whimsical lyricism, unconventional chord progressions and gut-punching harmonica solos. He weaves in traditional Chinese music–inspired by months and years living in Beijing and Yunnan as a working musician–and classical music to create his signature folk rock sound.

He is influenced by and identifies with musicians ranging from Ray Lamontagne to Pink Floyd to Shakey Graves to Gregory Alan Isakov. He builds upon and honors the legacies of all-time favorites Townes Van Zandt, John Lee Hooker, John Fahey, Beethoven and Guan Pinghu.

Waltz has shared the stage with nationally-recognized artists including Willie Carlise and Andrew Combs; Sir Paul McCartney and other musical heroes have heard and praised his music.

Waltz is part of a new wave of up-and-coming American Blues and folk artists in Washington, D.C., home of historic folk label Takoma Records, Skip James and other local artists who inspire Waltz’ work.

Hunter Burgamy is a guitarist, vocalist, bassist, and jazz banjoist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Deeply rooted in his native towns' traditions of blues, funk, and jazz, he aims to transcend genre by integrating his interest in these roots with his passion for world folk musics. Burgamy is a graduate of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and Berklee College of Music with a bachelor's degree in Music Business, which he put into practice interning at New Orleans' legendary Preservation Hall, where he was involved with the music venue, marketing, and educational roles as well as assisting in the Hall's inaugural Krewe de Kanaval, and the Midnight Preserves during Jazz Fest. He has performed throughout the major music and festival scene of New Orleans and New England, as well as cities throughout Cuba, Brasil, Iceland, Mexico, Canada, Spain, France, Japan, and others.

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The phrase “hidden gem” would seem appropriate here, but it’s a misnomer when talking about Dean Johnson. He shines bright, in plain sight, and it was only a matter of time before people stopped to take a look. Dean’s gentle and passionate approach to songwriting has inspired many, and his work provides the listener the opportunity to believe once more that a song can be more than the sum of its parts. If you catch even a phrase of his melodies or the sobering tone of his voice, it waltzes its way into your heart like a letter written, signed, sealed, and delivered just for you.

His debut album Nothing for Me, Please was recorded at Mashed Potato Records in New Orleans with the help of Sam Gelband and Charlie Meyer, Dean’s bandmates in The Sons of Rainier; as well as Mashed Potato regulars Sam Doores, Duff Thompson and Steph Green. The record is a hazy, relaxed daydream – anthems for those who know the sweetness and coldness of quiet moments, the power and the pain of love. Whether you’ve been waiting patiently these many for Dean to release these songs, or you’re just now coming across his work for the first time, the name Dean Johnson, much like his songs, won’t soon leave your mind.

Nothing for Me, Please is out now on Mama Bird Recording Co.

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Operating in the Fiona Apple / Dirty Projectors sphere of the alternative music spectrum, the Nicole Saphos Band is known for their harmonically bold and rhythmically driven original music. The LA-native, Philadelphia based artists' latest album ‘Figure Eights’ centers around Nicole's lifelong propensity for patterns. Sinusoidal Music describes it as feeling "...much like a Wes Anderson movie, full of character, color, and charm rooted in bittersweet feelings.”

HAYDEN ARP: Instagram | Spotify | To Be Lost, To Be Found (Live Video, 2023)

Hayden Arp is an American songwriter, living in Vienna, Austria. In 2022, he released his debut LP, With Eliza, an album about road trips, writing, and Virginia in the summertime. It was called “Wide open like a night sky. A debut that is as enchanting as it is free-spirited” by Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. Also in 2022, he released The Ones Who Took it Away, a single about the climate crisis and The Eighties, a collaboration with New York based songwriter Griffin Jennings. He has toured extensively, performing in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, Washington DC, Toronto, Montreal, and Vienna, and his music has been written about in publications such as The FADER, Kulturnews, and the Rock and Roll Globe. He attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied electronic music composition.

An indie rock singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Philadelphia, Maria Mirenzi is coming on strong with her own band. Her debut single “Suburban Nightmare” is a song about resisting comfort and conformity akin to the suburban lifestyle. The song displays her unique songwriting, love for rich harmonies, and her indie rock influences, like Paramore and Madison Cunningham. After releasing music with her former band “Brother Martin” and being a side musician in many other Philly bands, her new self-titled project has been a long time coming. We hope you come to celebrate Maria Mirenzi’s debut single release at Harmonie Hall on July 20th! Did we mention it’s her birthday?

Nicole Reynolds (Website) is a singer-songwriter originally from western PA, currently residing in Ithaca, NY. Their journey has been as diverse as their music, encompassing experiences from working on farms to building their own home, raising a couple of kids, and running a nonprofit providing community music programs. Inspired by artist-activists, poets, and the beauty of the natural world, Nicole’s music is a reflection of their varied life journey.With heartfelt melodies, introspective lyrics, and a uniquely captivating voice, their songs encompass universal truths in beautifully simple ways.

Or maybe you are curious about what resources for guidance and clarity you can connect with?

If so, this evening is for you!

Little Fawn is a gifted channeler and intuitive healer (using Integrative Quantum Healing).

During this rare and positively transformative evening Little Fawn will share her ability to channel the wisdom of higher frequency light beings. These beings span space and time, consciousness and the cosmos! Their perspective and insights are subtle and profound.

During the channeling portion, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, even seek personal guidance, from the beings channeled. This portion of the evening will be moderated by Little Fawn's long time friend Brandon Everett. Bring your curiosity. Leave with clarity.

The evening will begin with a short meditation (no prior experience with meditation necessary). Little Fawn will begin by channeling whatever guidance/wisdom her own guides feel is appropriate/necessary for the group at hand. Following this, attendees will have the opportunity to seek personal guidance and clarity, asking questions of Little Fawn while she channels. The evening will close with a short meditation, inviting the energy and wisdom received to be integrated for the highest personal and collective good.

ABOUT LITTLE FAWN: Little Fawn is a channeler, intuitive healer (using Integrative Quantum Healing), and singer-songwriter. In the beginning, music was the gateway through and to that sacred flow of frequency, story, and sound. During a reading by another channeler, her true channeling gifts and capabilities awakened. In addition to channeling, LF integrates Light Language, Sacred Toning, and the using of medicinal plants and herbs to bring healing, insight, and guidance to the students she works with. Visit https://www.littlefawnmusic.com/little-fawn-energy to learn more.

Dustin's set will be preceded by two local artists:

Cecilia Ferneborg (web | insta)

Adam Monaco (web | insta | insta) .

Elizabeth LaPrelle and the Family Band have been performing and recording music together for over 20 years, sharing the music they love to make in their living rooms and kitchens. It’s a real family affair, consisting of Elizabeth LaPrelle as the frontwoman, sharing the stage with her mother, Sandy LaPrelle, uncle and aunt Jon Newlin and Amy Davis, their daughter Iris Newlin, and Elizabeth’s husband, Brian Dolphin. The group allows their eclectic tastes to be their guide through a repertoire of ancient mountain ballads, old-time tunes, novelty songs, and gospel harmonies.

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It takes a mix of skill and luck to tend a garden well, but it’s impossible without a certain amount of kindness tended. While the cyclical nature of gardening seems inherent, in some ways, Heynderickx is just beginning. Her debut album, named I Need to Start a Garden out of a search for calm through these waves of uncertainty and upheaval, is out now via Mama Bird Recording Co.

For the empathetic singer/songwriter, the reasons for seeking such acceptance and understanding stem from a life of paradoxes. Heynderickx grew up in a religious household in Oregon, closely identifying with her Filipino roots, but also straddling multiple cultural identities. Now residing in Portland, her faith is not overt, but her introspection and continued struggle for self-actualization are easily accessible and relatable.

Likewise, the tracks on I Need to Start a Garden reflect these seemingly disparate elements. Through soft acoustic guitar picking and deftly accented trombone sighs, Heynderickx’s music immediately recalls folk music of the '60s and '70s mixed with a love of jazz radio. But Heynderickx’s singing—her vocals that range from sultry to operatic—belie a tenacity in her soul.

It’s a balance then, between exposing and protecting herself on I Need to Start a Garden. Heynderickx vacillates between powerlessness (opener “No Face”) and empowerment (lead single "Oom Sha La La"). But her generosity of spirit remains the constant throughout the whole album.

You can hear that exceptional care in “Jo”, as she whispers, “You tended your garden like heaven and hell / and you built the birds houses to see if it helped at all.” Aware of the birds, the garden, and anyone listening acutely, Heynderickx’s music serves as an invitation for all to join her. Because the beauty of a garden is that, while it’s often started for deeply personal reasons, its bounty is best consumed and shared with others.

I Need to Start a Garden was produced, engineered and mixed by Zak Kimball at Nomah Studios in Portland, Oregon. Haley Heynderickx co-produced the album. It was mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering in Portland. The record features Lily Breshears (Bass, Keys, Backing Vocals), Denzel Mendoza (Trombone, Backing Vocals), Phillip Rogers (Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals) and Tim Sweeney (Upright Bass).

www.haley-heynderickx.com

Happily, that's an understated description of a serious new outlet for his endless creativity, and The Bright Shiners' recording activities have produced a full album, Where It Really Starts, the first recording in a collaboration with Tamineh Gueramy, Alice Spencer, and Jon's frequent musical partner, John Szymanski.

Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners will tour mercilessly throughout 2024.

Crystal’s Channel by Jason Cady

An opera featuring a solo singer with a ventriloquist doll and guitar. She portrays a songwriter who uploads a new, original song everyday to Youtube. The singer and dummy, together, tell the funny and painful story of how she mastered ventriloquism in her adolescence—and how that obsession ended when her mother took her and the doll to an exorcist.

Libretto and Composition: Jason Cady
Soprano and Electric Guitar: Sarah Daniels
Direction: Shannon Sindelar

Souls Unscreened by Roger A. Martinez and Alize Francheska Rozsnyai

The first act of an installation opera about a computer scientist deepfaking herself during the Covid-19 pandemic and developing groundbreaking technology in AI and uploading her consciousness to the cloud.

Composition and Electronics: Roger A. Martinez
Libretto and Soprano: Alize Francheska Rozsnyai
Baritone: Tom Sitzler
Mezzo-Soprano: Kaitlyn Tierney
Conductor: Sepehr Pirasteh
Flute: Chelsea Meynig
Piano: Hannah Han
Violin: Rachel Segal
Viola: Veronica Jurkiewicz
Cello: Leigh Brown

Tanjo & Crow is a no-holds-barred exploration of roots music through eclectic songwriting, Appalachian arrangements, and seemingly fearless improvisation. The project draws upon the diverse musical backgrounds of Tanner Bingaman (guitar, banjo, vocals) and Allan Combs II (guitar, vocals).

For Camp Saint Helene (website | Instagram | Bandcamp | Spotify), the concept of otherworldliness is neither strange nor complex, but alluring and holy. Created by Elizabeth Celeste Ibarra, Dylan Nowik, Wesley Harper and Alex P. Wernquest, they approach their craft akin to a ritual, leaning into the notion that art and expression are sacred experiences on an overstimulated planet. Often informed by the spirit of a defunct Christian-summer camp turned arts-colony deep within the mountains of New York, their music searches for shimmers of hope amidst hints of doom.

“Farfisa Song”, off their debut record, Mother (2019), was named KEXP’s Song of the Day and added to KEXP Music that Matters Vol. 683 by Cheryl Waters. She describes Camp Saint Helene as “..call[ing] to mind the '60s California folk scene with their gentle, waltz-like pastoral sound”. Additionally, “Farfisa Song” was featured predominantly both in Amazon Prime’s teen horror drama, “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (2022) and Zoe Lister-Jones’ series SLIP on The Roku Channel (2023). Mother was named by Bandcamp as a New and Notable record of 2019, describing it as “Occult-folk in the 70’s U.K. tradition that further affirms the link between Appalachian and British folk songs”.

In 2023, they were commissioned by NADA x Foreland to present a live performance and installation piece titled “Into the Garden” for Upstate Art Weekend in Catskill, NY. They recorded their first album almost entirely live to 8-track, ½” tape, at Basement Floods Records in Catskill, New York. Their second album is currently in production.

Erik Kramer is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer best known for his bass playing as a sideman in a plethora of local and touring acts. His ever rotating ensemble features many of Philadelphia's most exciting instrumentalists and songwriters and weaves together psychedelia, rock, funk, folk, and everywhere in between through the improvisational lense of a jazz combo. He put out his debut record "Missed the Boat" in 2017 and will be putting out the follow up in 2024. This show will feature the Erik Kramer Philharmonic which will be a 10 piece psychedelic acoustic ensemble full of horns, strings, vocal harmonies, and intriguing arrangements.