A fearless, clever songwriter with a knack for making dark and uncomfortable topics effortlessly funny, Alex is equally at ease on comedy or music stages, keeping things fun and funny with (as the Village Voice put it) “carefree (and sometimes careless) charisma.” (Still not sure if that’s good but it was nice to be noticed.)

Alex won the Judges’ Choice Award at the 2016 NEW YORK FUNNY SONGS FESTIVAL’s 50 FUNNY SONGS competition and founded the firebreathing 10-piece funk monster that is THE GET IT.

In 2024 Alex released  PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, END TIMES, a darkly amusing reflection on pandemic isolation, despair and recovery, as well as a Christmas collaboration with Marco Benevento, "You Better Believe."

Jefferson Hamer is a guitarist, songwriter, traditional musician, and producer of studio recordings. He is best known for his collaborations with Anais Mitchell (Child Ballads, recipient of a BBC2 Folk Award), Sarah Jarosz (as guitarist and harmony singer on her Grammy-nominated Blue Heron Suite), Session Americana, and other solo artists including Kristin Andreassen, Reed Foehl, and Laura Cortese. His original songs are featured on his self-released albums and singles, including the full-length Alameda. Perhaps his most enduring collaboration is The Murphy Beds, a harmony-rich folk duo with Irish musician and songwriter Eamon O’Leary, featuring a self-titled LP and the follow-up Easy Way Down. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Partners in marriage and music, Liz Queler and Seth Farber are both three time Grammy nominees. As children of musical parents and parents of a musical child, they started bringing their son Joey on stage with them when he was a tot. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, now living in LA, Joey’s back to make music with his folks at their favorite haunt in the hills. With individual credits including appearances at Newport Folk Festival and Carnegie Hall (Liz), Sofi Stadium and Saturday Night Live (Joey), the conducting podium of numerous Broadway shows and 10 years as music director to folk legend Odetta (Seth) - they blend and communicate as only a family band can. Heavy on harmonies with influences from Appalachia, bluegrass and gospel, their music is infused with a rock sensibility, creating a soulful cross between Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Emmylou Harris and John Mayer. The Queler/Farbers have eight CDs between them. Their CD "The Edna Project" set 21 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay to music, and became both the inspiration and score for "Still Will Be Heard" - their first theater piece, commissioned and produced by Peak Performances at Montclair State Univ. (NJ) and again at The Mondavi Center at UC Davis. They've toured extensively, were featured on Rosie O'Donnell's HBO special "A Family is a Family Is a Family” and the 2019 PBS tribute to Pete Seeger.  Liz and Seth were Cliff Eberhardt’s band for many years, and they are also both members of children’s rock sensation “Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could”.  Liz and Seth founded and run Urban Garage, a free monthly teen open mic and guided jam in NYC.  www.lizqueler.com   @joey.farber

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One of the classic functions of a singer/songwriter is to exhort us to pay attention—to tune in, to look around. Reed Foehl does the job as good as it can be done, with an unassumingly sweet voice that is as conversational as it is tuneful. On his most recent album Wild Wild Love, Foehl pulls off that rarest of musical magic tricks: making a time-tested sonic palette—acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, down-home harmonies—feel unexpected and revelatory. The effect is comforting and familiar, like greatest hits that you’ve loved your whole life…but have never heard before. -Mark Erelli

With a beguiling voice that would feel right at home on classic country radio, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Marley Hale delivers a captivating country/folk sound rooted in the refined yet adventurous musicality she’s cultivated almost her entire life. Born in Austin but raised in Northern California, Hale took up guitar at age 10 and soon began writing songs of her own, eventually mining inspiration from the likes of Loretta Lynn and Gillian Welch. As revealed on her debut EP By My Own Ways, Hale matches her timeless sensibilities and graceful musicianship with a one-of-a-kind narrative voice, endlessly merging raw truth with mesmerizing storytelling.

Although he was born in the industrial heart of New Jersey, Red’s mother Maggie made damn sure that he would be reared on folk and country music. She served up a steady diet of American songwriters from Karen Dalton to Shania Twain to Dwight Yoakam on the kitchen radio day after day. Red’s father, a lifelong bass player, took it from there, teaching him mandolin, banjo, bass, and guitar. Forever restless, Red ventured through dozens of genres before returning to his Country roots. He ventured out West on the heels of heartbreak and made a home in the high desert of Northern Arizona where he now lives.

“Lost Film takes a nuanced approach to pop that’s both hazily introspective and gripping.” - NOISEY

“It’s a piece of lovely dreamy melancholia that sets Hewitt’s quiet and subtle voice against a gorgeous plaintive and pure guitar…” – DIY MAG

“A discretely magical, often powerful, statement of intent. ‘OK, Lost‘ is a swirling gem of a pop song, a moment of restraint that explodes in to a sublimely affecting chorus…” – GOLD FLAKE PAINT

Keep It Together was recorded in a log cabin in the midst of a blizzard in rural New Hampshire but you wouldn’t know it by listening to it. The melody driven guitar-pop of Lost Film typically strives for short and sweet, often uptempo indie pop. And though brief moments of slowcore or the occasional emo-indebted guitar may arise, the songwriting at its core is based in straight forward verse, chorus, verse, radio pop. Citing the guitar-pop and crossover appeal of Fountains of Wayne and the introspective layers of the American Analog Set as influences, Lost Film too finds ways to weave in and out of lanes at varying speeds but always with the destination of a hook.

On their latest, main songwriter Jim Hewitt ventured to record outside of his home for the first time since debuting in 2015 but made sure to bring along comforts of home like vintage lamps and wool rugs in addition to a heap of instruments and recording gear. “I’ve been really into textures lately” says Hewitt “whether it’s textile materials (ie: the Amish quilt cover art) or adding layers of barely audible synthesizers under a track, it makes a huge difference to an overall mood.”

Hewitt adds: “It’s definitely the most honest record I’ve ever made. Whether it’s getting older and not having as many walls up, or caring less, or a combination of both - the album looks back at the decisions I’ve made with my life and who I am now. Not to say that I have many regrets because I’m extremely fortunate and proud of where I’m at. But at the same time the Libra in me tends to play it safe and it’s only natural to check in on the what-if’s. If you told me a decade ago that I’d still be working a corporate day job instead of being a touring musician, I’d be a little surprised but not that surprised. For this time out, I made a lot of conscious decisions to not play it safe.”

For the session, Hewitt tapped engineer Matt Freake and longtime drummer and live collaborator Ben Husk to help bring the songs to life - the bulk of which had been sitting for up to 5 years. The jump in fidelity on Keep It Together becomes apparent immediately compared to the basement recordings of previous releases. On cuts like “Exist”, warm, lush, drums paired with bright, multi tracked guitars and layers of vocal harmonies lift the project to new levels of polished recording without becoming sterilized by a traditional studio. An arpeggiated synth line on “Searching” eventually collides with an off kilter drum beat that wouldn’t be out of place for early Modest Mouse - while lead single “Little Things Forever” looks at seeking refuge in the otherwise mundane moments of daily life. At a 25 minute runtime, each of the nine tracks seem to share the same collective goal - to serve as a respite from any displeasures both within our control and beyond it.

“a gem like “Big Talk” just as readily calls back to more recent indie-pop history, namely the lo-fi guitar-pop stuff that was making waves on the blogs about a decade ago. I’m picking up everything from Beach Fossils to LVL UP on this one” - Stereogum

Ciarra Fragale’s newest self-titled LP is her best, most cohesive work to date. Ranging from Motown inspired heartbreak pop to modern and cerebral indie rock, Ciarra creates a distinct sonic world that allows her to display what makes her artistry so special. Pounding keys, angular guitars, and steady driving beats grace these buoyant and emotive tracks, with Ciarra’s one of a kind vocals gliding in and out of smooth and sweet harmonies showcasing her masterful musicianship and songwriting prowess. She currently resides in Western MA, and can most likely be found at the top of mountains or at your local thrift store.

“It’s a more confident work than her previous releases, showing off an impressively elastic range to her songwriting and soul-baring honesty to her performances." - Under The Radar

Rounders Revival invites you to share in an evening of light-hearted and uplifting acoustic music steeped deeply in the folk-americana traditions of universal story telling and soulful harmonies. 

Join in for the Rounders renditions of singer-songwriter favorites and inspired originals.

Instagram: @roundersrevival

Dream Away Reading Series 6:30-7:30PM

A graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, Mary Warren Foulk (she/her) has been published in The Hollins Critic, Palette Poetry, Fjords Review, Silkworm, The Gay & Lesbian Review, and North American Review, among other publications. Her work also has appeared in Who’s Your Mama? The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers (Soft Skull Press), (M)othering Anthology (Inanna Publications), and My Loves: A Digital Anthology of Queer Love Poems (Ghost City Press). She has two award-winning chapbooks, If I Could Write You a Happier Ending (dancing girl press) and Erasures of My Coming Out (Letter) (The Poetry Box). Her newest collection, The Show Must Go On, was a finalist for the 2021 Gival Press Poetry Award, and the Inlandia Institute’s 2022 Hillary Gravendyk Prize, and a semi-finalist for the Word Works' 2022 Washington Prize. It is forthcoming from Fernwood Press.

A graduate of Middlebury College and the Bread Loaf School of English, Emily received her MFA from the University of New Hampshire in 2014. She was a fellow at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2017, an artist-in-residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in 2018, and a resident at Newnan ArtRez. Her stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Glimmer Train, Prairie Schooner, Post Road, The Literary Review, Green Mountains Review, The Rumpus, and Longreads among others. She lives and writes in Western Massachusetts and teaches writing workshops at Writers in Progress.

Kate Senecal received an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2013. She is the former fiction editor of Storychord. She has received an honorable mention in Glimmer Train’s 2019 Short Fiction Contest, was the winner of Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose’s 2021 Award in Fiction, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2016. Kate’s fiction has been published in The Laurel Review, The Foundling Review, Storychord.com, and The Waterwheel Review, and Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose.

Simone Stevens 8:00-10:00PM

Simone Stevens is a singer-songwriter based in the Hudson Valley. After years of honing her skills and recording countless songs in New York and L.A., Bonsai, her latest musical project, received praise from outfits like Paste and Spin magazine. The debut record was produced and recorded by Dan Molad and Pete Lalish (Lucius) and featured pedal steel extraordinaire Greg McMullen (Geln Branca, Trixie Whiteley.)

Mariee Siou, now based in Portland, Oregon, is an abstract story teller of the natural world via a form of deep emotive folk music ushered by her clever worthsmithing and sharp ethereal voice . Through her music she strives to fill a cultural void left by severed connections to her Indigenous Mexican and Hungarian heritage and to thereby address the broader cultural voids felt by Americans today. She has been a fixture in the Neo-folk scene since her 2007 debut breakthrough album Faces in the rocks (selling a heroic number of both CDs and vinyls), an album now acclaimed as a cult classic that remains one of the true gems of modern-day folk music. She is revered for her delicate finger picking style and poetic mysticism, often drawing immense feeling through a voice of soft potency and haunting sensitivity. Marie deeply values the medicinal qualities of music and believes that gathering to share her songs is ultimately for healing purposes.

She has extensively toured Europe and the US and has shared tours with acclaimed artists like Mazzy Star, Buffy St. Marie, Bert Jansch, Brightblack Morning Light, and Joanna Newsom. She has released 4 studio albums including collaborations with artists such as Alela Diane, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and just released an EP called “Circle of Signs” in May of 2023.

Lifelong multi-instrumentalist and Philadelphia based singer-songwriter Donnie CoCo fearlessly explores the landscape of grief, modeling a determined and curious effort to grow upward from a place of pain. For fans of Jaala, Nai Palm, and Jeff Buckley—Donnie’s soulful voice and tongue-in-cheek lyrics haunt listeners as potently as their dynamic guitar finger-picking with playful musicality. Donnie CoCo’s debut single ‘Bad Word’ was recorded at Office Ours on Knox in Germantown and released independently in July 2024. It will be followed up with a full length record in 2025.

She will be accompanied by Erik Kramer. He  is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer best known for his bass playing as a sideman in a plethora of local and touring acts including Uprooted with Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root. His transporting songs weave together psychedelia, folk, eclectic grooves, and everywhere in between through the improvisational lens and spirit of jazz. He put out his debut record "Missed the Boat" in 2017 and will be putting out the follow up in 2025. Kramer runs a Philadelphia based recording studio, label, and venue called ‘office ours on knox’ that supports every step of the creative process for many of that area’s most exciting up and coming singer-songwriters. 

Monte Weber is a New York-based sound artist, performer and multi-genre composer/producer. His concert music can be heard in different kinds of venues throughout the country including: Kaneko Museum (Omaha NE), National Sawdust (Brooklyn, NY) and Lincoln Center (NYC). Weber’s solo project Metno explores various avenues of electronic music performance including sound installations, interactive performance technology and modular synthesis.

Mike Cobb & The Crevulators are inspired by Bob Dylan, The Band, Beatles, Stones, Tom Petty, Replacements, Tom Waits, Los Lobos, Beck, and many more. 

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Mike Cobb comes from Norfolk, Connecticut, was once signed to Island Records, and has shared the stage with Oasis, Cake, Legendary Shack Shakers, Bad Daddies, and many more. Cobb is bilingual and sings in English and Spanish. 

Cobb’s Berkshire based band features John Hartcorn on bass, Felix Carroll on drums, and Chris Ferrone on saxophones. They’ve been featured on 98.1 WKZE and have played The Lion's Den Stockbridge, Berkshire Mountain Distillers for Berkshire Busk, Egremont Barn, Methuselah Bar Pittsfield, Infinity Hall Norfolk, Black Bear Americana Festival, and many more throughout The USA and Spain. 

Kate Prascher is a singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for her evocative songwriting. She was thrilled to be named an IBMA Songwriting Showcase finalist in 2021. Inspired by her Tennessee roots and influenced by master song crafters like Hazel Dickens and Gillian Welch, singles The Fox and the River and City of Ghosts showcase Kate's versatility as both writer and performer. Her songs are outspoken and sometimes tender, by turns playful and heart-piercing.

Ink 19 described Kate’s "delicate and expressive singing" and “intangible vintage feel". Christine King writes,

“Kate Prascher is a jewel waiting to be discovered".

Kate's past work includes her 2019 solo EP Bright Like This, 2016's Almanac recorded with The Tumble and a self-titled EP released by The Wildwood Sisters. She has performed with numerous artists as a singer, mandolinist and duet partner.

Kate Prascher’s new album, 'Shake the Dust' is a recognition of our everyday darkness. It wades through the undercurrents of memory drawing half-portraits of characters both real and imagined while shining a light on the complex web of our relationships. 

Shake the Dust is expected in summer 2024 and features Bobby Hawk (Taylor Swift), Bennett Sullivan (Bright Star), Nate Sabat (Mile Twelve) and Jason Borisoff (Cricket Tell the Weather). Expect new songs from a voice that has been described as having an “intangible vintage feel.”  

Wes Buckley, Brian Kantor, Miles Lally, known as Vaguely Pagan, keep an audience moving with their brand of toe tappers, hippy spinners, you name it, but at the end of the night, they kind of just play soul music. You can see, hear and feel them enjoying themselves. The original songs veer into psych, folk, jam and rock territory and the cover songs are the ones you forgot how much you loved to hear. Hop on the train and boogie down to your new favorite jams.

Dust Bowl Faeries perform a faerie-tale fusion of dark cabaret and gothic polka music, infused with a dose of witchcraft and a dusting of woodland magic. The accordion driven freak-folk ensemble hails from the New York Hudson Valley and draws inspiration from sinister circus songs, murder ballads and Eastern European folk music. Singing saw, piano accordion, electric bass and acoustic guitar combine to create the Dust Bowl Faeries otherworldly sound. Dust Bowl Faeries was founded by Ryder Cooley (faerie queen) and her taxidermy spirit animal, Hazel the Ram. Ryder and Hazel are joined by Jon B. Woodin (rocket faerie) and Jude Roberts (hobbit faerie) for this special trio performance. 

"You can almost smell the gas lamps in the street & the absinthe being poured" - Americana Highways

Lou Craft is an expat Manhattanite blessedly ensconced in the Hudson Valley with the cats Raymour and Flanigan, riding her yellow electric bike, writing musicals, painting, sculpting and teaching art workshops. She has loved the Dreamaway since she was a counselor at Camp Watitoh (we called it Mama's then) 

Pioneer Valley musician, Nate Martel of the bands, Beast Mode, Outer Stylie, and Llama Lasagna, performs solo at the Dream Away Lodge. His sets are soulful, gritty, and fun and he has a remarkable voice you will not want to miss.   His solo project is soulful and socially conscious; deep, sometimes dark, but often uplifting.  

Glori Wilder is back at The Dreamaway Lodge for a soulful night of original music. Accompanying herself on piano and guitar, Glori shares stories of life lessons, triumphs and tragedies through her lullaby lyrics and passionate voice.

Born and raised in Milton, New York with an upbringing in musical theater and the performing arts, Lucas Neil is the youngest son of founding member and long time drummer of ‘The Make’, Jeffrey Johnson. While Johnson’s other children went on to find vocations in sensible fields, Lucas sought the company of trees, books, and day dreams. Neil’s musical style, an acoustic blend of Americana and indie-folk, has a palpable sense of spiritual symbolism, storytelling, atmosphere, and gratitude for life.

The Dove Guns is the long time passion project of close friends and local musicians Will Malcolm and Zach Booz - one that first budded in the Berkshire woods but has since bloomed and blossomed in various forms all over the globe. Their music draws heavy influence from American folk classics, British rock icons and West African rhythms, and their sound is inspired by boot stomping buskers, camp-fire singing and shameless pop covers. The newest iteration of The Dove Guns features multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Tobey Sol LaRoche and acclaimed vocalist Lillian Jones. This acoustic roots ensemble is writing original music that feels new yet familiar. Singing harmonies that feel soothing yet searing. And sharing their music with both whimsy and resolve. 

Dream Away Reading Series 6-7:30PM

Anne-E. Wood’s fiction is forthcoming in the Colorado Review and has appeared in TLR, No Tokens, Gargoyle, Agni, The Chicago Quarterly Review, New Letters, The Cream City Review, Tin House, Fourteen Hills and others. She lives in Brooklyn and teaches in the Writing Program at Rutgers Newark.

Sarah Bridgins is the author of the Sexton Poetry Prize winning collection DEATH AND EXES (Eyewear Books, 2022). Her work has appeared in Tin House, BuzzFeed, Bustle, and Joyland among other publications. She is co-founder of the Ditmas Lit reading series in Brooklyn.

Lena Valencia is the author of the short story collectionMystery Lights(Tin House Books, 2024). Her fiction has appeared inBOMB, Electric Literature, Ninth Letter,Epiphany, the anthologyTiny Nightmares, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2019 Elizabeth George Foundation grant and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is the managing editor and director of educational programming atOne Storyand the co-host of the reading series Ditmas Lit.

Lisa Michelle Anderson w G Winnard on Drums/Vocals & Simon Guthrie on Keys from 8-10PM

Lisa Michelle Anderson’s music is a rich blend of Americana, folk, and rock, deeply rooted in her global upbringing from Southeast Kansas to Australia, Iran, and Greece. At 16, she picked up a guitar, inspired by Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, and what began as a hobby soon became her life’s passion. From her early days performing at Silver Dollar City in Branson, to playing in rough biker bars in San Diego, Lisa has honed a sound described as “heartfelt Americana, smooth vocal phrasing, and rugged charm.”

Her live shows are a journey, guiding audiences through stories of love, loss, and life’s complexities with warmth and honesty. Whether solo or with her band, including talents like G. Winnard and Simon Guthrie, Lisa captivates with unforgettable choruses and a folk rock style that’s both comforting and bold. Her upcoming 2025 LP and international tour promise to push her creative boundaries while staying true to the authentic storytelling that has become her hallmark.

Now based in the Massachusetts Berkshires, Lisa continues to draw inspiration from her surroundings, connecting with audiences in intimate venues and creating music that invites listeners to live her stories with her.

The music of Jenna Nicholls has been turning heads since she arrived on the door step of the Lower East Side of NYC.  Whether she’s crooning a jazz standard, belting out a New Orleans style dirge or plucking her 1920’s style original ballads on her Ukulele, she’s giving a vintage genre a new spin with her own lush nostalgic style and melodic sensibility.

Recently, Jenna has toured with Ingrid Michaelson, shared the stage with Oscar Winner Glen Hansard, Amanda Palmer, Lucius, Joan as Policewoman, Gerry Leonard (Spooky Ghost/David Bowie).  She’s performed in venues all over the world including the Beacon Theater NYC, and Carnegie Hall.

Fannie Pack performs an eclectic mix of folk and alternative rock including inspired originals by Melissa Brinton.  

Members : Melissa Brinton on lead vocal and guitar, Elaine Morel on vocals and bass, Eileen Markland on violin and penny whistle, Paul Armstrong on percussion 

Roots music - Fierce folk

For Camp Saint Helene, 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.

Dubbed, “Among the best folk-rock artists in the US” by the Tucson Weekly, singer/songwriter Namoli Brennet has been touring the US and Europe for 12+ years. A 4-time Outmusic award nominee who was featured in the inaugural Trans 100 list, Brennet has self-released an astonishing 13 albums since her debut in 2002. Her music has been featured in The Advocate, on NPR and in the Emmy-award-winning documentary Out In The Silence which details the struggle of a gay teen growing up in rural Pennsylvania. Brennet’s live performances spurn typical singer/songwriter fare, opting instead for incorporating loops, delays, keyboards, foot percussion and vocal effects to create a one-woman soundscape. Pride.com included her performance in Las Cruces as “One of the most iconic pride performances of all time,” along with Nikki Minaj, Arianna Grande and Tegan and Sara. An artist whose music has evolved, along with their gender, into something sophisticated, powerful and moving that defies categorization.

Based in Western Mass, Moon Hollow is a high energy band that performs original and traditional tunes inspired by folk, americana, bluegrass, alt-country & early jazz music. Catchy originals and tight three part harmonies! They have shared the stage with Ryan Montbleau, Bella's Bartok, Mamma's Marmalade, DiTrani Brothers, Jake Slater, Matt Heckler, Fancy Trash, Folkfaces, Chris Pureka & more.