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Music 2025

Saturday, March 15: Abby Posner returns. Again.

Abby Posner has been a working musician in Los Angeles for the past 18 years. She is best known for her ability to play nearly any instrument that she can lay her hands on. If you have seen Abby perform live, you know she can play a mean lead-blues guitar solo or throw down a complex Earl Scruggs banjo riff. You also may have spotted her playing drums, mandolin, or bass while using her looping pedal. In addition to her versatility, she puts passion and soul into everything she plays. Her music runs the gamut from Folk to Roots to Americana and is not afraid to lean on the blues. She is as varied musically as the instruments she plays.

• Winner of 28th Annual USA Songwriting Contest 2023
• Winner of 2020 Shelter In Place Songwriting Award-Topanga Banjo Fiddle Fest
• Americana Fest Official Showcase Artist 2023
• Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Artist 2022 and 2024
• Original songs heard on Netflix, Hulu, Freeform, CW and more!
• Featured on KCRW, BBC, and Bluegrass Situation
• “What we are listening to” – No Depression
• Ken Burns Country Music Bank Of America Commercial Lead

Posner’s musical influence ranges from the folk anthology recordings, to modern indie-pop. She has been called the female Elliot Smith who can shred on the guitar and play every instrument under the sun.

Artists that she is influenced by:

Andrew Bird, Punch Brothers, Donovan Woods, Gregory Allen Isakov, and Indigo Girls

Website: https://www.abbyposner.com/

Saturday, April 12: Alice Howe & Freebo return. And, welcome.

Alice Howe & Freebo have undeniable chemistry. Rock bass legend Freebo weaves his fretless stylings into Alice’s soulful, impeccably tuned vocals for a harmony-driven performance showcasing two uniquely compelling songwriters.

Best known for his ten years playing bass with Bonnie Raitt, Freebo has toured and recorded with some of the greatest artists of his generation, including John Mayall, Ringo Starr, Crosby Stills & Nash, Maria Muldaur, and Dr. John. For the past twenty-five years, he’s been writing and performing his own original music.

Alice Howe is a lifelong singer and songwriter beginning to make a name for herself and recently had the honor of being named Best Female Artist at the International Acoustic Music Awards.

Freebo and Alice have been working as a duo since 2017, and he produced her latest record Circumstance, recorded at iconic FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

“When these two get together, prepare yourself for an extraordinary evening of song and smiles, and maybe a tear or two. Powerful songwriting, mesmerizing vocals, outstanding musicianship, and a palpable camaraderie make for an experience unsurpassed on the contemporary acoustic scene.” – Ron Olesko, The Folk Music Notebook

Saturday, November 1: Foothills Festival