Last month Josh Harty opened for Eric Taylor, and you can choose your superlative: he owned the room, he blew the roof off, he made the night his own`, and so on. We knew right away that we wanted to get him back, and not as an opener this time. And thanks to Spicer’s Music, Josh is back even sooner than we could have hoped. On Friday, February 15, at 7:30, Josh will be appearing on the stage at Spicer’s Music. It’s the first– but not the last– collaboration between Sundilla and Spicer’s, and we couldn’t kick it off in […] Read more »

Chad Elliott makes the long journey from Iowa for his Sundilla debut on February 8.  But long joureys are nothing new for Chad Elliott; he has been on the road for more than a decade performing a blend of roots, blues and folk music. He has played across the country and has been lauded as a modern-day troubadour. Elliott has released seventeen full-length albums since he began his songwriting career. His latest studio album, “Redemption Man,” was produced by Bo Ramsey (Lucinda Williams, Greg Brown). It features the song, “Same, Old Way,” which was the 2009 Woody Guthrie Festival song […] Read more »

The mention of Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark, Steve Earle and the late Townes Van Zandt would be incomplete without mentioning Eric Taylor in the same breath. Yes, that’s some incredibly high praise, but it’s not unwarranted, and not unearned. Unfortunately, the 14-year gap between his (highly acclaimed) debut CD in 1981 and it’s (equally acclaimed) follow-up in 1995 caused some people to forget about him, and some weird music-world realities caused some of his earliest and best work to be all but unavailable to anyone who wasn’t willing to shell out big bucks for import versions of those […] Read more »

Artful, intense, and often transcendent…imaginative, and extremely engaging… If you love a moving song and magical madness, Joe delivers it all…the music, the lyrics, the energy, and the passion for exceptionally well written songs. Joe Crookston loves his audience, and it shows. If you were to look for the perfect folk song, it would be hard to find a better one than one called “Fall Down as the Rain.” It encompasses life, death, reincarnation…in short, the mysteries of the universe. When my life is over / And I have gone away I’m gonna leave this big ole’ world / And […] Read more »

This past few years have been a testament to the long-held assertion that Susan Gibson is a road warrior in the truest sense in addition to being a dedicated singer, songwriter, and performing musician. The CMA award-winning songwriter (the Dixie Chicks took the Gibson-penned “Wide Open Spaces” to the top for four weeks) has been hitting the road consistently over the past 14 years, touring nationally in support of her own brand of Texas-Americana-folk music. However, 2010 started off as the year where the road unexpectedly hit her back, when in February she suffered a severely broken arm, dislocated elbow, […] Read more »

Harpeth Rising is something new. Their sound, comprised of violin, banjo, cello and drums is both recognizable and undefinable. Jordana Greenberg (violin, vocals,) and Rebecca Reed-Lunn (banjo, vocals,) started the band as just a duo under the name Sisters Grimm, busking their way across the United States in the summer of 2007. They then spent a year on Maui, performing, writing songs and developing their sound. Within their short stay in Hawaii, they were featured in Maui Times, Maui News, Maui Weekly, and made numerous live recordings for Mana’o Radio. They returned to the Mainland in 2008, moving to Nashville, […] Read more »

While Randall Bramblett might not be a household name, he is legendary within music circles for his songwriting and musicianship. He released a pair of acclaimed solo albums in the mid-’70s, then joined the jazz-rock outfit Sea Level, becoming their principal songwriter and vocalist. From there, Bramblett embarked on a path as a big-league, musical utility man (primarily sax and keys) and landed on the speed dial of some of the greatest names in rock history, including Traffic, Steve Winwood, Levon Helm and Bonnie Raitt. In fact, just a list of those who Randall has performed or recorded with is […] Read more »

Storyhill is a folk duo that brings infectious melodies, smart story songs and heartbreaking harmonies together in one perfect package. Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson grew up and started performing together as teenagers, while living in Bozeman, Montana. Both were musical from the get-go, singing with choirs, playing in bands and mastering many musical instruments—piano, guitar, trumpet, violin, harmonica, bass and accordion. Although their 7th grade world geography class is what ostensibly brought them together, it was their musical passions that made them close friends and lifelong musical collaborators. They recorded their first tape as Chris and Johnny in 1989, […] Read more »

The Sundilla Acoustic Concert Series presents Webb Wilder on Thursday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (450 East Thach Avenue, Auburn, AL). Admission is $15 at the door, advance tickets are available at The Gnu’s Room for just $12! Word of mouth is still our best form of advertisement. You can help by downloading a flyer! “If Webb Wilder is passing within 300 miles of your town, don’t miss it!” –Vintage Guitar Magazine There are people reading this who are saying “Wait! THAT Webb Wilder? Coming to Sundilla?” Well of course it’s that Webb Wilder; […] Read more »