Bar + doors @ 7pm - Music @ 7:30 - $20 advance tickets - $25 at the door
Tip O The Mitt Songwriters aka TOMS present a special in-the-round show featuring area singer-songwriters. Sean Miller, Eliza Thorp, Lara Fullford and Kevin Johnson make up part of the TOMS songwriters collective and have previously toured together as a group across the state over the last few years. Each songwriter has their own solo career filled with accolades but together, on stage, they'll share their experiences and stories for a truly magical night of Michigan-bred songs.
Between the four of them are numerous Jammie nominations, a 2021 Rocky Mountain Songwriting Contest finalist nomination (Sean Miller), a Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour nomination (Eliza Thorp) multiple album and single releases, and solo careers that have brought each songwriter across the state, Midwest and beyond.
They'll be joined by Traverse City local Sierra Cassidy aka i.am.james who will open the night with her own selection of original music.
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ELIZA THORP
Northern Michigan based Singer/Songwriter, Eliza Thorp, has been weaving stories and finding home in the warmth of the Mitten music community. She writes songs of home and the heart, with a palette of landscapes,sounds and changing seasons. In her youth she grew up listening and dancing in the kitchen with her Mom to the likes of Carol King, james taylor and lots of Simon and Garfunkel. Eliza often finds inspiration for her songs in her daily adventures outside with her dog, Holmes. You can sometimes hear the sound of her favorite trails woven within if you listen closely.
Learn more on her website
SEAN MILLER
Northern Michigan singer-songwriter Sean Miller offers audiences a mix of rock, folk and country with his smooth vocals and a dash of 90s grunge.
Following the release of his debut album “Everywhere I Roam” in 2020. The album was deemed “…one begged to be performed live” by Local Spins and a “latest and greatest spin” by the Northern Express. Other publications praised both its live sound feel and lyricism reflecting on Miller’s life and personal stories.
Read more on his website
LARA FULLFORD
Lara Fullford, who Blissfest Music Organization refers to as "the songstress of the Inland Waterway" has years of experience singing songs to crowds across northern Michigan. Between classic songs you know and love, and her own original tunes, Lara offers a variety of genres and will have you smiling by the end of the night!
KEVIN JOHNSON
Growing up in a house where the music of great songwriters was almost required listening Kevin’s musical beginnings included influences from songwriters such as John Prine, Bob Dylan, Joanie Mitchell, Carol King, James Taylor, and Kris Kristofferson. As he grew, and his curiosity with music had opportunities to explore new artists, Kevin continued to be drawn to great lyricists of almost all genres of music. Even now, his search for new music inevitably draws him to the words offered up by some of today’s finest such as Jason Isbell, William Prince, Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson and too many others to mention.
Read more on his website
THE EVENING’S OPENER:
I.AM.JAMES
i.am.james. is the project of Michigan grown singer-songwriter, Sierra Cassidy. An Interlochen Arts Academy graduate and Berklee College of Music alum, Sierra has become intertwined in distinct music communities over the last ten years; Michigan, Nashville, and most recently, Brooklyn, NY while touring under her moniker, i.am.james.
Dancing around the edge of all things alternative, i.am.james. delivers captivating melodies and lyric with quick wit that’s met with both power-driven undertones of upbeat pop and modern-folk.
Read more on her website