**Eddie's Attic Songwriters Open Mic Nights Are BACK!**

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For over 20 years, we’ve hosted Atlanta’s premiere SONGWRITERS OPEN MIC for the performing songwriter. National and local acts perform 2 songs each, with 3 finalists returning for a third song at the end of the evening for a chance to win a cash prize and a spot in our bi-annual, nationally acclaimed Open Mic Shootout. This is a great opportunity for up and coming talent to hone their skills and for listeners to see and meet tomorrow’s stars.

This is an all ages event. 

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**Waymore's Outlaws: Songs and Stories of Waylon Jennings live at Eddie's Attic!**

Step back in time and immerse yourself in the rebellious world of outlaw country music with Tommy Townsend and Jerry "Jigger" Bridges. This dynamic duo takes you on an unforgettable journey through the wild and untamed life of the iconic Waylon Jennigs, sharing stories and experiences from their days on the road and in the studio with the legend himself. Tommy and Jigger perform Waylon's timeless hits, keeping his music alive for new generations to hear and share.

Jerry "Jigger" Bridges, a veteran road and studio musician whose career has spanned several decades. his legacy began at Fame Studios where he recorded with Tom Jones, Glen Campbell, Mac Davis, the Osmonds, and many more. As Waylon Jennings's close friend and trusted band member, Jigger witnessed firsthand the whirlwind of excitement, triumphs, and tribulations that came with being on the road with a true outlaw. His anecdotes and recollections offer a rare glimpse into the life of a rebel, capturing the essence of a time when country music was forever changed by the outlaws who went against the grain.

Tommy Townsend, a gifted singer, songwriter, and performer, possesses an innate ability to channel the spirit of Waylon Jennings through his music. Growing up in a small town with country roots, Townsend was deeply inspired by the grit and authenticity of outlaw country legends. His souldful voice and masterful guitar skills have earned him recognition as one of the most genuine interpreters of Waylon's music. Having shared the stage with Waylon, Shooter, and many other country and rock stars, Townsend's passion for preserving the outlaw spirit remains unparalleled.

Together, Tommy and Jigger share their unique perspectives on the outlaw country era, weaving together fascinating stories and unforgettable experiences from their time with Waylon Jennings. From the infamous Honky Tonk Heroes to the turbulent moments that defined Jennings' Career, every anecdote resonates with the unbridled passion and resilience of a true outlaw.

While the stories are compelling, the magic doesn't stop there. Prepare to be transported as Tommy and Jigger perform some of Waylon Jennings's greatest hits. With every strum of the guitar and very note sung, they capture the essence of Waylon's music.

Waymore's Outlaws: Songs & Stories of Waylon Jennings

**Steve Poltz live at Eddie's Attic!**

It might’ve even been last night, but Steve Poltz just played the greatest show of his life. Guess what?

The next show will be even greater, making that show the greatest show of his life.

Are you starting to notice a trend?

He isn’t shy about it either.

Even after most likely thousands of shows (but who’s counting?), he hits the stage with the same amount of energy and always makes sure to declare, “This is the greatest show of my life.”

It’s why he’s quietly emerged as the kind of live phenomenon celebrated passionately by a diehard fanbase worldwide and renowned as a festival favorite everywhere from Bluesfest in Byron Bay and High Sierra Music Festival in California and Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado to Cayamo Cruise (where he actually got married). It’s why his music has crept into pop culture via collaborations with everyone from Jewel and Billy Strings to Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull, Nicki Bluhm, Oliver Wood, and even the late Mojo Nixon. It’s why after over a dozen albums, he’s still creatively firing on all cylinders and critically acclaimed by the likes of Rolling Stone, Associated Press, Billboard, and many more.

Nevertheless, the next gig will be the greatest show for him (and maybe for you too)…

Steve Poltz

**Tommy Prine with special guest Conrad Moore live at Eddie's Attic!**

Tommy Prine's debut album This Far South (June 2023) was not only a long-awaited introduction but a testimony to Prine's 20s and the loss, love, and growth that has defined them. Co-produced by a close friend and kindred musical spirit, Ruston Kelly, and beloved Nashville engineer and producer, Gena Johnson, the album is rich and dynamic from cathartic jams to nostalgic storytelling. Celebrating the album's first year, Tommy is releasing a deluxe version of the record on June 21, 2024 – featuring reimagined versions, a special guest and a brand new song.

"Releasing my debut album changed so much in my life. The only things that stayed the same were my family, my pets, and my friends. Everything else changed drastically. I've had a few moments that felt like the point of no return, releasing the album being one of them. Not in a scary way, just in a way that there is no taking back art that you put out into the world. Once it has affected one other person, it has already begun its own life and will in turn change the creator's life."

Prine is currently crisscrossing the country headlining shows with his band and appearing at festivals including Green River, Bristol Rhythm & Roots, and Bourbon & Beyond. This past year, Prine opened for Jason Isbell and Tyler Childers, was named one of Amazon Music's 2023 Breakthrough Artists to Watch and wrapped up the year by making his Grand Ole Opry debut.

Tommy learned to play guitar by watching his father, mimicking the ways his fingers moved, he inadvertently developed his own singular style. Prine sonically brings together a colorful patchwork of musical influences spanning Gillian Welch, Outkast, Bon Iver, the Strokes and more. Lyrically, Tommy explores existential questions and emotional experiences in his music.

Tommy Prine with special guest Conrad Moore

**Liz Longley live at Eddie's Attic!**

Liz Longley is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter celebrated for her stop-you-in-your-tracks voice and deeply emotional music. Known for her distinctive blend of folk, pop, and Americana, Liz has earned accolades from prestigious songwriting competitions, including the BMI John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship Competition.

Her self-titled debut album was praised as “stunning” (HuffPost) and marked by “cleverness and wit” (Dallas Morning News). The follow-up, Weightless (2016), was lauded as “a thing of beauty” by Pop Dose. Liz’s sixth album, Funeral For My Past, became a notable success after her fans raised over $150,000 on Kickstarter to fund its independent release, making her the #4 most funded solo female musician in Kickstarter history. The album received widespread acclaim, with Forbes calling it “stunning” and Billboard highlighting its diverse range from Americana to shimmering pop anthems.

Becoming a mother in 2022 profoundly impacted Liz’s songwriting, infusing her music with greater depth and perspective. Her upcoming album reflects this new chapter in her life, showcasing both her personal growth and her continued evolution as an artist.

Liz Longley

Rescue My Heart

**Kindred Valley with special guest Andi Jaye live at Eddie's Attic!**

Kindred Valley is a band toeing the line between Americana, Indie Folk, and Folk Rock. Hailing from West Virginia they combine their appalachian culture and roots with personal stories and experiences to create sounds and lyrics that grip the listener and bring them into the artists’ inner worlds.

Kindred Valley with special guest Andi Jaye

Grace Asbury

Pour Me

**Patrick Davis live at Eddie's Attic!**

Patrick Davis has spent two decades leaving his mark onstage, on record, and in the writing room. He’s a critically-acclaimed solo artist. A road warrior. Founder of music festivals like Songwriters in Paradise. Most importantly, Davis has established himself as a prolific songwriter, penning tunes not only for his own albums, but also for icons like Guy Clark and Jimmy Buffett. With Carolina When I Die, he reintroduces himself as a Southern storyteller and classic craftsman. It’s a modern-day album steeped in the timeless sounds of his influences: the smooth soul of Ray Charles, the heartland folk-rock of Jackson Browne, the nuanced country of Lyle Lovett, and the big-band bombast of Joe Cocker & Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Tying those sounds together is a versatile musician who, having already established himself as a hit songwriter for others, is rededicating himself to his own records. Carolina When I Die may be the fifth full-length release of Davis’ catalog, but it marks a new beginning, too.

Patrick Davis

**Johnny Mullenax Band with Max Kaplan & The Magics live at Eddie's Attic!**

*Johnny Mullenax Band*

Johnny Mullenax, a Tulsa native, grew up in a musical family. He started playing the guitar atage 5. In his teens, he followed his family to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. In typical Johnny fashion, he showed up with just a guitar and ended up sleeping in a stand up bass case. At 18, he used a friend’s ID to get into a club where he was part of a live hip hop band backing rappers. According to Johnny, “Life is too short to play one style of music, and if you have an opportunity to try something different then you should give it a shot.”

Claiming wide-ranging influences from AC/DC and The Ramones to John Coltrane and Parliament, Johnny calls his genre-bending sound a funky country bluegrass good time!

Before COVID, Johnny went out on the road with fellow Okie TJ McFarland (Tennessee Jet)and started connecting to a network of other touring musicians. He always wanted to starthis own project, and after playing as a sideman for seven years with several bands, he finallytook that leap.

*Max Kaplan & The Magics*

After touring internationally as a guitarist, bassist, and vocalist for artists like Jason D. Williams, John Nemeth, and others- Max Kaplan started his own band using the all star up and coming Memphis musicians that he met through playing with those notable artists. After recording his debut album during the pandemic of 2020, Max set to touring with the band. The Magics bring a fiery mix of original rock & roll, heavy blues, and sensual soul music. They've performed over 300 shows in Memphis, regionally, and nationally.

Johnny Mullenax Band with Max Kaplan & The Magics

**Cody Matlock live at Eddie's Attic!**

Singer/songwriter/Guitarist Cody Matlock was born and raised in the blues bars of Atlanta Georgia such as Blind Willie’s and NorthSide Tavern. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Sly and the Family Stone, Donny Hathaway, Parliment Funkadelic, BB King, and Little Beaver, Cody is blending the sounds of psychedelic funk and soul music to create his own sound.

Cody Matlock

**Josie James and Lilly Hart with special guest Milkweed live at Eddie's Attic!**

Lilly Hart is an 21 year old artist from Lilburn, GA. Her music career started in Birmingham when she attended BSC and met Scott Register at Birmingham Mountain Radio. During her time in Birmingham she played countless shows including opening up for St. Paul and the Broken Bones at the Lyric Theatre. She is currently in her senior year at MTSU, majoring in Commercial Songwriting. In the last year, she has immersed herself in the Nashville music scene. After her EP and second single with Mick Music, “Summertime Feels,” was released in the summer of 2023, she focused on performing. In the first months of 2024, she played many songwriters rounds including New Faces Nite at the Basement and Song Suffragettes at the Listening Room Cafe. In April of 2024, she parted ways with Mick Music and was a finalist in the GrammyU songwriting competition. On July 26th, her most recent single titled, “At Our Favorite Restaurant” was released. Lilly plans on releasing a string of singles leading up to an EP in the new year.

Josie James is a 19 year old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Atlanta, Georgia. Growing up, Josie James couldn’t help but be surrounded by music. Coming from a rich musical background, she started violin lessons with her mother at the age of 2. Josie is now a resident of Nashville, TN attending MTSU’s Commercial Songwriting program. Being a multi-instrumentalist, Josie spends her spare time recording for herself, as well as other artists for whatever they see fit. Josie started releasing singles in July 2024 for her various upcoming projects and has inserted herself in the Nashville live music scene playing solo shows, and with her band.

Josie James and Lilly Hart with special guest Milkweed

**Sam Grow with special guest Blake Wood live at Eddie's Attic!**

Country singer Sam Grow is a small-town kid from Southern Maryland who’s been fortunate enough to cash in on big dreams thanks to hard work. Recently crossing more than 125 Million Spotify streams on his music, Grow is showing no signs of slowing down as he prepares to release of his 5th studio album Winfield in January 2025.

It began with his first studio full-length album, 2019’s Love and Whiskey which debuted at #1 on the iTunes chart and a lot has changed since then. He followed its success with his sophomore album This Town and the smash hit ‘Song About You’. Grow didn’t wait long to release his 3rd studio album and step into the role of full-time producer, releasing Manchester in November of 2022 featuring ‘Without You’.

Named one of Billboard Magazine’s coveted “7 Country Acts To Watch” list, and touted by Music Row as a sure-bet for future superstardom, Grow is showing no signs of a slowdown. Making his Grand Ole Opry debut in November of 2021 and following that with a second appearance on that hallowed stage in 2023.

Next Grow is embarking on his ‘Feels Like Drivin’ Acoustic Tour’ crisscrossing the US from January to April of 2025. Confirmed dates include Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Oregon, California, Kansas, Nevada and many others.

*Blake Wood*

Born in Kentucky and raised in Wake Forest, NC, Blake Wood draws from personal experiences to shape the songs he writes and sings. A true reflection of everything small town and middle-America with songs such as ‘Know You By Your Truck’ which tells the literal story of knowing who’s around town on any given night just by which pickup trucks you spot.

If you attended a house party or bonfire around Wake Forest a few years ago, there’s a good chance you might have seen Blake pulling out the guitar to entertain his friends. He started playing when he was 14 or 15 and doesn’t go anywhere without it now. He drew inspiration for performing music from his idols in the 80’s and 90’s country genre. A traditionalist at heart, Blake perfectly combines the sound of today and the storytelling and emotion of yesterday in his songs.

Music wasn’t an accident for Blake, it’s part of his DNA. He has been around it since he was young. Born into a highly musical family that includes 3 older brothers, his mom Lori, and dad Steven, Blake cut his teeth writing, singing, and recording; long before Nashville would notice. Blake graduated high school and followed pace with most of the other kids his age by enrolling in college at Wake Tech for business marketing. It took exactly 1 class for Blake to realize that wasn’t the future for him. Part of that draw came from visiting his older brother Jon who had already moved from North Carolina to Nashville to write and record music. Seeing Jon’s path and learning how Nashville could expand the music opportunities for himself, Blake followed his heart and moved.

As a songwriter, Blake writes what he lives. Some writers and singers must pretend to know about certain lifestyles to pull them off well. Blake can draw on what he knows from experience like tearing up backroads and off-roading, wetting a line fishing for large mouth bass, and driving old trucks. Blake still drives his 2001 GMC Sierra 1500 with almost 300,000 miles on it.

Following your heart and your passion may not be the quick path, but it’s the right path. The people in Nashville have noticed Blake; he signed his first publishing deal as a songwriter in early 2023. That was followed quickly by his first record deal. He’s signed to the new Deluge Records Nashville (DRN).

His current single titled “Country Down” is an anthem for rural America that perfectly captures those that might be looked down on inside of a big, fast, hustle-and-bustle city but just so happens to fit perfectly in a small town. Starting with the line ‘Ain’t got a clue what I would even do if I landed these boots in a 4-lane city’ Blake reflects on growing up in the country and the things that are second nature to people with a similar upbringing. Referencing knowing about cane poles for fishing, dirt roads, the red words found in the bible and, of course, John Wayne. As Blake says in the song, ‘I ain’t got it all figured out, but I got Country Down.’

Sam Grow with special guest Blake Wood

**Lonnie Holley and Lee Bains live at Eddie's Attic!**

Lonnie Holley (born 1950; Birmingham, Alabama)

Since 1979, Holley has devoted his life to the practice of improvisational creativity. His art and music, born out of struggle, hardship, but perhaps more importantly, out of furious curiosity and biological necessity, has manifested itself in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, music, and filmmaking. Holley’s sculptures are constructed from found materials in the oldest tradition of African American sculpture. Objects, already imbued with cultural and artistic metaphor, are combined into narrative sculptures that commemorate places, people, and events. His work is now in collections of major museums throughout the world (The Museums of Fine Arts, San Francisco; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Smithsonian American Art Museum; The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and many others), on permanent display in the United Nations, and been displayed in the White House Rose Garden.

Holley did not start making and performing music in a studio nor does his creative process mirror that of the typical musician. His music and lyrics are improvised on the spot and morph and evolve with every event, concert, and recording. In Holley’s original art environment, he would construct and deconstruct his visual works, repurposing their elements for new pieces. This often led to the transfer of individual narratives into the new work creating a cumulative composite image that has depth and purpose beyond its original singular meaning. The layers of sound in Holley’s music, likewise, are the result of decades of evolving experimentation.

Holley has released five critically acclaimed albums––Just Before Music, 2012; Keeping a Record of It, 2013; MITH, 2018; National Freedom, 2020; Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection (with Matthew E. White), 2021. His sixth album, Oh Me Oh My, produced by Jacknife Lee, which includes collaborations with Bon Iver, Michael Stipe (REM), Moor Mother, Sharon Van Etten, and Rokia Koné, comes out March 10, 2023, on Jagjaguwar.

He has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand, and shared stages with Bon Iver, Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Bill Callahan, Saul Williams, Tinariwen, Daniel Lanois, and many others.

He has also experimented with film, photography, and video throughout his career. His directorial debut, the short narrative film I Snuck Off the Slave Ship, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

The 2023 podcast, Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, follows the history of the infamous reform school in Alabama (which many refer to as a “slave camp for kids”) and profiles Holley’s early life and the struggles he and so many others suffered at the hands of the state of Alabama.

In 2022 Holley was named a USA Artist Fellow. His visual art is represented by Blum & Poe Gallery (Los Angeles) and Edel Assanti Gallery (London). He continues to make art and music from his home and studio in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lee Bains is a singer-songwriter and poet whose work is steeped in the American South. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and living in Atlanta for over a decade, Bains’s songs are hopeful, but far from naive.

On 2022’s Old-Time Folks (Don Giovanni), his fourth album with The Glory Fires, he delivers songs that mix sounds of the South — rock and roll, gospel, punk, soul, country, hip-hop — to deliver stories of resistance and love.

Challenging revisionist histories that would prefer to forget the worst parts of our collective past as much as the present neoliberal logic that reduces people to numbers, they celebrate the messiness of humanity and the power of solidarity and love.

PRESS FOR 2022'S OLD-TIME FOLKS

"The latest from Alabama singer-songwriter Lee Bains is a roots-punk masterpiece." - Rolling Stone

"Lee Bains and the Glory Fires are known for their Southern punk rock bangers. But ... their latest album also includes country-adjacent ballads and dad rock — if your dad is an anti-capitalist preacher on unionized resistance and anti-racism." - Washington Post

“Bains… specializes in erudite, poetic protest songs. The band's fourth album, Old-Time Folks … is its magnum opus, across which Bains' sweeping, anthemic songs become a channel to the South's past and present. He explores how the region has been misrepresented and sabotaged, and he pays tribute to those who have resisted oppression, from Indigenous tribes defending their land against settlers to union workers putting their lives on the line to strike. With Old-Time Folks, Bains offers his most profound work to date - an entire record that musically reflects the depth of emotion that he pours into his songs. He draws a line of solidarity that straddles Southern past and present, a reminder that no one is above those who came before.” - No Depression

"The result is one of those records that contains a complete aesthetic and political world view, a song cycle like Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, in which phrases repeat in different contexts, each iteration deepening the others." - Oxford American

“… excellent new album Old-Time Folks, a sprawling, Southern, punk rock epic about outlaws and revolutionaries from … Alabama and Georgia.” - Bandcamp

"For a decade now, Lee Bains has been the irate poet of the modern American South, delivering rapid-fire deconstructions and excoriations of his racially and economically striated homeplace." - Mojo

Lonnie Holley and Lee Bains

Like Hell Broke Away

**Jordan Thorne presents: A Celebration of Women Songwriters live at Eddie's Attic!**

Join us for an intimate night of music and storytelling by Jordan Thorne, Hannah Murphy, and Lizzie Driggers. These three talented artists will take the stage to share their original music and inspiration behind their stories and songwriting process. Don’t miss the chance to be part of a beautiful night of music that highlights the strength, vulnerability, and artistry of women songwriters.

Jordan Thorne presents: A Celebration of Women Songwriters

**NJ with Aaron Rizzo, Joshua Fletcher, and Jordan. live at Eddie's Attic!**

NJ is an emerging singer/songwriter based in Atlanta, Ga. Born in Cincinnati, she always centered music in her life. She was consistently involved with musical theatre, band, and choir. It was her passion from a very young age. Even though she was always singing, NJ didn’t start writing her own original music to release until 2019. She loved creating catchy, empowering, and fun pop songs, but lately she has fallen in love with writing songs that are centered around just her and a guitar. She believes there’s something so special about storytelling through honesty and vulnerability. NJ’s first ever show was at Eddie’s Attic in 2022, but this is her first time headlining the venue.

Aaron Rizzo is a songwriter, producer and performing artist from Rochester, NY. By early adolescence, an obsession with picking apart songs manifested itself into a slew of original projects. Rizzo rotated through genres and instruments quickly, eventually leading to proficiency as a session player and multi-instrumentalist in his early 20s. Much of Rizzo’s influence comes not from guitar players, but drummers. As a rhythmically based player, he has drawn inspiration from the likes of Steve Jordan, Nate Smith, Carter Mclean and many others. This has afforded him a distinct perspective on his primary instrument – guitar.

Joshua Fletcher discovered a love for songwriting at an early age, penning angsty christian punk songs for his first band, “The Knockout,” in the back of public school classrooms in the Atlanta suburbs where he was raised. Somehow, despite being raised on Christian Rock and getting way too into Ryan Adams (before it was problematic), he found his own voice, an amalgamation of the music that moves him he generally refers to as “indie-americana.” The songs he writes are reflections of places in time - a way for him to reckon with a world whose changes we are never truly prepared to bear. Joshua Fletcher lives in Southwest Atlanta with his wife and two children. Despite how the songs sound, he is very happy.

Jordan. is an Atlanta based alternative indie artist who reels the listener in with her acoustic sound and keeps them invested with her relatable lyrics. Having lived all over the US, Jordan.’s style is inspired by her southern roots, northern adventures and life long lessons she learned out West. Whether it’s a cover or one of her many originals her focus is sharing vulnerability and creating connection through sound. New to the scene but not new to the craft, Jordan.’s time frequenting open mics and playing backyard gigs and has her well on her way to carving out her own lane in the music industry.

NJ & Friends with special guests Aaron Rizzo, Joshua Fletcher, and Jordan.

**Dan Bern live at Eddie's Attic!**

Dan Bern is a captivating live performer with a loyal, multi-generational following. He has written thousands of songs, released dozens of albums, and played shows across North America and Europe–from coffee shops to Carnegie Hall.

Bern’s songs have appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including Judd Apatow’s “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” “Get Him to the Greek“ and “The Bubble.” He appeared as himself in the 2022 Hannukah film “Menorah in the Middle” on Hulu, and wrote and performed 2 seasons of songs for Amazon Prime’s award-winning kids program, “The Stinky & Dirty Show.”

A true renaissance artist, Bern is the author of some dozen books of stories and poems and is a prolific painter. His online “Hunkered in the Bunker” shows have a passionate community of followers, while his topical sports songs are regularly featured on “The Tony Kornheiser Show.” He was recently inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Dan Bern

**Alexa Rose with special guest Liv Greene live at Eddie's Attic!**

On her new album ‘Headwaters’…

Headwaters are the source of a river. The furthest point from where water merges with something else. They are not mighty. Just a network of small tributaries, like a creek, not necessarily picturesque, but they’re the most important part of the river. Water is fluid and inconsistent and sacred and indifferent. You can be miles down a river, but you’re still at the origin. And in that way, water feels like it has transcended time. That’s how these songs found me—the way memories find you, in that slivering, elusive water. As quickly as you come across them, you bend in another direction.

Headwaters is the sophomore album from Virginian indie folk singer Alexa Rose. A series of minutely-observed vignettes that feel intimate and expansive at the same time. It captures the sweetness of life without avoiding any of the pain, with songs about time and its constraints, peppered with precise details pulled from Rose’s own life that make universal themes seem personal, inviting the listener to make each song their own.

A series of rivers, Headwaters is centered on the fluidity of time. After a year where time has seemed to ebb and flow inconsistently and all routine has been dismantled, I found myself writing in the medium of water, says Rose. When I was sitting alone in my room in the southern summer heat, windows open, humidity fuming, a song called Human poured out of me. It was August, and all summer there had been such a tremendous sense of humanity, revolution, justice coming up against division, misinformation, fear. Like most regular, feeling people, I had such a strange mixture of emotions: grief, excitement; solidarity with the ways people across the world were showing up to love and support one another. I wanted so badly to run outside and be a part of it all, right then and there in that moment. But I was stuck at home. And in that strange swelling of simultaneous loss and the richness of witnessing so much kindness, I remember laying on the bed with the guitar, staring at the ceiling, and just singing “I wanna go downtown and look some stranger in the face.” I would be happy to see anyone. I just really want to hug someone. To jump into some icy swimming hole. To feel the surge of aliveness. And I felt so imperfect and raw, but I knew so did everyone else.

Recorded over five sessions in Memphis, Tennessee at Delta Sonic Studios, with Bruce Watson producing, with mixing by Matt Ross-Spang and Clay Jones. Rose would sometimes bring songs written the night before and record them the next day with an all-star band, including guitarist Will Sexton, bassist Mark Stuart, drummer George Sluppick, and Al Gamble on organ and piano. The immediacy of being in the studio with freshly-written songs and an excellent band allowed Rose to expand her music in new ways.

I feel like this record is the first time I’ve ever let my whole self into the room, says Rose. The parts of me that are angry and wanting to stand up and the parts that want to be quiet. The parts that remember being a kid. Letting myself release all of that in the studio and having all these people back me up and make it work was a tremendous gift.

When I turned 27 and felt the weight of a decade in a conversation, I envisioned my present and past self in the form of a frenetic, uneasy current slapping up against a steady boat. I imagined my great grandparents in their garden in the golden embers of some evening and the timeless sensation of change, the colorful sunsets I’ve seen through their own eyes, decades later.

And in the same way I found the songs, waves breaking against my own roughness, only visitors, I’m passing them on to you now. May all of your rivers come back headwaters.

*Liv Greene*

Liv Greene isn’t running from herself anymore. She’s pried herself open and let real longing, frustration, and love break free. Deep Feeler, her sophomore album, is a reckoning with reality, a vulnerable snapshot of hard-won self-acceptance. It’s feminine, queer, and defiant. It also heralds the arrival of Greene as a powerful new voice who joins the songwriting tradition of Emmylou, Patty, Gillian, and Lucinda – in her own way. Greene self-produced and recorded Deep Feeler primarily live to tape in Nashville’s Woodland Sound Studios, with collaborator Matt Andrews (Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, O Brother Where Art Thou) and a dreamy band of friends including Jack Schneider, Sarah Jarosz, Dom Billett, Elise Leavy, Jordan Tice, and Christian Sedelmeyer. The resulting collection of lilting melodies and poignant storytelling is a bold achievement: a piece of art that matters culturally, musically, and personally.

Alexa Rose with special guest Liv Greene

**Brenna MacMillan and Friends live at Eddie's Attic!**

Originally from Winchester, Kentucky, Brenna MacMillan began playing banjo at the age of nine. Brenna performed frequently in the Lexington area which led to opening for J.D. Crowe and Bobby Osborne. Attending Berea College, Brenna played with the Bluegrass Ensemble under Al White and was awarded the Red Foley Memorial Music Award in 2018. After graduating, Brenna moved to Nashville and started Theo & Brenna Band with her brother Theo. Their full bluegrass band toured for several years, releasing two albums.

Brenna now plays with a variety of Nashville artists, bluegrass, Americana, and country, and can be seen making guest appearances around town and collaborating with musicians on social media, where she has a substantial following. Her tender songwriting combined with traditional banjo playing brings a fresh sound to singer-songwriter folk and bluegrass alike. Her songs have undertones of West African rhythms, old Kentuckian soil melodies and an innate resonation of storytelling. Brenna’s recently released EP Black Bear showcases the depth of her profound storytelling and tune making and includes collaborations with three generations of acoustic greats - Sarah Jarosz, Ronnie McCoury and Peter Rowan. Brenna will bring a full band from Nashville! This show is a partnership between Eddies Attic and Atlanta Americana which focuses on friends inviting friends to see and hear great live music.

Brenna MacMillan and Friends

**Willie Traywick live at Eddie's Attic!**

 Willie Traywick

**The Secret Sisters live at Eddie's Attic!**

Since their 2010 self-titled debut, The Secret Sisters have brought their spellbinding harmonies to songs that untangle the thorniest aspects of life and love and womanhood. In the making of their new album, Mind, Man, Medicine, Alabama-bred siblings Laura Rogers and Lydia Slagle found their songwriting transformed by a newfound sense of self-reliance and equanimity, threading their lyrics with hard-won insight into the complexities of motherhood, commitment, compassion, and self-preservation in an endlessly chaotic world. Centered on a kaleidoscopic sound that boldly blurs the edges of country-folk, the duo’s fifth full-length ultimately confronts many of modern life’s harshest challenges while leading the listener toward a more open-hearted state of mind.

“In our previous records there was a feeling that we had something to prove, but now we’re leaning toward a place of peaceful acceptance and trying to stay immersed in the present,” says Slagle, noting that their shared experience in parenting young children greatly informed that shift in perspective.

“There are definitely still moments of frustration and anger on this album, but there’s also a little more light,” Rogers adds. “I think a lot of that came from getting older, and from letting go of the pressure we put on ourselves in the past. We finally reached the point of saying, ‘Let’s just write the songs honestly as we can, and trust that they’ll reach whoever they’re meant to reach.’”

The follow-up to Saturn Return—their 2020 Grammy-nominated LP co-produced by Brandi Carlile and lavishly praised by the likes of Rolling Stone—Mind, Man, Medicine finds The Secret Sisters co-producing alongside Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes, St. Paul & the Broken Bones) and John Paul White (formerly of Grammy-winning duo the Civil Wars). “On Saturn Return we’d gotten much more confident as far as directing the sound of the record and knowing how to capture our voices in the most honest way, so it felt like the right time for our first foray into production,” says Rogers.

The latest in a series of critically lauded releases, the album came to life at FAME Studios (the historic spot in their hometown of Muscle Shoals) and at Sun Drop Sound in nearby Florence, with contributions from such esteemed musicians as Alabama Shakes bassist Zac Cockrell and legendary multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell (Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Levon Helm).

Referring to The Secret Sisters’ latest chapter as “one where we seek, savor, and settle,” the duo lifted the title to Mind, Man, Medicine from a lyric in “Same Water”: a gorgeously bluesy meditation on the search for healing in a profoundly troubled world, channeling both weariness and empathy with soulful conviction. “There’s a line in ‘Same Water’ that says ‘Mind or man or medicine/I have tried them all,’ which feels like it encompasses everything we were trying to say on this record,” Slagle explains. “In a lot of these songs we’re struggling with our own minds and emotions, with our relationships, and with whatever we’re using to try to cope and find relief.”

In a lovely introduction to the album’s expansive sound, Mind, Man, Medicine opens on a hypnotic number called “Space.” With its stark yet sprawling arrangement of luminous piano, otherworldly synth, and moody guitar tones—achieved in part through Slagle’s performance on rubber bridge guitar—“Space” infuses an element of dreamy psychedelia into The Secret Sisters’ contemplation of human connection and all its intricacies. “It’s about recognizing that loving someone isn’t always going to be easy, especially when they have a belief or a political leaning that you disagree with,” says Rogers. “It’s so simple to project your desires onto someone else, but in the end you have to hold onto what you love and value about them, even when it gets tough.”

In its lived-in exploration of what holds us together and tears us apart, Mind, Man, Medicine delves further into nuanced social commentary on “If the World Was a House.” “We’ve all heard about moments in history where people collectively experienced something very challenging, but ended up coming out of it stronger,” says Rogers. “When I look at the world around us, it seems like the pandemic didn’t have that effect—if anything, it feels like we’re even more divided now . That song is wrestling with a longing for everyone to take better care of each other, and to recognize that every person you share the planet with matters just as much as you do.”

Astute observers of the heart’s most intimate dimensions, The Secret Sisters also offer up such wildly effusive love songs as “Paperweight”—a prime showcase for their deep-rooted country sensibilities, graced with galloping rhythms and a bit of exquisitely nimble fiddle work from Campbell. “I tend to go with the flow in a way that can be unhealthy, where I sometimes hold back from speaking up for myself because I don’t want to ruffle any feathers,” says Slagle. “But one thing that’s always made everything feel solid and stable is my relationship with my husband, so I wrote ‘Paperweight’ about having that person who keeps you grounded when you feel like you might just float away.” Meanwhile, on “ All The Ways” singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne lends his raspy vocals to a slow-burning track touched with all the sublime simplicity and low-slung grooves of classic R&B. “I love those moments in a live show when everyone sings together and there’s a feeling of the artist and audience sharing in the song’s performance,” says Rogers. “I wanted to create a chorus like that—something everyone can sing at the top of their lungs—and eventually it evolved into a song about feeling strong and powerful in your own femininity.”

Elsewhere on Mind, Man, Medicine, The Secret Sisters bring their layered introspection and boundless sensitivity to such complicated subjects as fractured friendships (“Never Walk Away”), the interconnectedness of love and advocacy (“I’ve Got Your Back”), the loss of identity often experienced in the early stages of motherhood (“Bear With Me”), and the singular joy of truly conditional love (“I Can Never Be Without You Anymore”). “Through our experience in raising children, Lydia and I have both had the realization that there’s nowhere we could go on this entire planet where our hearts won’t be with our kids,” says Rogers in discussing the inspiration behind “I Can Never Be Without You Anymore.” “That can be a difficult reality at times, but it’s glorious as well. I’m really proud of that one, and of the fact that we were able to write a love song that comes from a less painful place than many of our love songs in the past.”

Looking back on the creation of Mind, Man, Medicine, The Secret Sisters reveal that the immense support of their fans played a major role in their willingness to tread previously uncharted emotional terrain. “I remember playing a show last fall and expressing my gratitude to the crowd that they’d come out to see us, because as mothers of young children we now understand how challenging that can be,” says Rogers. “Later on that night a woman came up to us with her daughter and husband and said something like, ‘I know it’s so hard to leave your babies—but you leaving your babies at home for a little while is what makes moments like this happen for other families.’ It was so gratifying to hear that, and reminded me of the whole purpose behind the music that we make: it’s to benefit the hearts of other people, anyone who needs that healing or validation or connection, or even just the space to cry. That’s why we keep doing this.”

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**Jackson Country Line live at Eddie's Attic!**

Formed in 2006, Jackson County Line has traversed many treacherous and crooked roads to arrive at the distinctive brand of Americana they bring to stages today.

Ear sticky songwriting laced with cello, hypnotically placed ambiance, tangible hooks, and toe-tapping power grooves have garnered a growing fan base for the Atlanta five-piece.

Jackson County Line

**Roberta Lea live at Eddie's Attic!**

American Songwriter describes Roberta Lea as “a compelling artist” while the Nashville Scene praises her ability to “score hits with her catchy, textured and beautifully sung originals.” The award-winning singer/songwriter released her debut album “Too Much of a Woman” to critical acclaim and punctuated her presence in the industry with a coast to coast tour. Described as “country-neo-pop” with a “delicious, folky flare”, the Virginia native is known as a powerful songwriter and engaging storyteller. Listeners turned fans describe her style as one that fits comfortably between Shania Twain’s fun and catchy pop-country singles and Tracy Chapman’s heavy weight, cinematic chokeholds. As a touring member of The Black Opry, one of CMT’s Next Women of Country Class of 2023 and a voting member of The Recording Academy, Lea is steadily building a successful, sustainable artist career that will be etched in Virginia’s history and beyond.

Roberta Lea

**Davin McCoy live at Eddie's Attic!**

Atlanta's Davin McCoy is a singer-songwriter known for his soulful blend of rock, Americana, folk, and blues. His authentically raw lyrics, coupled with a voice that resonates with the roller coaster emotions of life, take listeners through every imaginable relationship high-and-low, fueled by themes of love, loss, and redemption. McCoy has carved out a unique space in the Southern music scene. His storytelling ability and melodic sensibility have earned him a dedicated following, a fanbase that eagerly awaits the artist's first studio album in more than a decade. Expected in early 2025, the album was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and captures McCoy's journey through marriage, fatherhood, and breakups.

Davin McCoy

**Big Richard live at Eddie's Attic!**

The world-class musicians in Big Richard initially convened in 2021 for a festival date.

The quartet showed up to the one-off like it had been together for years and quicklygraduated to club shows and dates. The musicians siphon from bluegrass, old time, classical, country, and pop. Bursting with jaw-dropping virtuosity; playfully irreverent stage banter; stunning four-part harmony; imaginative arrangements; a refreshingly eclectic repertoire; and a healthy dose of lady rage, Big Richard is poised to penetrate the Americana music world and beyond.

To date, the quartet has issued 3 singles, the Live from Telluride album, and it has new music on the way.

Big Richard

**Kevn Kinney live at Eddie's Attic!**

Kevn Kinney is most widely known as founder and frontman of Atlanta-based rock band Drivin- N-Cryin. A highly-acclaimed singer, songwriter, musician, performer, visual artist and poet, he has recently been inducted into both the Wisconsin Music Hall of Fame and Georgia Music Hall of Fame for his impactful legacy of art.

Kinney has released multiple critically acclaimed solo and band recordings during his career having also collaborated with Warren Haynes, REM, The Who and John Popper, among others. Peter Buck of REM has produced and performed on several of Kevn’s albums and continues to be involved in his career.

Kevn Kinney has continuously toured full-time with his band Drivin n Cryin while simultaneously carving out a niche for himself as a solo artist. From the festival stage to the smallest house concert, fans are always excited at the opportunity to see him up close and personal in a stripped-down acoustic setting.

Recent touring include multiple dates with the Indigo Girls, Blackberry Smoke, The Black Crowes and others.

His latest solo studio album Think About It was released in 2022. In Fall 2023 the first release of the Let’s Go Dancin’: A Compilation Celebrating The Songs Of Kevn Kinney four-album vinyl series came out with over 100 digital recorded titles slated to go through end of 2024. The project is a massive all-star tribute to songwriter, poet, performer Kevn Kinney. Tracks from Jason Isbell, Violent Femmes, Shovels & Rope, Mike Farris, Great Peacock and dozens more will be released.

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Kevn Kinney

**Lucas Jack live at Eddie's Attic!**

The Sound: Imagine Billy Joel was the front man for Hall & Oates.

Lucas Jack began his songwriting and performance career creating songs for family occasions as a small boy, a passion he carried as a teenager to the bars, hotel lobbies, and social events growing up in Michigan – anywhere with an unguarded piano.

This creative impulse was cultivated throughout his twenties, playing in bands, and honing his craft while practicing law in Chicago. Sacrificing the certainty of a professional career and following a move to Texas, he began pursuing music full-time and released his first album, The Chicago EP, in 2012. Two more studio albums followed: Before I Forget (2015) and Make it Beautiful (2016).

After 6 years of playing shows, writing music, and developing his sound with bandmates Justin Schneider and Mike Gomez, the band signed a record deal and recorded some of their most inspired music yet throughout 2022 and 2023 at Studio G in Brooklyn (NY) with producer Pete Harper. The result is Bittersweet is Better, a journey through the complexities of love, aging, chasing the dream, and fending off demons backed by music from a band that is finding its voice.

Already compiling over 2 million streams and 350K new listeners, Bittersweet is Better is connecting in an elevated way with both old and new fans.

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