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A while back one of those business guru types wrote a book whose core idea was that you should never eat lunch alone. The idea was that meal time is simply too valuable to not be making connections and networking. What he didn’t know was that it’s even cooler to eat with friends taking in live music because it’s good for your soul. In that spirit, we hope to see you Friday at noon for an all woman bill with a charming newcomer, an acclaimed veteran and a hot new(ish) duo.

Rep. Matt Gaetz introduces bill to stop D.C. vaccine mandate after calling out 30A Songwriters Festival

You’ve likely seen Ted Russell Kamp’s name on a slew of Americana records as the multi-instrumentalist, producer, in-demand sideman, longtime bass player for Shooter Jennings and as a solo artist as well. Kamp’s 13th full album release, Solitaire, consists of 14 songs recorded mostly alone at home during the last nine months of the lockdown. Relative to his past efforts, these songs and overall feel of the album have a more intimate and singer-songwriter quality. Although Kamp plays the ...

  Before the pandemic, Ted Russell Kamp traveled the world playing about 200 shows a year, playing his own blend of roots and Americana music as well as being the longtime bass player for Shooter Jennings. He also began working as producer in his home studio—The Den – where he has now produced numerous well-received albums for fellow artists such as Emily Zuzik, Funkyjenn, AJ Hobbs, Creekwood, Brian Spence, Travis Napier, Rayna Day, Richie Allbright, Grant Langston and more. When the pan...

... David Byrne once wrote that music’s evolution is shaped by the spaces it occupies, filling rooms and halls the way water takes the shape of its vessel. Artists, he observed, “work backward, either consciously or unconsciously, creating work that fits the venue available to us.” And what if no venues were available? He doesn’t say, because before the horrible, terrible, never-to-be-forgotten year of 2020, it would have seemed like a preposterous thought. The shutdown of performance...