Tell Her This is an inspiring blend of podcasting, visual art, and live music that celebrates the voices and wisdom of women This event is part of Hill Center’s annual Benjamin Drummond series of cultural and scholarly programming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H__SOZTolQ As a singer and songwriter, Rochelle Rice creates introspective and deeply profound live music experiences. Her…

Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday     CARRIE ELKIN & DANNY SCHMIDT TOGETHER Two Great Songwriters, One Great Night "Schmidt is a remarkable songwriter, poetic, funny, lyrical and moving. And Elkin is an infectious performer." - Martin Chilton, Telegraph UK It's a special treat when Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin share…

In the heart of Lafayette, where Cajun spirit meets creative fervor, Prends Courage was born. This dynamic band is a testament to the power of music to transcend time and…

Duende Camarón is fronted by brothers Mario and Jose Oretea, who were born and raised in Bolivia and started playing guitar at a young age.  They were heavily influenced by…

Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson Luciane Dom, multilingual singer, songwriter and producer, is part of the new generation of contemporary artists from Rio de…

Critically acclaimed roots five piece I Draw Slow is currently touring their sixth and most exciting album to date. The band has consistently redefined roots music over four celebrated albums.…

Hill Center is thrilled to welcome back the amazing Seán Dagher following his sold-out concert here last year. Seán is an active performer, arranger, and composer of music from various folk and classical music traditions: Celtic, Baroque, Medieval, Arabic, French-Canadian, and Maritime. He is a member of Skye Consort and is the co-artistic director of…

Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson Co-sponsored by India House Foundation Afghan American rabab virtuoso Qais Essar has joined forces with Sikh American trumpet player and singer Sonny Singh in a new project that obliterates musical, political, and religious boundaries. Weaving together the ancient sound and haunting melodies of the rabab, a 2,500 year-old…

“Absolutely electrifying... mesmerizing melodies that redefine what’s traditional, with personality and verve.” — CelticRadio.net House of Hamill returns to Hill Center following their sold-out 2024 concert House of Hamill owes its existence - almost entirely - to a series of cancelled flights. Rose Baldino and Brian Buchanan first found themselves onstage together at the 2014 Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City.…

Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday Hill Center is thrilled to welcome back the phenomenal Buffalo Rose following their sold-out 2024 Concert. “How can a band be loose and tight at the same time? Listen to Buffalo Rose for the answer. I flat love them.” — Tom Paxton, folk music legend…

Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday “Their unique combination of instruments “featuring cello as a utility infielder, at once filling in as the second “fiddle” role,…

The Foghorn Stringband is the present day gold standard for real-deal hard-hitting genuine old-time American string band music, with nine albums, thousands of shows, over 20 years of touring under…

Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday Kipyn Martin is an emerging Indie Folk singer-songwriter whose roots sink deep into the banks of the Shenandoah River. She…

Louisiana's finest, four-time Grammy-Nominated, world-renown Pine Leaf Boys have made a name for presenting their own inimitable brand of Louisiana music with youthful exuberance. Hailing from southwest Louisiana, the Pine Leaf Boys,…

Brennen Leigh was perhaps fated to “walk the line” from birth. Born in Fargo, North Dakota, she was raised just across the state border in Moorhead, Minnesota, in an environment where country music was all-encompassing. “My parents listened to country music, to the point where I didn’t realize there was other music,” she recalls.   …

Talharpa is a two to four stringed bowed lyre from northern Europe. Historically, it has been played in the Estonian-Swedish areas and in Western Estonia, particularly among Estonian Swedes who came to Estonia around the 10th century from the Swedish part of Finland. Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson Global…

Featuring Spyros Koliavasilis, Hakan Keles, Nicholas Mitrone and Firat Alpergin DC Café Aman invites you on a journey where time dissolves and borders become meaningless. DC Café Aman transmits the rich cross-cultural soundscape of Greece, Turkey, and the Mediterranean region, celebrating deeply intertwined musical heritages. The band draws its name from the legendary Café Amans—cafes…

A century of forgetfulness and erasure has led to diminished public awareness of the Black string band tradition - and similarly diminished numbers of Black string bands. As of 2023, a new Black string band has risen to carry the torch: New Dangerfield. New Dangerfield was originally conceptualized by award-winning banjoist Tray Wellington, who enlisted three other…

“Delightfully expressive, expansive, and pleasing, with Witness, Megan Burtt crafts a rich tapestry of colors and evocative textures.” – Guitar Girl Magazine Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday Megan Burtt (https://www.meganburtt.com/) is an international touring singer/songwriter who has garnered national recognition. She has recently released Witness, her first solo album in…

Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday Luke Bulla has been singing and playing music most of his life. Touring with and singing in his family band from age four, Luke took up the fiddle at seven. Over the course of the next few years, he won the National Fiddle Contest (in…

“Listen up – They’re good!” --Fairport Convention’s Simon Nicol Fairport Convention’s Simon Nicol says that OCEAN are exciting because they “get right inside the spirit of the folk music of the British Isles, unpick it and weave it into a bright new fabric on their own 21st century American loom.”  Tony Barrand of Nowell Sing…

"Big Lazy, the elegantly gritty instrumental trio led by the extraordinary guitarist Stephen Ulrich, plays stunningly beautiful music that evokes everything from truckers' romps to the haunting film scores of…