Quicksilver Productions Foundation is thrilled to present Viv & Riley as part of the free, outdoor American Roots Music Series! A bittersweet nostalgia lies at the heart of Imaginary People, the new album from Viv & Riley, released September 15, 2023 on Free Dirt Records. Over ten tracks, the pair applies an indie roots sheen…

Co-hosted by Dave Wasserman, fiddler (and noted political/election analyst) Originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, Caitlin Warbelow is a violinist and fiddler based in Manhattan. For seven years, she was the violinist/fiddler for the Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated Broadway musical Come From Away. She has performed and toured with Riverdance’s Heartbeat of Home, Sting’s Broadway musical…

Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday "Sam Reider, composer, musician and band leader of a compact acoustic big band, is for me the 21st Century's folk Duke Ellington."   - Northern Sky Magazine Hill Center is thrilled to launch its new concert series this year in partnership with Stone Room Concerts and…

  This event is part of Hill Center’s annual Benjamin Drummond series of cultural and scholarly programming.   This engagement is made possible in part through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. The concert will be preceded by a conversation with the artists moderated by…

Quicksilver Productions Foundation is thrilled to present Sunny War as part of the free, outdoor American Roots Music Series! It’s no secret that great art comes from the margins. From those who are either pushed to create from inner forces, or who create to show they deserve to be recognized. Los Angeles-based street singer, guitarist,…

Come for the Sea Shanties, Stay for the "All For Me Grog" Concocted by Cotton & Reed Rum Distillers. ""Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog." _________________________________________________________________________   Seán Dagher is widely known for his recordings with the Assassin’s Creed video game series, including Black Flag. His renditions of sea shanties and…

“Nothing short of spellbinding…”- The Washington Post The Summer Solstice is the longest day and shortest night of the year, and was celebrated throughout the Celtic world as the peak of the Sun’s awesome power. Come hear the award-winning Maryland/Virginia Celtic ensemble, the OCEAN Celtic Quartet, in a program of traditional and original music celebrating the mystery…

Rogê (pronounced haw-zheh) was a Samba idol in the clubs of Rio before relocating to Los Angeles in 2019. He is a master of high voltage Samba-Funk, a contemporary brew of samba, soul, reggae and the slick, orchestrated polish of Motown. He is considered one of the most talented artists of his generation. He has…

Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson Cotton & Reed Rum Distillers Singular Swanky Tropical Rum Punch Will Be Available for Sale! Swanky Kitchen Band is on an essential quest to revive the traditional music of the Cayman Islands. Set amidst the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean Sea, the three tiny islands are…

Quicksilver Productions Foundation is thrilled to present Jourdan Thibodeaux as part of the free, outdoor American Roots Music Series! Jourdan Thibodeaux is the guy you picture when someone says the word “authentic.” Straight from the blackjack boggy woods of Cypress Island, Louisiana, Jourdan is one of only a small number of young people speaking Cajun…

Quicksilver Productions Foundation is thrilled to present Alexa Rose as part of the free, outdoor American Roots Music Series! 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…

Quicksilver Productions Foundation is thrilled to present Leon Timbo as part of the free, outdoor American Roots Music Series! Some write music as a creative release. Others feel compelled to perform. For country-soul singer-songwriter Leon Timbo, music is used as a form of growth and healing. Growing up the son of two pastors in Jacksonville,…

REGISTER HERE 20th Annual FODfest (Friends of Danny Pearl Festival) honors the life of  Daniel Pearl, the late Wall St. Journal reporter who was abducted and murdered by extremists in Pakistan shortly after 9-11. In addition to being an exceptional reporter, Danny was a fiercely talented musician who believed fervently in the power of music to…

Quicksilver Productions Foundation is thrilled to present Kyshona Armstrong as part of the free, outdoor American Roots Music Series! Kyshona lends her voice and music to those who feel silenced, forgotten or alone. She began her career as a music therapist, writing her first songs with patients -- students and inmates under her care. She…

“Absolutely electrifying... mesmerizing melodies that redefine what’s traditional, with personality and verve.” — CelticRadio.net Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday 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. Rose’s band Burning…

Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson Rebetiko is more than a musical form. It’s a sonic passport and a timbral time machine — a unique lyrical synthesis of Greek urban and island melodies and modal traditions from around the Mediterranean. It is a musical genre that was and is an…

Click here to hear the recent story on NPR's Morning Edition. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer join Chao Tian in a show that combines music from China to Appalachia and beyond. Instrumentation includes yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), gourd banjo, five-string banjo, ukulele, guitars, dumbek, cello-banjo and mandolin. The trio will release their debut CD this…

“They bring it all to the stage and deliver in a big way.” - GRAMMY Award-winning producer Lloyd Maines     Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David…

Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday Halley Neal and Sam Robbins are each solo singer-songwriters in their own right. Together, the two have released a collaborative Christmas album called…

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, unpack it and weave it into a bright new fabric on their own 21st century American loom.” Tony Barrand of Nowell Sing We Clear praises their “beautiful original songs and fabulous…

Celebrate the warmth of the season as Vox Pulchra joins award-winning artist Tina Chancey for a concert of beautiful holiday music spanning centuries and continents. Vox Pulchra, all members of the Capitol Hill Chorale, have delighted audiences around the DMV with programs of music from Western and Eastern Europe, and Early and Modern American composers. Tina Chancey is a…

““…all the vibes I love about folk music — well-crafted songs written from the heart and played with the hands, harmonies that lift the spirit…”” — Ani DiFranco Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday American songwriters Liam Robinson (banjo, accordion, vocals) and Jean Rohe (guitar, vocals) were brought together over fifteen…

Curated and Hosted by Stone Room Concerts Founder David Holiday “Nani shapes a remarkable rollercoaster of emotions accompanying herself on piano & her earthy trombone, while delighting the audience with her scatting melismas" - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Through her gorgeous songs, singer, composer, and instrumentalist Nani Vazana helps lead the effort to preserve Ladino, the endangered language…