Sylvia Theater 
Concert Calendar

Stevie Coyle (late of the whiz-bang string band The Waybacks) is one lucky bum. His dad ran a radio station in southern California and brought home all the promo LPs that didn't fit the Spanish-language format. The Ventures' Guitar Freakout, The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett and Alvin And The Chipmunks Play The Beatles' Hits all came home on a single fateful day. It didn't hurt, either, that string-meister David Lindley played in a bluegrass band that rehearsed right next door and gave Stevie his very first lessons, or that his dear Granny was a pianist in the heyday of vaudeville and that his sainted mother was a whiz in mandolin orchestras during the 1930s.  Stevie has degrees in both Theater and Theology and 

"Guitar-toting folkie Ian Thomas may reside in New York City, but his sound bypasses the concrete jungle for the deep rural territories of acoustic blues. For a youngster, Thomas has an astonishing command of his sound; this is timeless material expertly performed.  Thomas effortlessly bounces through jaunty rags, crying ballads and gentle folk, treating each style with casual reverence. Many of his songs are Dylanesque, but Thomas never seems to be copying the Minnesota marvel. Instead, their similarities arise from a common way of viewing the American music canon.  Thomas delves into gut-wrenching poetics and rousing raves, each with the same charming result." -- cdbaby.com/cd/ianthomas

The members of the Holy Ghost Tent Revival assembled out of a singular, driving purpose: to bring the sounds that will make your mothers chant; the sounds that will make your fathers get up and dance; to make the preacher man's daughter blush and turn the volume up on her stereo just a little bit more......  These young men guarantee honesty in the hopes that you may think of their words when joys or troubles involve themselves in your life, but most importantly, they wish to extend their love for all your kind words and support as they grow in their mission to bring the good-time sounds of the Carolinas to those in need of just that. Pull a chair up and listen close to the beat, and hopefully you'll like what you hear.

"With a sound all their own and a stage show to match, Bombadil is, if nothing else, one of the freshest bands to emerge in a long time. Formed by Daniel Michalak, Bryan Rahija and Stuart Robinson, this band draws on a unique mélange of influences to create a sound that is unclassifiable. .....A circus-reared version of The Band was born in Bolivia where Michalak and Rahija first met. The folk music indigenous to the region lit a creative spark and inspired the two to begin 

growing Charlotte music scene, he has hit the road.  Surrounded by the plethora of aspiring musicians who have moved to New York City, Joshua has been able to distinguish himself with his truly breathtaking and soulful voice. Influenced by legends like Bob Dylan and Sam Cooke, and peers like Ian Thomas and Austin Hill, Joshua has blended folk and soul and poetry and created a truly powerful and sophisticated sound.

"Consisting of a banjo player and guitarist, The Corduroy Road's records are influenced by old-time country and Americana, while the live performances exude the energy of punk rock."
--Athens Banner-Herald

"Like a good cry-and like the best country music-Jill Andrews and Sam Quinn's songs are all shuddering sighs, aching confessions and upturned hearts spilling out over layers of pedal steel, fiddle and acoustic guitar, delivered by two of the most disparately beautiful voices to ever meld."
--Paste Magazine's "Top Albums of 2007" feature

David Grazynski, who writes and performs under the pseudonym 'Monitor and the Merrimac', was born in the Northeast of the US in the early '80's, but his sound and subjects are timeless. He draws influence from American Roots music and the simplicities (and complexities) of life in general with the banjo to form songs in a time when storytelling is becoming a dying art.