Laura Blackley is a singer, songwriter and purveyor of high lonesome Appalachian blues and soul. She was an on-air host and producer for seven years at WNCW 88.7 FM in Spindale, NC, spotlighting regional music, women in roots music, and bluegrass and old-time. She currently works (in addition to her gig schedule) as a Teaching Artist with Musicworks!, a program that utilizes music and musicianship to teach life skills to young children. A born storyteller, she has played in many bands, traveled many back roads and interstates and enjoys digging up old tunes and hearing the stories behind them. She believes that music has a healing power and is a communal act, and is very much looking forward to the next gig.
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Ian Harrod is a singer, songwriter, guitar, and bass player. Known for playing bass in The Honeycutters, Velvet Truckstop, Ride With Daddy, and 176 as well as many other projects. His solo show is usually him on guitar singing a mix of originals and his favorite songs. He mostly covers 70s rock with a bit of soul, bluegrass, and jazz. But his originals are either an abstract story painting kind of song or something about universal truth and love. With a smooth easy to listen to voice and developed guitar style, you are sure to fall in love with the muse as it flows through him.