Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Kimaya Diggs
Laini & The Wildfire
Aug Stone
$10 advanced / $12 at the door
18+ with parent/guardian
Doors at 7 PM
Music at 8 PM
KIMAYA DIGGS
Kimaya Diggs is an emerging artist and songwriter from Western Massachusetts. Her new album "Quincy" explores Diggs' unique style of Soul, Folk, and R&B. Diggs was nominated in the "Best New Artist" and "Album of the Year" categories at the 2023 New England Music Awards and was recently honored as one of 10 artists of color making a difference in the Boston area by WBUR. She has opened for the likes of Trombone Shorty, Lizzie No, Tank and The Bangas, and has toured with Heather Maloney. The Boston Globe calls her “Expressive, smooth vocals…she’s kind of an unstoppable force.”
LAINI & THE WILDFIRE
Laini and the Wildfire is a piano-fronted pop rock band with lots of sass and a little soul from New Haven, CT. Since 2016, the band has been actively releasing music and performing at venues and festivals throughout the east coast. Their latest single "Hold On To Your Soul" is a feel-good soulful jam that channels the eclectic musical blend of artists like Lake Street Dive and Grace Potter. The song marks the re-emergence of the group with a message about understanding the value in being who you are at your core without compromise, and sets the tone for future releases.
In November 2017, Laini and the Wildfire released their first full length album, Wandering, which awarded them the title of “Best Pop Band 2017” by Indie Voice Blog, as well as numerous write-ups from press outlets including The Hartford Courant, CD Baby, The Big Takeover, and Indie Spoonful (view "Press" for more info). They have steadily gained recognition for their energetic and engaging performances and some performance highlights include: Sailfest (New London, CT), Riverfront Music Revival (Shelton, CT) and Conserfest (Block Island, RI). Laini and the Wildfire plans to release several singles into early 2022, before releasing a full collection of new songs later in the year.
Band Members: Laini Marenick (vocals and keys), Mark Marenick (guitar/back up vocals), Rob Siraco (drums/back up vocals), Will Talamelli (bass)
AUG STONE
“If you like what is clearly a celebration of the English language, you should go to augstone.com” – Jackie Kashian, Dork Forest
I write words and music, sometimes together.
For comedy, see Young Southpaw.
I write about music, books, comics, film, and healthy eating. My work has appeared at The Quietus, Under The Radar, The Comics Journal, Red Bull Music Academy, Shindig!, The Big Takeover, Brooklyn Vegan, Dazed magazine, Clash Music online, Southern Pacific Review, and other sites and mags. In 2020 I published my Nick Cave’s Bar memoir, available everywhere online and in shops across the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Australia. In 2014 I published my first comedy novel, Off-License To K*ll.
For music, check out Aug Stone & The Love Conspiracy, The Soft Close-Ups, H Bird, Eiscafe, AUNTIE, rock stone, and Lullaby Oscillator. I used to play bass in Rockets Burst From The Streetlamps, and guitar in Lifestyle and The Texas Governor.
In April 2016, Bill Drummond interviewed me. We spoke about POP Music & Love, Van Halen & The Smiths, music and writing, and much else in between. The video below will give you a pretty good idea “about me”.
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