GXB’s scorching, hook laden Southern rock and roll blends with country and soul influences for a tight, high energy live show. Built around the “instant classic” songwriting of Guy Bouchie, the band is rounded out by veteran DC musician Ben Tufts and the new addition of hard-hitting drummer Eric Levy.
Karen Jonas is a powerhouse songwriter, storyteller, and poet with a voice to match. Smart,witty, and rooted in femininity, Rolling Stone Germany called her “a bit dangerous and a bitwicked.” Her magnetically retro seventh album The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch (2024) is“gloriously whimsical” (Rocking Magpie UK), “ambitious, thought-provoking, relatable, and veryentertaining” (Country Music People UK). Karen is a four-time Wammie (Washington AreaMusic) Award winner, Mid Atlantic Song Contest winner, Ameripolitan Award nominee, andofficial SXSW and UK Americanafest Showcasing Artist. A mother of four (and five cats), she prioritizes time at home but charms just as effectively there, sharing casually-strummed songsand carefully-crafted poetry to fans all around the world. As Parklife Mag DC put it, “the voice ofcountry music in the DMV is a big, bright voice that belongs to Virginia native Karen Jonas
In 2019, seasoned sideman Jon Tyler Wiley began recording his first solo album. He played all the instruments himself, so when it was time to perform the songs live, he called up a group of his friends to rehearse the material for live shows, and the Virginia Choir was born. This diversely talented cast of musicians quickly forged its identity, playing energetic live shows drawing from influences as diverse as Americana, World Music, and good, old-fashioned, barroom rock and roll. Vents Magazine calls them “A group that you most definitely need to know, [performing] arena-filling, vibrant, soaring Americana goodness.” Glide Magazine says that the band “…contrasts alt-country and Americana with explosions of anthemic rock to make for a sound that is truly one of a kind.”
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