Americana Joy - Friday 5/24 - Rockin' Americana Music Showcase - Free

Americana Joy at Bigfoot Lodge!! is a free monthly Music series set in the heart of Hollywood. Join musical legacy Artist Matt Axton (son of Hoyt Axton) along with Grand Ole Country Bunker and Warbringer Southwest Bourbon as they bring a new crop of the best original Americana artists to the City of Angels each month. From Bluegrass to folk to Southern Rock and everything in between, Americana Joy takes great pride In creating a free community based showcase that gives a high quality platform to local, regional and touring independent musicians. This event is free and tickets are not required.

Schedule:

DJ Max - 8-9pm

Stephanie Erin Wittmer 9-9:40pm

Brea Burns & The Boleros 10-11pm

Paisley Fields 11-12:15ish

DJ Max 12am - close

Stephanie Erin Wittmer is a country singer-songwriter originally from central Illinois and now based out of Southern California. Growing up in small-town, rural Illinois, Wittmer was exposed to country music and performing at a very young age; she recalls putting on performances for her parents when she was three or four years old. Like many children, she took piano lessons, wrote poetry in her journal, and then finally thought to merge the two when she was a teen.Stephanie's debut EP Pilot merges 90s country influences and traditional country with modern folk-pop flourishes that make for an inspired journey along open roads and past tumbleweeds. Repeated listens to the short yet spirited collection might recall such iconic voices as Trisha Yearwood, Alison Krauss, and Shania Twain, but fans of modern Americana faves such as Margo Price will find something amongst Pilot’s four tunes to love as well.

Brea Burns and the Boleros are a Honky Tonk band based in Arizona and Los Angeles, led by front woman and songwriter Brea Burns.The band’s sound will whisk you away to the dance halls of beer soaked yore, take you on a journey of drunk drivin’ with Jesus, and break your heart just a little as Brea tells her tales of loves found and then lost. You’ll want to dance, drink, laugh and cry…and you will surely be glad you stepped into their strange yet satisfying world of Country, Western, and beyond.

Born and raised in rural Iowa, Paisley Fields channels queer identity into a unique and authentic brand of outlaw country. Steeped in the style from an early age, he was drawn to the twangy sounds and dramatic storytelling the music had to offer. Despite his earnest and unabashed love for the genre, he recognizes that the broader cultural conception of country music was not always one of inclusivity. “I never saw anyone like myself in country music, so I want to be a person who can empower people, and let them know they belong.” He now sees himself as a part of a growing current within country music, creating a version of the music he loved that now includes queer people. This often puts Paisley Fields in punk-adjacent circles, sharing bills with punk bands and releasing music through Don Giovanni Records, a label primarily known for punk and pop-punk.

Despite his queer identity putting him at odds with much of the country scene, Paisley Fields plays a fairly traditional country style, preserving the sounds that drew him to the music in the first place. Honky tonk pianos, shuffling snare drums and slide guitars create the foundation for cowboy anthems like “Stay Away From my Man” and “Jesus Loving American Guy (Limp Wrist)”. Now splitting time between Brooklyn and Nashville, Paisley Fields is reaching new audiences by touring the country, appearing in publications like DemocracyNOW, NBC News, and Rolling Stone, and receiving airplay from SiriusXM, CMT, and other radio stations.

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