Folkroom | ft. Emilee Petersmark, Loren Johnson & i.am.james | 20 Front Street

Name: Folkroom | ft. Emilee Petersmark, Loren Johnson & i.am.james | 20 Front Street
Start: 2025-09-04T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 20 Front Street

Schedule

Thu, 04 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

20 Front Street | Lake Orion, MI

Join us at 20 Front Street on Thursday, September 4, 2025 for a very special evening featuring performances from Michigan-native songwriters Emilee Petersmark, Loren Johnson and i.am.james; solo & together, with surprises and special guests throughout.
Doors 7:30pm // Show at 8pm
Ticket link: https://app.opendate.io/e/folkroom-with-emilee-petersmark-i-am-james-and-loren-johnson-september-04-2025-607758

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Emilee Petersmark has been a member of the beloved Grand Rapids band the Crane Wives for 15 years now, but parallel to that career she has worked as an acclaimed visual artist, producing original artwork as well as commissions for such musicians as the Accidentals and Melophobix. She also has a collection of songs that felt too personal for the Wives' ever-growing sound, exploring the depths of adoption trauma and the experience of being a queer Korean adoptee growing up in the Midwest. Those songs will grace a solo record set to release in fall of 2026, offering listeners a peek into the soul of a fierce and restless heart.

i.am.james. is the musical project of Michigan-born singer-songwriter Sierra Cassidy, blending contemporary folk, indie rock, and pop into a sound both raw and cinematic. A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and former Berklee College of Music student, Cassidy cut her teeth touring the midwest and Nashville before returning to her Northern Michigan roots in 2023. Her debut album The Garden — out August 8, 2025 — was written and recorded in a snow-covered cottage with producer Michael Dause, drawing sonic inspiration from acts like Phoebe Bridgers, Maggie Rogers, and Pinegrove. Prior to the recording of her album, her early singles (recorded in Nashville) earned her blog features and festival performances at Bliss Festival and Wheatland Music Festival. i.am.james. offers intricate stories often inspired by the natural world and femininity wrapped in a cinematic-like feel.

Hailing from West Michigan’s vibrant creative scene, Loren Johnson has made her mark as a photographer, musician and performer; and is most recognized for her distinctive vocals and bright finger-style guitar. Between traveling and attending university, Johnson released a string of demos before publishing her first EP “Sleepsick” in December 2016, which rose to iTunes Top 10 best new singer-songwriter releases that January.
Spring 2020 was set for the release of “Into the Morning” - Johnson’s second EP, which coincidentally was released the same week that the COVID-19 pandemic hit the US.
Touring plans scrapped, she dove deeper into her creative community and further honed her song-writing. In January 2021, she debuted an evolved new sound with the release of her first single “Patterns”. Johnson’s debut full-length album How to Change was released April 2023.