Kerri Powers at the WCUW Frontroom

It isn’t surprising that Kerri Powers landed the #1 spot on the Roots Music Report’s “Top 50 Folk Albums of 2014” with zero publicity. She has charted on the Folk Music Radio charts as well as the RMR charts.

Over the years Kerri has appeared at numerous prestigious venues and musical gatherings including The Boston Folk Festival, The Philadelphia Folk Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, and Telluride Bluegrass Festival. She has toured throughout The United States as well as overseas. Her songs have been in movies and TV series

With ‘Love is Why,’ Powers’ latest self-penned full-length album, the New England-based artist explores the universal emotion of love and its huge influence on our decisions. In particular, she examines love in the context of holding on or letting go through human loss and grieving. The album’s original songs were written during the pandemic and after Powers lost her father, whom she calls “my best friend.”

The album, recorded at Dagotown Recorders in Boston, includes musical luminaries Bo Ramsey, Luther Dickinson, Kelvin Holly, Doug Lancio, John Putnam, Regina and Anne McCrary, Brother Paul Brown, Marty Ballou, Charles Giordano, and Asa Brosius. Singer-songwriter Paul Thorn on duet vocals sings a transcendent cover of Gregg Allman’s “Please Call Home.”

When you catch Kerri Powers on stage, you will immediately feel the realness and rawness of her artistry. She delivers art at its purest, a musical canvas painted with all the soulful colors and emotion that will pull you into her songs and message of love.

"I don’t know where this young lady came from but it’s got to be a secret place. This is not the kind of singing, writing, and performing that can be easily taught. It has to be in your spirit, in your blood and the fact that she is from the Northeast is going to confound the artists down South, in the Delta, in Memphis, Clarksdale, Austin, and Nashville." - John Apice, No Depression

Saturday, July 25, 2026. Showtime is 7 pm. Doors doors open 6:30.

At the WCUW Frontoom. 910 Main St. Worcester, MA. Free parking across the street.

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