Lou Hazel w/ Ahna Ell

7pm Doors. 8pm Show. $15 ADV $20 DOS. 21+
Lou Hazel
https://louhazel.com/
Lou Hazel grew up along the Allegheny River, where New York meets Pennsylvania and Northern Appalachia slips into quiet obscurity. In a landscape of cold towns, blue-collar fatigue, and early brushes with hardship, music wasn’t inherited. It was uncovered. There were no venues, no mentors, no real sense of a scene... just whatever you could scrape together with curiosity and a cassette deck.
That absence of direction, guidance, and art shaped Lou’s songs as much as any influence. His music echoes the loneliness of those forgotten towns and the strange resilience it takes to create something where nothing was planted. Blending folk, indie, and an eye for the overlooked, Lou writes like someone who’s learned to pay attention. His songs are spare, vivid, and weathered with warmth.
After years of solo touring and home recording, Lou found grounding in Durham, North Carolina, where a vibrant music scene and chosen community have helped shape his recent work. His latest record, Riot of the Red, captures the urge to get away from it all—the noise, the headlines, the weight of a world gone sideways—and find stillness in the simplest things: a long drive, a bare sky, a familiar chord. Lou Hazel makes music for those who had to teach themselves how to listen.
Ahna Ell
https://www.ahnaell.com/
Ahna Ell is a musician and writer based out of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Her debut book, Everywhere I Go, is a memoir about coming home to yourself, living in community, and finding your place in the world. It was published on September 1, 2026, by Rose Line Press.
Throughout the 2010s, Ell's band, Nashville-based Forlorn Strangers, recorded and toured across the country. They were featured in Rolling Stone and Relix magazines and played the IBMAs, Americanafest, and more. Ell launched her solo project in 2021 with the self-recorded lo-fi bedroom folk album, Everybody's Gonna Let You Down. She's since released several EPs and collaborative singles, culminating in the 2026 release of Ride On. She continues to tour, and over the years has opened for Billy Strings, The Head and the Heart, The Wood Brothers, Elephant Revival, James Felice (The Felice Brothers), Al Olender, and more. When not writing or on the road, Ell enjoys surfing and eating oysters.
A note from Ahna about her upcoming memoir: "Publishing a book may be the first dream I ever had. I've always loved to read and write and to get lost in the worlds of characters and their stories. I've been invited into experiences I never otherwise would have had access to through the power of the written word. It's one of life's great joys and blessings. I can't believe I'm finally publishing my own story. Writing this book has been one of the most demanding experiences of my life and also one of the most rewarding. Thank you so much for supporting me on this journey. In some ways it's been a five-year effort, but mostly it's been a life-long one. I'm so proud of this work of art, and I can't wait to share it with you."