Jesse Palidofsky (Top-Ten on the Folk Radio DJ Charts)

& Doug Stevenson (leader of the roots-rock bands the Doug Stevenson & The Spades and Raised by Wolves)

perform their own songs in the round with your singing host Geoffrey Himes

Tickets: $10 in advance / $13 at door

Jesse Palidofsky has performed his original songs at the National Theatre, at the Washington Folk Festival and on the sloop Clearwater with Pete Seeger. He has played blues piano at the Smithsonian National Folklife Festival and the Kennedy Center. His "I Am An Immigrant" was the #1 song on the international Folk Radio DJ charts in November, and he was the #4 overall artist on the Folk Radio charts in December, while his latest album "Dancing Toward the Light" was the #5 CD. His songs that combine Appalachian roots with themes of social justice have won numerous awards in the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest. He is currently artistic director for the highly successful Carroll Cafe folk/roots series in Washington, D.C. http://www.jessepal.net

Doug Stevenson is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist in Doug Stevenson & The Spades, a country-rock band active since 2012. In Washington in the ‘90s, Doug led the rock band Raised by Wolves and the alt-country band Hooverville. Since relocating to Baltimore, his hometown, he has performed in theatrical shows at the Baltimore Theatre Project and at Fells Point Corner Theatre and with such local groups as the Austin Harp Family and Dan Van and the Mans. Doug's songs--which include country waltzes and shuffles, roots-rock story songs, power-pop tunes, bluegrass numbers and full-fledged rockers—have often been honored by the annual Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.
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Geoffrey Himes celebrates his birthday on the day of this concert. Though he is best known as a music critic, Himes is also a longtime singer-songwriter. This month Himes will premiere a new song: “Loo-zee-ann-eye-oh.”

Willem Elsevier is a conservatory trained violinist who has found success in both the classical and jazz worlds. He is best known, however, for his role in Love Riot. Since 2012, he has been performing and songwriter in a duo with Geoffrey Himes.